Miami vs. Clemson: Recap, Stats, and Box Score

(3) Miami 45

(21-3, 10-1 away)

Clemson 43

(13-12, 10-5 home)

Venue: Littlejohn Coliseum

6:00PM ET / 3:00PM PT, February 17, 2013

Box Score

	1st	2nd	Final
Miami	18	27	45
Clemson	16	27	43

Top Performers

	Points	Rebounds	Assists
Miami	K Kadji 12	D Scott 11	S Larkin 3
Clemson	J Roper 19	D Booker 10	M Jennings 4

In a low-scoring game, Clemson suffered a heartbreaking loss against No. 3 Miami (FL) 45-43 in conference play. With the loss, the Tigers stay winless versus AP-Ranked teams at 0-5 for the season. The Tigers were paced by Jordan Roper, who put up a season-high 19 points on 72.7 percent shooting in 31 minutes. Devin Booker played his way to a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Julian Gamble got eight points and eight rebounds for the Hurricanes. Clemson (13-12, 5-8 ACC) travels to Maryland (18-7, 6-6 ACC) on Saturday, Feb. 23.

Clemson Game Notes

The last time Clemson started the season 13-12 was 2011.
Clemson beat the spread by 3.5 points. That makes the 13th time this season the Tigers have beaten the spread.
The Tigers have been unlucky five times this season in games decided by five or fewer points. Since 2007, Clemson is 24-34 in close games.
Prior to this game, Clemson played 29 Top 25 opponents in the last five seasons with a record of 6-23.
Clemson has lost 100 percent of the time this season (0-3) after recording 43 or fewer total points.
The Tigers have lost 86 percent of the time this season (1-6) after having a three-point percentage of 23.5 percent or worse.
Clemson has lost 75 percent of the time this season (1-3) after committing six or more turnovers.
Clemson set a season low for free throws made (five).
This is the 13th game at home this season--Clemson has a 10.9 average scoring margin against opponents at home.
Jordan Roper accounted for 44.1 percent of the team's points.
The top two rebounders (Devin Booker and K.J. McDaniels) accounted for 51.3 percent of the rebounds.
Jordan Roper has led the team in scoring in three out of 25 games this season.
Devin Booker has led the team in rebounding in 13 out of 25 games this season.
Devin Booker recorded the 16th double-digit rebound game of his career.
Devin Booker has three straight double-digit point games.
Devin Booker recorded a double-double. It was his fifth this season and 12th of his career.
K.J. McDaniels had a career high with nine rebounds.

Miami (FL) Game Notes

The top two scorers (Kenny Kadji and Julian Gamble) accounted for 44.4 percent of the points.
The top two rebounders (Durand Scott and Julian Gamble) accounted for 44.1 percent of the rebounds.
Kenny Kadji has led the team in scoring six times in 24 games this season.
Durand Scott has led the team in rebounding three times in 24 games this season.
Durand Scott recorded the fifth double-digit rebound game of his career.

MIA Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
B	Julian Gamble	29	8	8	0	0	3	1
B-	Shane Larkin	40	7	5	3	2	0	3
B-	Kenny Kadji	29	12	4	0	0	0	1
C+	Durand Scott	27	3	11	2	0	0	2
C+	Erik Swoope	9	2	3	0	0	0	0
C	Rion Brown	20	5	2	0	1	0	1
C	Reggie Johnson	17	2	3	1	1	0	2
C	T. McKinney-Jones	27	6	3	1	0	0	3

CLEM Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	Jordan Roper	31	19	1	0	4	0	0
A	Devin Booker	36	11	10	0	1	1	0
B	Milton Jennings	36	5	6	4	1	2	1
B-	K.J. McDaniels	33	3	9	1	2	1	2
C	Rod Hall	33	2	5	2	1	0	2
C-	Adonis Filer	10	3	0	1	0	0	1
D	D. Harrison	14	0	1	0	0	0	0
-	Landry Nnoko	4	0	2	0	0	0	0
-	Josh Smith	3	0	1	0	0	0	0