National Basketball Association
Clemson 64, Georgia 49
When: 1:30 PM ET, Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Where: John Gray Gymnasium, George Town
Officials:
# John Higgins, # Pat Adams, # Ron Groover
Attendance:
786
By Field Level Media
Marcquise Reed scored 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds as No. 16 Clemson cruised past Georgia 64-49 on Tuesday in the second round of the Cayman Islands Classic at George Town.
Clemson improved to 5-0 for the first time since the 2013-14 season and will play in Wednesday's championship game against Creighton.
Georgia, in its first season under coach Tom Crean, slipped to 3-2. The Bulldogs will oppose Georgia State on Wednesday.
Reed, a graduate guard and a second-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference pick last season, made 9 of 19 shots from the floor en route to matching his career scoring high. A 6-foot-3 guard, Reed is averaging more than seven rebounds a game.
Reed's backcourt mate, Shelton Mitchell, added 13 points, and senior forward Elijah Thomas posted his second consecutive double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds.
Georgia sophomore forwards Nicolas Claxton and Rayshaun Hammonds, who combined to score 53 points in a first-round victory on Monday, managed only 10 points between them against Clemson. They made a combined 4 of 15 shots from the floor.
Hammonds scored a career-high 31 points in a 12-point win against Illinois State on Monday.
The Bulldogs, who were outrebounded by Clemson by a 42-29 margin, had only one player in double figures -- senior forward Derek Ogbeide with 11 points. Junior guard Tyree Crump had nine points for Georgia.
Clemson led 34-26 at the half and gradually pulled away after intermission, eventually leading by as many 17 at 59-42 with 4:14 left in the game.
The Tigers, who were tabbed for a sixth-place finish in the Atlantic Coast Conference preseason poll after a school-record tying 25 wins last season, had nine steals and forced 16 Georgia turnovers.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Georgia |
|
Clemson |
Derek Ogbeide 11 |
Scoring |
Marcquise Reed 24 |
Tyree Crump 4 |
Assists |
Marcquise Reed 3 |
Nicolas Claxton 9 |
Rebounds |
Elijah Thomas 11 |
Ignas Sargiunas 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Marcquise Reed 5 |
Nicolas Claxton 1 |
Steals |
David Skara 3 |
Nicolas Claxton 5 |
Blocks |
Elijah Thomas 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Georgia
|
49 |
38.0 |
5-18 |
6-12 |
8 |
29 |
7 |
3 |
17 |
Clemson
|
64 |
39.7 |
5-20 |
9-12 |
8 |
42 |
1 |
9 |
14 |