With his team up three points, John Newman grabbed a key offensive rebound with 17.6 seconds to play off a Marcquise Reed miss to help seal Clemson’s 75-69 victory over Wright State Tuesday at Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson.
With the win, the Tigers advances to the second round of the NIT Tournament where it will play the winner of Wednesday’s Wichita State-Furman game.
With Clemson clinging to a 72-69 lead, the Raiders Loudon Love missed two free throws with 47 seconds to play. Aamir Simms grabbed the rebound for Clemson as it ran the shot clock down.