GAME THREAD: MBB vs. No. 18 Clemson

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SMU (20-6 / 11-4 ACC) and No. 18 Clemson (21-5 / 13-2) tip off at 3 p.m. Saturday at Moody Coliseum in a game that can be seen on the ACC Network.

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The Tigers head to Dallas riding a three-game winning streak, a stretch that includes victories over Duke, North Carolina and Florida State.

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Just saw on X that it’s a sell out! Go Mustangs!

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Clemson by the numbers:

• Graduate guard (6-5.4 / 205) leads the team in scoring at 17.0 PPG.
• Hunter is one of two players in the nation averaging at least 17 points per game shooting at least 48% on field goals, 42% on 3-point field goals and 88% on free throws.
• Hunter reached 100 career steals against Syracuse and 400 career assists against Virginia Tech.
• Clemson forward Ian Schieffelin is averaging 12.5 PPG, and his 9.6 rebounds per game rank third in the ACC (behind Stanford's Maxime Raynaud)
• Schieffelin ranks third in the ACC with 10 double-doubles (Raynaud is first with 20, and Syracuse's Eddie Lampkin has 11 ... SMU's Matt Cross is tied for sixth with six double-doubles).

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BREAKING: the Mustangs are warming up ... without guard Boopie Miller, who is sitting on the side in sweats

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Schieffelin is warming up with some kind of back support wrapped around his waist ... but he definitely isn't warming up like someone who expects to be limited in any way.

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SMU's Samet Yiğitoğlu will be the only 7-2 player on the floor today. Clemson's Christian Reeves (7-2 / 253) is watching warm-ups in street clothes.

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Clemson starters
G 1 Chase Hunter
G 2 Dillon Hunter
G 11 Jaeden Zackery
F 0 Viktor Lakhin
F 4 Ian Schieffelin

SMU starters
G 0 B.J. Edwards
G 3 Chuck Harris
G 8 Kario Oquendo
F 33 Matt Cross
C 24 Samet Yiğitoğlu

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Yes, the Hunters are brothers

Chase is a graduate student

Dillon (6-3.5 / 192) is a junior, and averages 5.6 points per game. His 16 steals are the third-most on the team, and he ranks fourth among the Tigers with 28 assists.

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Today's game is sold out

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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.

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Clemson's Jaeden Zackery opens the scoring with a corner 3

Cross answers with a slash down the lane to finish a feed from Harris

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Clemson's Viktor Lakhin (transfer from Cincinnati) drains a 3

Yiğitoğlu cuts Clemson lead to 6-4 with put-back

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Oquendo drives, absorbs a shoulder from two Tigers (no call) and scores to tie it at 6-6

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Tigers are 0-for-3 inside the arc, 4-for-4 from long range, lead 12-6