CLEMSON, S.C. – Jake Wahlin (Provo, Utah/Timpview/Utah) led Clemson University men’s basketball with a season-high 14 points, while RJ Godfrey (Suwanee, Ga./North Gwinnett/Georgia) totaled his first double-double of the season with 13 points and 11 rebounds to help lead Clemson past Morehead State by a score of 83-51 on Tuesday night in Littlejohn Coliseum.
The Tigers (3-0) led their third consecutive game wire-to-wire en route to their third-straight 25+ point victory of the season. Clemson took a 19-point lead into the half, before pushing the margin to a game-high 30 in the second half and coasting to the 27-point victory.
Ace Buckner (Dallas, Texas/La Lumiere School (Ind.) netted his third-straight double-digit scoring effort (12) off the bench. He finished 4-for-8 from the field with five rebounds and two assists. Jestin Porter (Houston, Texas/Cypress Ridge/Middle Tennessee State) knocked down two threes in his nine-point output.
Dillon Hunter (Atlanta, Ga./Westlake) led the team with four assists, while committing zero turnovers. As a team, the Tigers turned the ball over just five times. It extended a Tiger record for turnovers to start a season and now Clemson has just 14 in three games.
Clemson hits the road for the first time this season when it travels to Georgetown on Saturday, Nov. 15. Tipoff is set for 12 p.m. and will stream on Peacock.
Notes: Clemson improves to 3-0 on the season … the Tigers improved to 3-1 all-time against Morehead State … Head Coach Brad Brownell won his 295th game at Clemson and 462nd in his career … Clemson has won its first three games by 50, 38 and 27 points, respectively, and that is the third time in program history that the Tigers have won its first three games by 25 or more points (2009-10; 1917-18) … Clemson extended its best start to a season with just 14 turnovers in its first three games (best since at least 1980) … RJ Godfrey totaled his first double-double of the season and the third of his career … of Godfrey’s 11 rebounds, a career-best seven came on the offensive glass … Jake Wahlin netted a season-high 14 points on a season-best four made threes … Nick Davidson totaled a season-high seven rebounds … Dillon Hunter is the Clemson all-time leader in assist-to-turnover ratio and added four assists and zero turnovers against Morehead State (151-50; 3.02).
