NEW YORK — When you look at Shelton Mitchell’s numbers, nothing really jumps out at you.
The junior guard is averaging a solid 11.4 points per game and a modest 3.4 assist. He is also averaging 2.9 rebounds and is shooting 39 percent from the field overall.
However, statistics don’t always tell the whole story.
Mitchell does things for No. 19 Clemson that will not show up in the stat book. He is the Tigers’ facilitator. He is the glue to the offense, and if Clemson wants to advance past No. 12 seed Boston College in today’s quarterfinal round of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, then it will need Mitchell to do it.