Dillon Hunter Helps Key Tiger Victory with Career-High 15 Points
CLEMSON, S.C. – Dillon Hunter (Atlanta, Ga./Westlake) scored a career-high 15 points in Clemson University men’s basketball’s 79-51 win over Radford on Thursday night in Littlejohn Coliseum.
The Tigers (4-1) were led by Chauncey Wiggins’ (Grayson, Ga./Grayson) 16 points, while Hunter added 15, Ian Schieffelin (Atlanta, Ga./Grayson) nearly totaled another double-double finishing with 14 points and nine rebounds and Chase Hunter (Atlanta, Ga./Westlake) added 10.
Clemson limited Radford to just 17 made field goals on 30.9 percent shooting from the floor and 20.0 percent shooting from three (4-20).
In the opening stanza, the Tigers built a double-digit lead and kept it at 12 points when Chase Hunter hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to end the period with the Tigers leading 38-26.
The Tigers pushed its lead to over 20 points midway through the second half, before leading by a game-high 31 toward the end of regulation. Clemson scored 20 points off 11 Radford turnovers.
Four Tigers made multiple 3-pointers in the contest, helping Clemson shoot 47.8 percent from beyond the arc.
Clemson returns to the court in Daytona Beach, Fla. when the Tigers take on San Francisco in the opening game of the 2024 Sunshine Slam. Tipoff is set for 6:30 p.m. on CBS Sports Network.
Notes: Clemson moves to 4-1 this season … Clemson moved to 6-0 all-time against Radford … the 29-point victory was Clemson’s third of the season of 25+ points … Head Coach Brad Brownell won his 436th game of his career and his 269th while at Clemson … Clemson won its third game of the season shooting 40.0 percent or better from three – the Tigers are 107-26 under Brownell when they shoot better than 40.0 percent from three in a game … Chase Hunter now has 1,317 career points and moved into 23rd on Clemson’s all-time scoring list … Dillon Hunter scored a career-high 15 points on a career-best five made field goals … Hunter tied a career-high with two steals … Chauncey Wiggins totaled a season-high 16 points on seven field goal makes … Viktor Lakhin tied a season-high with three blocks.