Chase Hunter scored 16 points, five of his teammates finished in double figures, and the Clemson Tigers defeated Wake Forest, 73-62, Saturday at Littlejohn Coliseum to snap a two-game losing streak in their return to ACC play.
For a Clemson (10-3 overall, 2-0 ACC) team that was coming off back-to-back overtime losses to Memphis and South Carolina, it was a nice way to close out the unofficial first half of the season as the Tigers head into their Christmas break.
The Tigers controlled Saturday’s game virtually from the start. They doubled up Wake Forest (9-4) at 30-15 in the first half thanks to a 10-0 run that included 3-pointers from Hunter and Air Force transfer Jake Heidbreder. Clemson led 40-31 at halftime.
Clemson would lead by as many as 20 in the second half after Ian Schieffelin put the Tigers up 71-51 with just over five minutes remaining. Schieffelin and Viktor Lakhin both scored 13 points and Jaeden Zackery added 12 to go with Hunter’s 16.
Hunter was 5-of-9 from the field, including 4-of-7 from downtown.
Heidbreder was his own star, scoring 15 points off the bench and making three of his four three-point shots.
Clemson schedule 2024-25
Clemson will face Stanford at 3 p.m. ET at Littlejohn Coliseum on New Year’s Day. The game will be televised on ACC Network.