Tigers Top Canes

Clemson snapped the Hurricanes' 4 game win streak tonight, 79-69. Since the game wasn't televised, you probably don't know what kind of a rollercoaster ride this matchup became.

Miami started off spotting Clemson an early 21 point lead before crawling back late in the 2nd half to take a one point advantage. However, we didn't get much of a contribution tonight from the offense and couldn't keep the rally going.

What was good was that Miami fought back and made a game of it. Eddie Rios led us in scoring for much of the contest and finished with 12 points and 6 assists. Great game for the young point guard.

However, we were the recipient of some home cookin, with Clemson going to the foul line 34 times to our 13. The disparity eventually was what prevented the Canes from finishing the game off at the end. Miami did well in pretty much every other offensive category.

What they didn't do well in was keeping the Clemson offense from scoring. This team really is tough to gauge sometimes. Every time I write something good about them, they lay an egg. Now that I'm about to write them off again, watch them run the table and win their final 3 games.

Tonight's loss was disappointing but almost expected. Clemson is a tough opponent, and the game was on the road as well. Our final 3 games are much easier, though now we have to win 2 of the 3 to make a case for the NCAA tournament. If we blow our chance now, then it will be a disgraceful way to end the season. We've gone this far, beating several solid teams. All Miami needs to do is win a pair of games against average opponents and they'll be heading to the Big Dance.

Hopefully they'll show up for the first half next time and not have to pull themselves out of a huge hole.