- FedexForum • Memphis, Tenn.
- 6:10 p.m.: Tipoff
- TNT (Spero Dedes, Jim Spanarkel, Jon Rothstein)
- Live Stats
- Clemson Athletic Network (Don Munson, Tim Bourret and Ben Milstead)
- 📝 2023-24 Basketball Media Guide • Game Notes (PDF)
CLEMSON vs. BAYLOR
- This will be just the fourth meeting between Clemson and Baylor, the first since the 1983-84 season. Baylor has a 2-1 lead in the series. Clemson won the most recent meeting at Clemson on December 19, 1983 by a 102-52 score. It was the seventh consecutive victory to open the 1983-84 season for Bill Foster’s last Clemson team. Clemson shot 40-for-60 from the field in the game and the 66.7 percent shooting night is tied for the ninth-best in Clemson history.
- The other two meetings between the two teams took place in consecutive seasons in the 1960s at regular season tournaments. Baylor won both of those games. The Bears won on December 30, 1963 at the Sun Bowl Carnival in El Paso, Texas by a 73-71 score, then won on December 29, 1964 at the Poinsettia Classic in Greenville, S.C. by a 68-59 score.
SECOND-LARGEST VICTORY MARGIN IN CLEMSON NCAAT HISTORY POWER TIGERS TO SECOND ROUND
Chase Hunter leads Tigers with 21 points; Ian Schieffelin Totals 10th Double Double
MEMPHIS – Clemson University men’s basketball posted the second largest victory margin in the NCAA Tournament in program history to advance to the second round with a decisive 77-56 win over No. 11 seed New Mexico on Friday afternoon.
The Tigers (22-11) were powered by Chase Hunter’s (Atlanta, Ga./Westlake) 21 points on 8-of-16 shooting. Hunter added a team-high six assists and collected three rebounds and two steals.
Ian Schieffelin (Loganville, Ga./Grayson) totaled his 10th double-double of the season with 16 points and 12 rebounds. PJ Hall (Spartanburg, S.C./Dorman) added 14 points, three rebounds and a steal.
Jack Clark (Cheltenham, Pa./Cheltenham) was more than solid with six points, eight rebounds and four assists, in addition to suffocating defense.
Clemson’s bench outscored New Mexico’s 13-12, which was led by RJ Godfrey (Suwanee, Ga./North Gwinnett) with six and Chauncey Wiggins (Grayson, Ga./Grayson) with five.
The Tigers went back and forth with the Lobos in the early going, but Clemson would race out to a 30-11 advantage in the opening stanza thanks to a 19-2 run. Clemson coasted to a 14-point lead at the break 42-28.
A 9-2 run coming out of halftime extended the Tigers’ advantage to 21. A Hunter jumper with 2:04 left gave Clemson its largest lead of the game at 75-52 and the Tigers would coast to the 21-point victory.
The Tigers held the Lobos to just 29.7 percent shooting from the floor – its lowest field goal percentage of the season by nearly 6.0 percent. It’s the second-best field goal percentage difference in an NCAA Tournament game for the Tigers (25.8 percent vs. Auburn – 3/18/18).
Clemson advances to Sunday’s second round game against No. 3 seed Baylor. The tip time and network is TBD.
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