LOS ANGELES – Chase Hunter (Atlanta, Ga./Westlake)’s three-point play with 25 seconds remaining put the Tigers up five and helped hold off a late run by No. 2 seed Arizona (27-10), as No. 6 seed Clemson prevailed 77-72 inside the Crypto.com Arena to advance to the second NCAA Elite Eight in program history. The Tigers (24-11) are the first to advance to the West Regional final. Clemson led for 37:02 in the game and trailed for just 20 seconds, while the game was tied twice. Arizona cut the lead to two with under a minute remaining, but the Tigers used the three-point play from Hunter to push the lead back to five. The Wildcats got a layup with 15 seconds to go to cut it back to three, but Dillon Hunter (Atlanta, Ga./Westlake) snuck behind everyone and made a layup with nine seconds remaining to clinch the victory for Clemson. PJ Hall (Spartanburg, S.C./Dorman) and the elder Hunter combined for 20 of Clemson’s 38 second-half points, finishing the game with 17 and 18 points, re
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Final StatsCLEMSON, S.C. – Clemson University men’s basketball got back in the win column on Saturday afternoon with an 89-78 victory over Boston College.The Tigers (12-4, 2-3 ACC) were led by PJ Hall (Spartanburg, S.C./Dorman) and Joseph Girard III (Glens Falls, N.Y./Glens Falls) who each scored 26 points. It marked the first time two Tigers have scored 25+ points in a game since Jan. 28, 2023 at Florida State (Hunter Tyson, 27; Chase Hunter, 26).Hall added his third double-double of the season and 10th of his career with 11 boards. Girard surpassed Duke’s Trajan Langdon on the ACC’s all-time 3-point field goal list and now is fourth with 343 career threes.RJ Godfrey (Suwanee, Ga./North Gwinnett) netted 11 points, while Ian Schieffelin (Loganville, Ga./Grayson) and Chauncey Wiggins (Grayson, Ga./Grayson) each scored seven.The Tigers and Eagles played a close opening stanza until a 10-4 run by Clemson closed the first period with a nine-point lead at half, 44-35.It was much of