Clemson 77, at California 55

BERKELEY, Calif. (Interstat) — The Clemson Tigers delivered a commanding defensive performance, suffocating the California Golden Bears from the opening tip and cruising to a 77-55 victory in a non-conference men’s basketball game Saturday at Haas Pavilion. The game’s defining stretch came early and decisively. Clemson, improving to 20-4, established a tone of overwhelming physicality and disruptive defense that California, now 17-7, never managed to counter. The Tigers held the Golden Bears to a mere 20 points in the first half, building a 19-point lead by intermission that California never seriously threatened. The opening period was a clinic in defensive… Read more...