Clemson (Team USA) did not need any late game stops this time around.
After living on the edge for much of the World University Games in Italy, the Tigers got 20 points from John Newman and 12 from Aamir Simms as they rolled to an easy 85-63 victory over Ukraine to win the Gold Medal Thursday in Naples, Italy.
Clemson went 6-0 in the tournament, with four of those wins coming by four points or less. However, on Thursday, the Tigers used a 16-2 first period run and never looked back.
Ukraine made a push early in the third period to get back in the game, but Clemson responded with a quick run of its own thanks to Newman and Simms to take back control of the game.