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Lowe’s Late Surge Lifts Georgetown Past Clemson, 85-78
By Piper Rampage
Photo: Chris Pruitt / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Jaland Lowe scored nine of his 21 points in the final 2:34 as Georgetown held off Clemson for an 85-78 victory at Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson, South Carolina.
Lowe finished with 21 points and six assists. Vince Iwuchukwu added 20 points and 10 rebounds, Elmarko Jackson scored 17 points — 12 in the final 11:08 — and Josiah Parker contributed 11 points.
Georgetown improved to 4-0.
The Hoyas led by 19 in the first half, 41-22, and took a 47-32 lead into halftime. Clemson rallied in the second half and took a 66-64 lead on a Cole Certa layup with 6:23 left — the Tigers’ final lead of the game.
Jackson scored eight points in Georgetown’s answering run. Lowe then scored the Hoyas’ next nine points, and his 3-pointer with 1:13 left made it 79-71.
Ace Buckner led Clemson with 20 points and five assists. Certa added 14 points, and Liutauras Lelevicius scored 10. Clemson fell to 3-1.
Georgetown has beaten Clemson two straight years and has two wins this season over power-conference teams.
Piper Rampage
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