GAME THREAD: MBB vs. No. 18 Clemson

[PonyPride]

SMU: 8 assists, 12 turnovers

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Cross grabs offensive rebound, finds Ambrose-Hylton for dunk
51-41

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Harris loses ball, dives to the floor to rip it away from Schieffelin and finds Edwards ... whose desperation shot is after the shot clock expired.

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Yiğitoğlu returns with 4 fouls and 9:18 to go

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The game is being decided at the three-point line

Clemson has hit 12 of 24

SMU has hit 5 of 17

Clemson leads, 61-43

[GHammond]

Just not quite ready for the ACC primetime in hoops just yet - still some light, but feeling like we will be a solid / competitive NIT 2-3 seed, and I will enthusiastically cheer!

[PonyPride]

After Clemson's ridiculous shooting start, the field goal percentages have almost evened out.

Clemson: 47% (25/53)
SMU: 45% (22/49)

The difference remains at the 3-point line, where Clemson is shooting 48% (14/29) and SMU is shooting 32% (6/19)

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Yiğitoğlu gets tangled with Lakhin and ends up on the floor — visibly frustrated by the lack of a foul.
More importantly, he gets up holding and then flexing his left shoulder.
Replaced bo Colbert.

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While looking back at his teammates, Ambrose-Hylton absolutely runs right through/over a Tiger defender — then races to the corner and buries a 3.

Clemson 77, SMU 63

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Mustangs have four scoring in double figures

12: Edwards, Cross
11: Harris
10: Yiğitoğlu

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Corner 3 pushes Harris to a team-high 15

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Tip of the hat to Matt Cross, who dives into the courtside seats and gets up in time to get the offensive rebound, and after another SMU miss, dives between two players to grab the loss ball — in the final 10 seconds of a game separated by 10 points.

[PonyPride]

Final: Clemson 79, SMU 69

SMU falls to 20-7 overall and 11-5 in ACC games

Up next: 10 PM (Central time) at Cal — game can be seen on ESPNU

[Pony4Life]

Boopie would have helped, but not enough to save the game. Clemson was better than I expected.

Hope there are some good point guards in the transfer portal.

[Pony4Life]

Among those in attendance at Moody: former Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman-turned-ESPN analyst Marcus Spears.

His son, Marcus Spears, Jr. (6-6 / 180), is a 2027 power forward at Dynamic Prep — the same team that produced Jermaine O'Neal Jr, Jaden Toombs and forward Ryan Hampton, who reportedly plans to take a visit to SMU.

Considering Dad's Genesis, Junior should fill out a lot.
Sounds like a great addition to the Dynamic Prep pipeline