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Clemson beats NC State 70-64 in opening round of ACC tourney

AP
Mar 08, 2022

NEW YORK (AP) PJ Hall had 18 points and 10 rebounds, Nick Honor scored 11 of his 13 points in the second half and No. 10 seed Clemson beat 15th-seeded North Carolina State 70-64 on Tuesday in the opening round of the ACC tournament.

Clemson (17-15) has won five straight games, and will play No. 7 seed Virginia Tech on Wednesday in the second round. The Tigers took down the Hokies 63-59 in the regular-season finale on March 5.

Dereon Seabron made four straight free throws in a little over a minute late in the second half to get N.C. State as close as six points, but Al-Amir Dawes and Chase Hunter answered each trip to the line with 3-pointers to keep Clemson in control.

N.C. State got as close as five points with 1:15 to go, but Hall made two free throws and blocked Seabron's shot at the other end to seal it.

Dawes added 12 points and Hunter finished with eight points for Clemson.

Seabron led N.C. State (11-21) with 19 points, 12 rebounds and six assists. Jericole Hellems added 13 points and Terquavion Smith, averaging 16.5 points per game, missed his first 11 shots, seven from distance, before finishing with seven points.

Seabron scored six straight N.C. State points during a 8-2 run to pull within 39-36 with 12:18 left. But Clemson scored the next eight points, with back-to-back 3-pointers by Honor.

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1st Half
NCST
Wolfpack
24
CLEM
Tigers
29

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Ebenezer Dowuona vs. PJ Hall (Hunter Tyson gains possession)
19:38	+2	PJ Hall makes two point turnaround jump shot	0-2
19:12	+2	Ebenezer Dowuona makes two point dunk (Dereon Seabron assists)	2-2
18:53		Chase Hunter turnover (lost ball) (Jericole Hellems steals)
18:42		Terquavion Smith turnover (bad pass) (Chase Hunter steals)
18:38	+2	Chase Hunter makes two point dunk	2-4
18:19		Casey Morsell misses three point jump shot
18:17		David Collins defensive rebound
18:11		David Collins misses two point layup
18:09		Casey Morsell defensive rebound
18:06		Jericole Hellems turnover (lost ball)
17:48	+2	PJ Hall makes two point turnaround jump shot (Hunter Tyson assists)	2-6
17:31	+3	Jericole Hellems makes three point jump shot (Dereon Seabron assists)	5-6
17:05		Ebenezer Dowuona blocks PJ Hall's two point turnaround hook shot
17:04		Jericole Hellems defensive rebound
17:04		Hunter Tyson personal foul (Jericole Hellems draws the foul)
16:41	+3	Jericole Hellems makes three point jump shot (Terquavion Smith assists)	8-6
16:16		Chase Hunter misses three point jump shot
16:14		Casey Morsell defensive rebound
15:44		Jericole Hellems misses three point jump shot
15:42		Wolfpack offensive rebound
15:42		Chase Hunter personal foul (Terquavion Smith draws the foul)
15:42		TV timeout
15:33		Casey Morsell misses three point jump shot
15:31		Chase Hunter defensive rebound
15:10		Hunter Tyson misses three point jump shot
15:09		Wolfpack defensive rebound
14:58		Terquavion Smith misses three point jump shot
14:56		Tigers defensive rebound
14:41		PJ Hall turnover (bad pass)
14:30	+2	Dereon Seabron makes two point step back jump shot	10-6
14:09	+2	PJ Hall makes two point finger roll layup	10-8
13:53		David Collins personal foul (Dereon Seabron draws the foul)
13:42		Ebenezer Dowuona misses two point layup
13:40		PJ Hall defensive rebound
13:33	+3	Al-Amir Dawes makes three point jump shot (Chase Hunter assists)	10-11
13:13		Chase Hunter personal foul (Dereon Seabron draws the foul)
13:11		Jericole Hellems misses three point jump shot
13:09		Ben Middlebrooks defensive rebound
12:56		Hunter Tyson misses two point pullup jump shot
12:54		Jaylon Gibson defensive rebound
12:46		Dereon Seabron turnover (bad pass)
12:27		Dereon Seabron blocks Nick Honor's two point driving layup
12:25		Hunter Tyson offensive rebound
12:20		Al-Amir Dawes turnover (bad pass) (Jericole Hellems steals)
12:14		Cam Hayes turnover (lost ball) (Hunter Tyson steals)
12:00		Ben Middlebrooks turnover (bad pass) (Dereon Seabron steals)
11:55	+2	Dereon Seabron makes two point dunk	12-11
11:36	+3	Al-Amir Dawes makes three point jump shot	12-14
11:25		Terquavion Smith misses three point jump shot
11:23		Jericole Hellems offensive rebound
11:13		Jericole Hellems misses two point turnaround jump shot
11:11		Al-Amir Dawes defensive rebound
11:05		Al-Amir Dawes misses three point jump shot
11:03		Dereon Seabron defensive rebound
10:55		Naz Bohannon personal foul (Dereon Seabron draws the foul)
10:55		TV timeout
10:39		Dereon Seabron misses two point driving layup
10:37		Naz Bohannon defensive rebound
10:24		Casey Morsell personal foul (Hunter Tyson draws the foul)
10:14	+2	Hunter Tyson makes two point fadeaway jump shot	12-16
10:06	+2	Breon Pass makes two point driving layup	14-16
9:51		Breon Pass personal foul (Alex Hemenway draws the foul)
9:36		Alex Hemenway misses two point pullup jump shot
9:34		Hunter Tyson offensive rebound
9:26		Naz Bohannon misses two point jump shot
9:24		Naz Bohannon offensive rebound
9:24	+2	Naz Bohannon makes two point putback layup	14-18
8:56		Casey Morsell misses two point floating jump shot
8:54		Hunter Tyson defensive rebound
8:44		Ebenezer Dowuona personal foul (Ian Schieffelin draws the foul)
8:25		David Collins misses three point jump shot
8:23		Jaylon Gibson defensive rebound
8:07		Terquavion Smith misses two point step back jump shot
8:06		Tigers defensive rebound
7:37	+2	David Collins makes two point layup	14-20
7:18		Dereon Seabron misses two point driving layup
7:16		David Collins defensive rebound
7:13		Terquavion Smith shooting foul (PJ Hall draws the foul)
7:13		TV timeout
7:13	+1	PJ Hall makes regular free throw 1 of 2	14-21
7:13		PJ Hall misses regular free throw 2 of 2
7:13		Jaylon Gibson defensive rebound
6:47	+2	Jaylon Gibson makes two point dunk (Terquavion Smith assists)	16-21
6:25		David Collins misses two point layup
6:23		Dereon Seabron defensive rebound
6:14		Terquavion Smith misses three point jump shot
6:12		Tigers defensive rebound
5:55		Jaylon Gibson personal foul (PJ Hall draws the foul)
5:53		Hunter Tyson misses three point jump shot
5:51		PJ Hall offensive rebound
5:51		PJ Hall misses two point tip shot
5:49		Dereon Seabron defensive rebound
5:40	+2	Jaylon Gibson makes two point alley-oop dunk (Dereon Seabron assists)	18-21
5:34		Terquavion Smith personal foul (Nick Honor draws the foul)
5:18		Nick Honor misses two point layup
5:16		Hunter Tyson offensive rebound
5:16		Hunter Tyson misses two point tip shot
5:14		Casey Morsell defensive rebound
4:55		Hunter Tyson personal foul (Jericole Hellems draws the foul)
4:40		Breon Pass turnover (bad pass) (Naz Bohannon steals)
4:31		Jericole Hellems personal foul (PJ Hall draws the foul)
4:31	+1	PJ Hall makes regular free throw 1 of 2	18-22
4:31		PJ Hall misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:31		Jericole Hellems defensive rebound
4:12		PJ Hall blocks Jericole Hellems's two point driving layup
4:10		David Collins defensive rebound
4:09		Breon Pass personal foul (David Collins draws the foul)
4:09	+1	David Collins makes regular free throw 1 of 2	18-23
4:09		David Collins misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:09		Dereon Seabron defensive rebound
4:01		David Collins shooting foul (Dereon Seabron draws the foul)
4:01		Dereon Seabron misses regular free throw 1 of 2
4:01	+1	Dereon Seabron makes regular free throw 2 of 2	19-23
4:01	+1	Dereon Seabron makes regular free throw 2 of 2	19-23
3:52		Jericole Hellems personal foul (Alex Hemenway draws the foul)
3:52		TV timeout
3:52		Alex Hemenway misses regular free throw 1 of 1
3:52		Dereon Seabron defensive rebound
3:22		Dereon Seabron misses two point jump shot
3:20		Ian Schieffelin defensive rebound
3:03		Al-Amir Dawes misses three point jump shot
3:00		Wolfpack defensive rebound
2:44	+3	Jericole Hellems makes three point jump shot (Cam Hayes assists)	22-23
2:10	+2	Naz Bohannon makes two point driving layup	22-25
1:42	+2	Casey Morsell makes two point driving layup (Cam Hayes assists)	24-25
1:27		Alex Hemenway misses three point jump shot
1:25		Dereon Seabron defensive rebound
1:07		Jericole Hellems misses three point jump shot
1:05		PJ Hall defensive rebound
0:59	+2	Nick Honor makes two point driving layup	24-27
0:25		Wolfpack turnover (shot clock violation)
0:02	+2	Naz Bohannon makes two point layup (PJ Hall assists)	24-29

2nd Half
NCST
Wolfpack
40
CLEM
Tigers
41

Time		Play	Score
19:45		PJ Hall blocks Dereon Seabron's two point driving layup
19:43		PJ Hall defensive rebound
19:23	+2	David Collins makes two point pullup jump shot	24-31
19:10		Terquavion Smith misses three point jump shot
19:08		David Collins defensive rebound
19:03		Chase Hunter misses three point jump shot
19:01		Casey Morsell defensive rebound
18:46		Casey Morsell misses two point jump shot
18:45		Tigers defensive rebound
18:18	+2	Hunter Tyson makes two point layup	24-33
18:09		Wolfpack 30 second timeout
18:09		TV timeout
17:54	+2	Ebenezer Dowuona makes two point layup (Terquavion Smith assists)	26-33
17:29	+2	PJ Hall makes two point hook shot (Chase Hunter assists)	26-35
17:22		Chase Hunter personal foul (Terquavion Smith draws the foul)
17:17		Dereon Seabron misses two point driving layup
17:15		Nick Honor defensive rebound
17:07		PJ Hall misses three point jump shot
17:05		Jericole Hellems defensive rebound
17:05		David Collins personal foul (Jericole Hellems draws the foul)
17:05		Terquavion Smith misses three point jump shot
17:03		Tigers defensive rebound
16:25		Al-Amir Dawes misses three point jump shot
16:23		Jericole Hellems defensive rebound
16:14		Terquavion Smith misses three point jump shot
16:12		Dereon Seabron offensive rebound
16:11	+2	Ebenezer Dowuona makes two point layup	28-35
15:46		Nick Honor misses three point jump shot
15:44		Terquavion Smith defensive rebound
15:39		Jericole Hellems misses two point jump shot
15:56		Wolfpack offensive rebound
15:38		TV timeout
15:31		Terquavion Smith misses two point driving layup
15:29		Terquavion Smith offensive rebound
15:22		Terquavion Smith misses two point tip shot
15:22		Al-Amir Dawes defensive rebound
15:22		Terquavion Smith personal foul (Al-Amir Dawes draws the foul)
14:59		Nick Honor misses three point jump shot
14:58		Tigers offensive rebound
14:58		Tigers turnover (shot clock violation)
14:40		Terquavion Smith turnover (bad pass) (Hunter Tyson steals)
14:38		Dereon Seabron shooting foul (Hunter Tyson draws the foul)
14:38	+1	Hunter Tyson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	28-36
14:38	+1	Hunter Tyson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	28-37
14:23		Ian Schieffelin shooting foul (Dereon Seabron draws the foul)
14:23	+1	Dereon Seabron makes regular free throw 1 of 2	29-37
14:23		Dereon Seabron misses regular free throw 2 of 2
14:23		Ian Schieffelin defensive rebound
13:54		Ian Schieffelin misses two point layup
13:52		Ian Schieffelin offensive rebound
13:51		Ian Schieffelin misses two point putback layup
13:49		Jaylon Gibson defensive rebound
13:43	+2	Dereon Seabron makes two point layup	31-37
13:43		Ian Schieffelin shooting foul (Dereon Seabron draws the foul)
13:43	+1	Dereon Seabron makes regular free throw 1 of 1	32-37
13:26		Hunter Tyson misses three point jump shot
13:23		Tigers offensive rebound
13:11		Al-Amir Dawes misses three point jump shot
13:09		Dereon Seabron defensive rebound
13:03		Dereon Seabron misses two point layup
13:01		Hunter Tyson defensive rebound
12:50	+2	PJ Hall makes two point dunk (Hunter Tyson assists)	32-39
12:36		PJ Hall shooting foul (Dereon Seabron draws the foul)
12:36	+1	Dereon Seabron makes regular free throw 1 of 2	33-39
12:36	+1	Dereon Seabron makes regular free throw 2 of 2	34-39
12:22		Al-Amir Dawes turnover (bad pass) (Casey Morsell steals)
12:17	+2	Breon Pass makes two point layup (Casey Morsell assists)	36-39
11:55	+2	PJ Hall makes two point jump shot (Alex Hemenway assists)	36-41
11:45		Dereon Seabron misses two point driving layup
11:43		Hunter Tyson defensive rebound
11:38	+3	Nick Honor makes three point pullup jump shot	36-44
11:12		Jericole Hellems misses three point jump shot
11:10		Hunter Tyson defensive rebound
11:04	+3	Nick Honor makes three point pullup jump shot	36-47
10:48		PJ Hall shooting foul (Jericole Hellems draws the foul)
11:03		TV timeout
10:48		PJ Hall shooting foul (Jericole Hellems draws the foul)
10:48	+1	Jericole Hellems makes regular free throw 1 of 2	37-47
10:48	+1	Jericole Hellems makes regular free throw 2 of 2	38-47
10:21		Hunter Tyson turnover (lost ball) (Jericole Hellems steals)
10:10		Alex Hemenway shooting foul (Casey Morsell draws the foul)
10:10		Casey Morsell misses regular free throw 1 of 2
10:10		Casey Morsell misses regular free throw 2 of 2
10:10		PJ Hall defensive rebound
9:40		Nick Honor misses three point jump shot
9:38		David Collins offensive rebound
9:28	+2	Nick Honor makes two point layup (Chase Hunter assists)	38-49
9:08	+2	Casey Morsell makes two point floating jump shot	40-49
8:49		Ebenezer Dowuona shooting foul (Chase Hunter draws the foul)
8:50	+1	Chase Hunter makes regular free throw 1 of 2	40-50
8:50	+1	Chase Hunter makes regular free throw 2 of 2	40-51
8:35		Ben Middlebrooks shooting foul (Terquavion Smith draws the foul)
8:35	+1	Terquavion Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 3	41-51
8:35	+1	Terquavion Smith makes regular free throw 2 of 3	42-51
8:35	+1	Terquavion Smith makes regular free throw 3 of 3	43-51
8:14		David Collins misses two point jump shot
8:12		Naz Bohannon offensive rebound
8:12		Al-Amir Dawes misses three point jump shot
8:10		Terquavion Smith defensive rebound
8:05		Jericole Hellems misses three point jump shot
8:03		Dereon Seabron offensive rebound
7:47		Dereon Seabron misses three point jump shot
7:45		David Collins defensive rebound
7:45		Official timeout
7:45		TV timeout
7:21		Casey Morsell kicked ball violation
7:09		Dereon Seabron shooting foul (Chase Hunter draws the foul)
7:09	+1	Chase Hunter makes regular free throw 1 of 2	43-52
7:09		Chase Hunter misses regular free throw 2 of 2
7:09		Ebenezer Dowuona defensive rebound
6:50		Jericole Hellems misses two point driving layup
6:48		David Collins defensive rebound
6:40		Naz Bohannon misses two point layup
6:37		Jericole Hellems defensive rebound
6:39		PJ Hall personal foul (Jericole Hellems draws the foul)
6:39		Jericole Hellems misses regular free throw 1 of 1
6:39		David Collins defensive rebound
6:39	+2	Nick Honor makes two point finger roll layup	43-54
6:09	+3	Casey Morsell makes three point jump shot (Dereon Seabron assists)	46-54
6:04		Nick Honor turnover (lost ball) (Casey Morsell steals)
5:48		David Collins personal foul (Dereon Seabron draws the foul)
5:48	+1	Dereon Seabron makes regular free throw 1 of 2	47-54
5:48	+1	Dereon Seabron makes regular free throw 2 of 2	48-54
5:33		Ebenezer Dowuona personal foul (Naz Bohannon draws the foul)
5:16	+3	Al-Amir Dawes makes three point jump shot (PJ Hall assists)	48-57
5:01		Dereon Seabron misses two point floating jump shot
4:59		Ebenezer Dowuona offensive rebound
4:59		Ebenezer Dowuona misses two point putback dunk
4:57		Al-Amir Dawes defensive rebound
4:45		PJ Hall misses three point jump shot
4:43		Dereon Seabron defensive rebound
4:35		Casey Morsell misses three point step back jump shot
4:33		Dereon Seabron offensive rebound
4:32		Chase Hunter personal foul (Dereon Seabron draws the foul)
4:32	+1	Dereon Seabron makes regular free throw 1 of 2	49-57
4:32	+1	Dereon Seabron makes regular free throw 2 of 2	50-57
4:16		Naz Bohannon misses two point layup
4:14		PJ Hall offensive rebound
4:11		PJ Hall misses two point tip shot
4:11		PJ Hall offensive rebound
4:11	+3	Chase Hunter makes three point jump shot (PJ Hall assists)	50-60
4:10		TV timeout
3:59		Terquavion Smith misses three point jump shot
3:57		PJ Hall defensive rebound
3:52		PJ Hall turnover (bad pass)
3:46		Dereon Seabron misses three point jump shot
3:44		PJ Hall defensive rebound
3:43		PJ Hall turnover (traveling)
3:40	+2	Terquavion Smith makes two point floating jump shot (Dereon Seabron assists)	52-60
3:28	+2	Al-Amir Dawes makes two point finger roll layup	52-62
3:11		PJ Hall blocks Terquavion Smith's two point finger roll layup
3:09		Wolfpack offensive rebound
3:06		PJ Hall shooting foul (Jericole Hellems draws the foul)
3:06	+1	Jericole Hellems makes regular free throw 1 of 2	53-62
3:06	+1	Jericole Hellems makes regular free throw 2 of 2	54-62
2:58	+2	PJ Hall makes two point alley-oop layup (Chase Hunter assists)	54-64
2:44	+2	Dereon Seabron makes two point driving layup	56-64
2:13		Dereon Seabron blocks Nick Honor's two point finger roll layup
2:11		Dereon Seabron defensive rebound
2:05	+2	Dereon Seabron makes two point driving layup	58-64
1:50		Jericole Hellems personal foul (Al-Amir Dawes draws the foul)
1:33		Chase Hunter misses two point pullup jump shot
1:31		Jericole Hellems defensive rebound
1:25		Casey Morsell misses three point jump shot
1:23		Naz Bohannon defensive rebound
1:22		Casey Morsell personal foul (Al-Amir Dawes draws the foul)
1:22	+1	Al-Amir Dawes makes regular free throw 1 of 2	58-65
1:22		Al-Amir Dawes misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:22		Jaylon Gibson defensive rebound
1:15	+2	Jaylon Gibson makes two point layup (Dereon Seabron assists)	60-65
1:15		Nick Honor shooting foul (Jaylon Gibson draws the foul)
1:15		Jaylon Gibson misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:15		PJ Hall defensive rebound
1:07		Casey Morsell personal foul (PJ Hall draws the foul)
1:07	+1	PJ Hall makes regular free throw 1 of 2	60-66
1:07	+1	PJ Hall makes regular free throw 2 of 2	60-67
1:00		PJ Hall blocks Dereon Seabron's two point driving layup
0:58		David Collins defensive rebound
0:56		Dereon Seabron personal foul (David Collins draws the foul)
0:56	+1	David Collins makes regular free throw 1 of 2	60-68
0:56		David Collins misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:56		Casey Morsell defensive rebound
0:48		Casey Morsell misses three point jump shot
0:46		David Collins defensive rebound
0:41		Dereon Seabron personal foul (David Collins draws the foul)
0:41		David Collins misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:41	+1	David Collins makes regular free throw 2 of 2	60-69
0:34	+2	Jaylon Gibson makes two point dunk (Terquavion Smith assists)	62-69
0:30		Jericole Hellems personal foul (Nick Honor draws the foul)
0:30	+1	Nick Honor makes regular free throw 1 of 2	62-70
0:30		Nick Honor misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:30		Jericole Hellems defensive rebound
0:24		Jericole Hellems misses two point floating jump shot
0:22		Terquavion Smith offensive rebound
0:22	+2	Terquavion Smith makes two point putback layup	64-70
0:00		End of period

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Terquavion Smith makes two point putback layup