Boston College scheduled a entice sport for the final day in January and the No. 20 Clemson Tigers obtained snared.
The Eagles put collectively a 40-minute effort to register a 62-54 upset victory over the Tigers earlier than a boisterous crowd at Conte Forum.
“I don’t want to say that (trap game) because that would be disrespectful to Boston College,” mentioned Clemson coach Brad Brownell. “We lost because they out-competed us.”
BC improved to 11-12 general and 5-7 within the ACC with their second dwelling win towards a ranked opponent. BC beat No. 20 Virginia Tech 70-65 in extra time on Dec. 21. Clemson fell to 18-5 and 10-2 within the league. BC hadn’t beat two ranked opponents in the identical season since 2017-18. BC will host Syracuse on Saturday (5 p.m.).
Makai Ashton-Langford led BC with 15 factors whereas level guard Jaeden Zackery added 13. Hunter Tyson led Clemson with 22 factors.
“This was another step forward to us and we don’t care who is ranked, who is at the top of the ACC, the middle or the bottom,” mentioned Zackery. “No matter who is playing who in the ACC, it is going to be competitive.”
Leading by seven on the break, Ashton-Lanford led a BC push to take a 39-30 lead into the primary media timeout. BC took successful when Post obtained tagged for his third foul with 15:51 to play.
BC went up 45-35 on a pull up within the paint by Prince Aligbe with 14:12 remaining. The Tigers emerged from their sleepwalk with six unanswered factors to chop the result in 45-41 into the second media timeout. BC’s issues have been compounded when Post picked up his fourth private with 10:13 to play.
Clemson tied the sport 45-45 on two free throws by R.J Godfrey with 7:42 to play. T.J. Bickerstaff, who changed Post, hit a free throw and banked one off the glass to provide BC a 50-45 lead with 5:13 on the board.
Ashton-Langford drove the lane with 1:05 to play to provide BC a 54-49 lead. Ashton-Lanford closed the take care of two from the road with 32 seconds to play. Tigers went the ultimate 13:16 minutes of the sport with no area objective.
“Coach (Earl Grant) set a play for me to try and get into the lane,” mentioned Ashton-Langford. “Once I saw the opening, I had tunnel vision at that point to get to the basket and make a big-time play.”
Tyson discovered candy spot on the high of the important thing with consecutive treys to place the Tigers up 8-2 into the primary media timeout. Conversely, BC was 0-for-5 from the ground earlier than Ashton-Lanford netted a jumper at 14:45.
BC made inroads and reduce the Tigers’ result in 12-8 on a jumper at 12:31, however Hall countered with a 3-ball from the highest of the important thing to place Clemson up by seven into the second media timeout.
Clemson jumped to a 19-8 lead, however guard Mason Madsen contained the hemorrhage with a nook trey and Zackery adopted with a trifecta and a put again. BC closed the half on 22-4 run and led 30-23 on the intermission.
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