Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Clemson Tigers
· ACC MEN'S TOURNAMENT - 2nd ROUND
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Clemson tops Ga Tech 69-65 in OT at ACC tourney
All-ACC guard K.J. McDaniels scored 18 points on 4-of-15 shooting to help the sixth-seeded Tigers (20-11) earn their second ACC tournament victory since 2008.
Clemson will play No. 7 Duke (24-7), the tournament's third seed, on Friday night in the quarterfinals.
Trae Golden scored 23 points and Robert Carter Jr. added 13 points for the 11th-seeded Yellow Jackets (16-17).
Daniel Miller sent Georgia Tech to overtime for a second-straight night by hitting a fadeaway jumper that tied it at 55 with 0.9 seconds left in regulation.
Harrison put Clemson ahead to stay when his full-court layup with 44.1 seconds left in OT made it 63-62.
Tech's Corey Heyward was called for an offensive foul for colliding into Harrison while handing off to Golden with 26.9 seconds left. Harrison hit four free throws in the final 26.1 seconds, sandwiching those sets around a pair from Landry Nnoko, to put the Tigers up 69-62.
Golden then hit a meaningless 3-pointer with 2.6 seconds left for the final margin.
Rod Hall had 10 points for the Tigers, who held Georgia Tech to 37 percent shooting and haven't allowed a team to reach 70 points in regulation since North Carolina did it on Jan. 26.
McDaniels had to work for his points: He played with a protective strap around his left shoulder and hit 10 of 11 free throws.
Kammeon Holsey finished with 10 points for the Yellow Jackets, who at times appeared gassed late after needing OT to beat Boston College in the first round Thursday night. They went without a field goal for 7 minutes late in regulation in this one before Golden hit a high bank shot to pull them to 55-53 with 55.8 seconds left.
Hall's long baseball pass for McDaniels was broken up by Georges-Hunt as the buzzer sounded to end regulation.
Jaron Blossomgame made two big plays on consecutive possessions to give Clemson its first lead of the second half.
His free throws with 4:15 remaining tied it at 51, and he followed McDaniels' missed layup with a stickback to put the Tigers up 53-51.
Blossomgame then stretched it to a four-point lead with a jumper with 1 1/2 minutes left.
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Statistics
 GT |
 CLEM |
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|---|---|---|
| 24-65 | FG | 20-54 |
| 37 | Field Goal % | 37 |
| 6-17 | 3PT | 4-14 |
| 35 | Three Point % | 29 |
| 11-20 | FT | 25-29 |
| 55 | Free Throw % | 86 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 17 | Offensive Rebounds | 14 |
| 20 | Defensive Rebounds | 26 |
| 9 | Assists | 6 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 9 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 10 | Total Turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Points Off Turnovers | 0 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 0 | Points in Paint | 0 |
| 21 | Fouls | 21 |
Game Information
Location: Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 21,533 | Capacity:
2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke | 17-1 | - | 35-3 |
| Virginia | 15-3 | 2 | 30-6 |
| Miami | 13-5 | 4 | 26-9 |
| North Carolina | 12-6 | 5 | 24-9 |
| Clemson | 12-6 | 5 | 24-11 |
| Louisville | 11-7 | 6 | 24-11 |
| NC State | 10-8 | 7 | 20-14 |
| Florida State | 10-8 | 7 | 18-15 |
| California | 9-9 | 8 | 22-12 |
| Stanford | 9-9 | 8 | 20-13 |
| Virginia Tech | 8-10 | 9 | 19-13 |
| SMU | 8-10 | 9 | 20-14 |
| Wake Forest | 7-11 | 10 | 18-17 |
| Syracuse | 6-12 | 11 | 15-17 |
| Pittsburgh | 5-13 | 12 | 13-20 |
| Notre Dame | 4-14 | 13 | 13-18 |
| Boston College | 4-14 | 13 | 11-20 |
| Georgia Tech | 2-16 | 15 | 11-20 |