WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- The 20th-ranked Clemson Tigers needed to protect a pair of foul-plagued defenders from the whistles, and had to cool down the Wake Forest shooters who kept their team in the game.
Coach Brad Brownell's little-used zone defense accomplished both things.
Gabe DeVoe scored 24 points and Clemson beat Wake Forest 75-67 on Saturday.
"They couldn't figure it out," DeVoe said of the reaction to the zone by the Demon Deacons -- who went 5 minutes between field goals down the stretch.
Marcquise Reed added 10 of his 22 in the final six minutes to help the Tigers (19-4, 8-3) win their third straight and claim sole possession of second place in the league standings, a half-game ahead of No.