Winthrop Shocks Tigers, 66-61

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CLEMSON – If nothing else, the Tigers are consistent. For the third time this season, the Tigers struggled early, got down by double digits, and then had to claw their way back. This time it caught up with them as they couldn't quite come all the way back and suffered their first ever loss to a Big South Conference opponent as Winthrop defeated Clemson 66-61.

After trailing by as much as seventeen, Clemson had a chance to take the lead with just under a minute remaining, but Chris Hobbs missed a shot from point blank range, and the Tigers were forced to foul. The Eagles made both free throws, which gave the ball back to the Tigers with 19 seconds, down by 3 at 64-61. Ed Scott missed a three pointer, and Winthrop went on to hand the Tigers the loss.

“It’s game of inches,” Shyatt said of Hobbs’ shot that failed to take the lead. “I thought our last 20 minutes plus were excellent, but they managed to eke it out. Give them the credit.”

The Eagles were led in scoring by Tyrone Walker who had 25 points on 9 of 11 shooting.

From the beginning, Winthrop (3-5) jumped on the Tigers with hot 3-point shooting, to open a 20-10 lead. Clemson (7-4) seemed to right the ship with 6 straight points cutting the lead to 4.Winthrop, however, went on a 17-4 run, aided by outside shooting, to open their largest lead of the game at 37-20.

Helped by back to back McKnight three point field goals, Clemson managed to cut the Eagle lead to 10 at the half.

Jamar McKnight led the Tigers in scoring for the second straight game with 20 points. The only other Tiger in double figures was Chris Hobbs with 12.

The Tigers shot an anemic 5 for 29 (17%) from three, while Winthrop shot 9 for 18 (50%). Clemson’s Tony Stockman was 0 for 9 on threes.

BOX SCORE

Winthrop (3-5)	 39 	 27 	66


Clemson (7-4)	 29 	 32 	61


Winthrop


PLAYER  	MIN	FGM-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	PF	PTS


Lewis   	36	3-17	3-4	4	15	1	2	11


Walker  	36	9-11	4-6	2	5	2	2	25


Bailey   	14	0-2	0-0	1	3	1	3	0


Knox    	3	0-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	0


Wooten  	28	1-5	3-4	0	5	5	3	5


Harris  	34	7-13	0-0	0	0	2	1	17


Jenkins 	12	1-4	0-0	0	0	0	2	3


Hemphill	4	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0


Moore     	8	1-1	1-2	0	3	0	1	3


Leventis	25	1-2	0-0	1	1	2	3	2


Totals   	200	23-57	11-16	8	32	14	17	66


                	.440	.688	 


TEAM REBS: 7


TURNOVERS: 13 (Wooten 4, Jenkins 3, Bailey 2, Lewis 2, Walker)


BLOCKED SHOTS: 2 (Walker 2)


STEALS: 5 (Walker 2, Leventis, Lewis, Wooten)


3-PT FGS: 9-18, .500 (Lewis 2-3, Walker 3-4, Knox 0-1, Wooten 0-1, Harris 3-8, Jenkins 1-1)


Clemson


PLAYER  	MIN	FGM-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	PF	PTS


Mcknight	34	8-16	0-1	3	6	1	2	20


Hobbs   	28	4-8	4-4	0	5	0	4	12


R Henderson	26	3-7	3-4	5	12	0	0	9


Stockman 	23	1-12	0-0	1	1	5	2	2


Scott   	35	3-12	0-0	1	5	4	2	7


Nagys   	14	1-2	0-0	0	3	0	1	2


Ford    	13	3-5	0-1	3	5	0	1	6


Christie	8	0-2	1-2	1	4	1	1	1


Clifton  	19	1-3	0-0	0	0	3	1	2


Totals          200	24-67	8-12	14	41	14	14	61


 	                .358	.667	 


TEAM REBS: 2


TURNOVERS: 10 (Hobbs 2, Scott 2, Stockman 2, Christie, Ford, Nagys, R Henderson)


BLOCKED SHOTS: 5 (Mcknight, Hobbs, R Henderson, Nagys, Ford)


STEALS: 6 (Hobbs 2, Ford, Mcknight, Scott, Stockman)


3-PT FGS: 5-29, .172 (Mcknight 4-10, Stockman 0-9, Scott 1-7, Nagys 0-1, Christie 0-2)


Technicals: None


Attendance: 7,600 

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