Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Tigers hold off Alabama, remain unbeaten

Clemson held off Alabama 66-59 on Tuesday night to move to 15-0. The Tigers got 19 points from Trevor Booker and 12 each from K.C. Rivers and Terrance Oglesby.

Once again, however, the Tigers saw a large lead (15 points) almost completely disappear with bad foul shooting and unforced turnovers.

After hitting 9 of their first 11 free throws the Tigers then went through a 2 for 9 stretch that let Alabama back in the game and finished the night 13 for 22 (59.1%) from the line.

The Tigers return to ACC play by hosting N.C. State (9-3) on Saturday.

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