Tigers coast in opener
Clemson overmatched North Carolina Central 74-40 Friday night in the season opener for both teams.
Redshirt junior forward Jaron Blossomgame led Clemson with 18 points and added four rebounds. Senior center Landry Nnoko scored seven points and led the Tigers with nine rebounds and six blocks.
In a losing effort, redshirt junior guard DaJuan Graf led N.C. Central with 11 points. Senior forward Jeremiah Ingram scored eight points and led the Eagles with eight rebounds.
A run of 21 unanswered points for the Tigers, on which the home team held the visiting Eagles scoreless for 8 minutes and 42 seconds, enabled Clemson to take a 35-9 lead before senior forward Jeremiah Ingram finally ended the drought with a 3-point shot with 3:26 to play in the first half.
NC Central | 16 | 24 | — | 40 |
Clemson | 38 | 36 | — | 74 |
NCCU | Min | FGM-A | FTM-A | OR-TR | A | PF | PT |
Cplnd | 15 | 1-1 | 1-4 | 0-4 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Lynch | 32 | 1-9 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Ingram | 24 | 3-11 | 1-3 | 1-8 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
Frgsn | 29 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Graf | 35 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 0-5 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
Holmes | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Madison | 20 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Crwfrd II | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wiggins | 5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Hood | 20 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Benton | 16 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Allen | 4 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
McAllister | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 200 | 17-56 | 4-12 | 13-35 | 7 | 20 | 40 |
Percentages: FG .304, FT .333. 3-Point Goals: 2-16, .125 (Graf 1-3, Ingram 1-4, Ferguson 0-1, Allen 0-1, Madison 0-1, Lynch 0-6). Team Rebounds: 5. Blocked Shots: 0. Turnovers: 10 (Lynch 5, Ingram 2, Ferguson 2, Hood). Steals: 2 (Ferguson, Copeland). Technical Fouls: None.
CLEM. | Min | FGM-A | FTM-A | OR-TR | A | PF | PT |
Blmge | 22 | 6-9 | 4-4 | 0-4 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
Holmes | 26 | 4-8 | 2-3 | 0-3 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
Grnthm | 28 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 1-4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
Roper | 26 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Nnoko | 21 | 1-6 | 5-6 | 3-9 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
Rbrtin | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Davis | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
DeVoe | 24 | 3-9 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
Hudson | 14 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Smith | 17 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-7 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
McGiln | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Djitte | 19 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 1-5 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
Tot. | 200 | 23-52 | 20-23 | 9-42 | 16 | 17 | 74 |
Percentages: FG .442, FT .870. 3-Point Goals: 8-23, .348 (Grantham 3-6, Blossomgame 2-4, DeVoe 2-4, Holmes 1-5, Roper 0-1, Hudson 0-3). Team Rebounds: 3. Blocked Shots: 9 (Nnoko 6, Blossomgame 2, Djitte). Turnovers: 6 (Grantham 3, Nnoko 2, Holmes). Steals: 3 (Roper, Hudson, Smith). Technical Fouls: None.
A—5,742. Officials—Les Jones, Bernard Clinton, Tim Comer.