CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) – Jaron Blossomgame scored a season-high 29 points to Clemson to a 93-65 victory over S.C. State on Tuesday to increase the Tigers’ win streak to five games.
The Tigers (7-2) shook off a sluggish first half to outscore the Bulldogs by 29 points in the second half.
Shelton Mitchell scored 14 points and Donte Grantham added 13 for Clemson, which shot 52 percent in the first half.
The Bulldogs (2-8) shot 52 percent and got 20 points from Eric Eaves, but they lost for the seventh time in the last eight games.
S.C. State stayed in the game in the first 20 minutes and trailed by nine at halftime. The Tigers held a 10-point lead four minutes into the second half before they went on 12-4 run to go up 18.
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S.C. State will play just its fourth game in the state of South Carolina when it heads to Furman on Friday at 7 p.m.
Clemson takes on Alabama in a neutral site game in Birmingham, Ala., on Sunday at 4 p.m. in the Tigers’ first of back-to-back contests against SEC foes.
