This time last week, after he struggled to make any kind of shot or free throw in Clemson’s win over Wake Forest, people wondered just how effective Clyde Trapp can be just a month after returning from a serious knee injury.
But all of those questions seemingly were erased when he made a driving layup with 2.3 seconds to play to help the Tigers’ beat Syracuse, 71-70, Tuesday night at Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson.
“Everybody wants to make a game winner,” Trapp said afterwards. “Especially on the collegiate level. Making the winning play, I feel like I’m an older guy, so I wanted to make the winning play to seal the deal for us.