No. 22 Bonnies rally in second half to edge Clemson 68-65

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Kyle Lofton and Jaren Holmes combined for 32 points in the next half and No. 22 St. Bonaventure rallied from a 16-level deficit to conquer Clemson 68-65 Friday in the semifinals of the Charleston Traditional.

Right after the Bonnies’ prime two scorers went 3 of 15 in the initially 50 % and produced only one 3-pointer involving them, the pair mixed to shoot 9 of 14 in the second 50 %, all but a person of all those buckets coming from 3-stage selection.

Lofton concluded with 22 points and Holmes 19. Jalen Adaway experienced 9 of his 14 factors in the 1st fifty percent when the relaxation of his teammates struggled and fell at the rear of by as a lot of as 16.

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PJ Corridor matched his career substantial with 22 details, David Collins had 14 and Nick Honor 12 for Clemson.

Trailing 36-26 at halftime and slipping further more back at 51-37, the Bonnies (4-) went on a 21-2 operate that involved 5 3-ideas in having their initially direct since it was 2-.

The Tigers (4-1) tied the game on a push by Honor with two minutes still left. Holmes strike a 3-pointer right before Hunter Tyson answered with a basket. Holmes was denied on a travel but Tyson skipped on a further 3-issue endeavor. Lofton grabbed the rebound and created two absolutely free throws for a three-issue edge with 19.8 seconds remaining. Honor skipped a difficult 3-point opportunity from the baseline as time ran out.

“We just we located a way,” Bonnies coach Mark Schmidt reported. “You know, thank goodness we have 5 seniors that did not worry. … It was not fantastic. Didn’t glance superior at the beginning, but the fellas hung in there and it is a terrific victory for us.”

The Bonnies, taking pictures only 22% from the arc coming in, concluded at 58% after producing 10 of 12 in the second fifty percent.

“We just didn’t make a pair of performs that we want to make if we are likely beat a staff of this caliber,” Clemson coach Brad Brownell mentioned. “And to their credit rating, all those fellas, they stored actively playing. We told our children prior to the activity this is going to be 40 minutes. It doesn’t issue what the lead is.”

Lofton bought the first basket of the video game but Clemson responded with an 11- operate, receiving 3-tips from Al-Amir Dawes and Honor, as the Tigers took command early with the Bonnies enduring a approximately eight-moment hole devoid of a area target.

Adaway scored seven factors in a 10-3 run that minimize a double-digit deficit to five with 7:47 remaining in the fifty percent but the Bonnies missed their subsequent 7 shots whilst the Tigers went on one more 11- operate.

The victory was next for the Bonnies from an Atlantic Coastline Meeting workforce in 11 video games due to the fact 1980. This was the programs’ very first conference.

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St. Bonaventure will play in Sunday’s championship game against Marquette. Clemson plays West Virginia on Sunday.