FINAL: Canes Stay undefeated At Home by Beating No. 16 Clemson Tigers
The Hurricanes take down the No. 16 ranked Clemson Tigers in a 95-82 shootout game, Kyshawn George’s braids help us with this win.
Three Miami Hurricanes players got past 20 points against the Tigers tonight, those players were Nijel Pack with (25), Norchad Omier (23), and Matthew Cleveland with 23 points. Coming up behind them is a stud SF freshman Kyshawn George with him accomplishing 12 points all of his points came from the first half he started to quiet down in the second half cause of Clemson making adjustments.
As a team, Miami shot a combined 53.0 percent from the field despite a sloppy first half. The ‘Canes only turned the ball over 8 times against the Tigers defense tonight. The Tigers finished just 46 percent from the floor and a poor 11-30 from long range.
At the intermission, Clemson was up 41-35 behind a combined Kyshawn George (12) and Matthew Cleveland (9). Cleveland also chipped in seven points and two rebounds in the first half of action as UM shot just under 50 percent from the field and over 40 percent from long range. On the other end, Clemson was held to just 42.9 percent overall shooting at the midway point.
Out of the halftime break, Miami ended up pulling away, when it was all said and done, the ‘Canes finished with a shooting split of 53 percent from the field, 46 percent (11-24) from deep, and 93 percent (14-15) from the free-throw line.
The Hurricanes will travel to Winston-Salem, N.C. to take on the Wake Forest Demon Deacons it will not be easy going up in their place and winning with their record sitting at 10-3 (2-0) in conference play.
Trinton is the owner of CanesToday. He writes for all sports, with a focus on football and recruiting, he is a freshman in high school and wants to graduate from the University of Miami
