Chapel Hill, N.C. – Delicia Washington scored 16 points to surpass 1500 for her career, but a 22-6 second quarter run proved to be the difference, as Clemson fell 81-62 to #24 North Carolina on Sunday afternoon in Chapel Hill. The win moves the Tar Heels to 13-0 (3-0 ACC) while the loss drops the Tigers to 6-8 (0-3 ACC).Washington led the Tigers with 16, while Amari Robinson and Kiara Lewis were the only other two Tigers in double-figures. Hannah Hank led the team on the boards with eight, while Washington had seven. The Tigers got a combined nine points from Hank and Washington and withstood an early Carolina run to end the first quarter down 22-13. Clemson cut the lead to four at 24-20 in the second quarter, but the Tar Heels ended the quarter on a 22-6 run to take a 46-42 lead into halftime.The teams traded points in the third quarter and the Tigers went into the game’s final period trailing 68-47. Clemson cut the lead to 14 in the fourth, but wouldn’t come any closer, fallin
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Sara Puckett came off the bench to score 19 points and Tamari Key added 16 to lead No. 7 Tennessee to a convincing 112-58 victory over East Tennessee on Monday night.
West Palm Beach, Fla. - The Clemson women’s basketball team dropped a hard-fought game 70-56 decision to the No.21 LSU Tigers on Monday night at the Student Life Center on the campus of Keiser University on the opening day of the West Palm Beach Invitational. The score doesn’t tell the game’s whole story as the Tigers dropped to 6-5 on the season while the LSU Tigers improved to 10-1 with the win. Clemson used an 8-3 run that spanned the end of the third quarter into the fourth quarter to get within six points, but LSU would go on a run of their own to put the game out of reach. Delicia Washington recorded her third double-double of the season with 12 points and a team-high 10 rebounds. Kiara Lewis guided Clemson with 13 points, while Daisha Bradford added nine points going 3-for-4 from the floor. Clemson made 3-of-8 three-pointers and 11-of-14 free throws. The Tigers’ defense forced 17 turnovers by LSU and scored 14 points off those turnovers. Tigers got off to a slow st
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Khayla Pointer had 20 points and eight assists, Faustine Aifuwa had 13 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 21 LSU beat Clemson 70-56 on