National Basketball Association
Clemson 68, Jacksonville 39
When: 9:00 PM ET, Friday, December 20, 2019
Where: Littlejohn Coliseum, Clemson, South Carolina
Officials:
# Jemel Spearman, # Mike Eades, # Lee Cassell
Attendance:
5632
By Field Level Media
Aamir Simms scored 18 points, and Clemson snapped a four-game losing streak with a 68-39 victory against visiting Jacksonville on Friday night.
Simms, a junior forward, made 7 of 8 shots from the floor. He is 12 of 15 on field-goal attempts over his past two games after scoring 21 points in a loss to South Carolina on Sunday.
Clemson (6-5) also got 15 points from Curran Scott.
Kevin Norman led Jacksonville (7-7) with 16 points, and DeAnthony McCallum scored 10.
Scott, a graduate transfer from Tulsa who entered the game averaging 6.6 points per game, posted his high point total at Clemson and just his third double-figure scoring game as a Tiger. Tevin Mack, a graduate transfer from Alabama, had 11 rebounds for Clemson.
Clemson built a 37-28 halftime lead, then took command with defense in the second half. The Tigers outscored Jacksonville 31-11 in the second half -- the fewest points allowed in the second half by a Brad Brownell-coached Clemson team.
The Dolphins made only 5 of 28 shots in the second half and scored only two points over the last 14:31 of the game.
Norman, a junior forward, scored Jacksonville's first 10 points of the game. Junior swingman Destin Barnes, who had five 3-pointers and scored 17 points in Jacksonville's win at Presbyterian on Wednesday, was held to six points on a pair of 3-pointers.
Clemson junior guard Clyde Trapp, who is coming off surgery for a torn ACL, returned to the lineup for the first time this season and scored four points. A starter last season, Trapp also had two assists in 12 minutes of playing time.
The Tigers wound up outshooting the Dolphins 43.9 percent to 25.5 percent from the floor.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Jacksonville |
|
Clemson |
Kevin Norman 16 |
Scoring |
Aamir Simms 18 |
Aamahne Santos 4 |
Assists |
Al-Amir Dawes 4 |
Diante Wood 9 |
Rebounds |
Tevin Mack 11 |
DeAnthony McCallum 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Curran Scott 7 |
Bryce Workman 2 |
Steals |
Tevin Mack 1 |
N/A |
Blocks |
Tevin Mack 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Jacksonville
|
39 |
25.5 |
7-31 |
4-7 |
9 |
30 |
0 |
5 |
12 |
Clemson
|
68 |
43.9 |
8-28 |
10-13 |
13 |
42 |
2 |
3 |
8 |