LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) - Milton Jennings scored 18 points and K.J. McDaniels had 17 to lead Clemson past Texas-El Paso 69-48 in the consolation round Friday night at the Old Spice Classic.
Adonis Filer added 10 points for Clemson (3-1). His late 3-pointer put the Tigers up by 21.
UTEP (1-3) got 15 points from John Bohannon. Justin Washburn finished with 11 points.
Both teams were coming off first-round tourney losses on Thursday. Clemson fell to No. 17 Gonzaga 57-49 and UTEP lost 68-61 to Oklahoma.
Clemson built a 47-30 lead with 15 minutes to play on Jennings' long-range jumper and a Rod Hall layup. A pair of dunks by Devin Booker made it 51-32.
Booker wound up with six points and 10 rebounds.
Two baskets by Washburn cut the UTEP deficit to 53-40 midway through the second half.
McDaniels had 14 points as Clemson took a 38-26 halftime lead. His fourth trey of the half gave the Tigers a 38-18 advantage 3 1/2 minutes before the break.
Jalen Ragland's 3 keyed an 8-0 run that got UTEP within 38-26.
Clemson made five 3-pointers, including two apiece by T.J. Sapp and McDaniels, to go up 15-3 five minutes into the game. Jennings had the other basket during the Tigers' early run.
A driving layup by Hall and another 3 by Jennings made it 20-4 two minutes later. Jordan Roper's 3-pointer extended the lead to 27-9 midway through the opening half.
The Tigers were 10 of 12 in the opening half from 3-point range.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Texas-El Paso (1-3) | 26 | 22 | 48 |
| Clemson (3-1) « | 38 | 31 | 69 |
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Lang, F | 25 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| J. Bohannon, C | 27 | 7-11 | 1-3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| J. Streeter, G | 32 | 1-6 | 5-6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| J. Washburn, G | 32 | 5-13 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| C. Cooper, G | 25 | 1-2 | 2-6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Washburn | 19 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| J. Ragland | 17 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| T. Howard | 13 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| H. Vint | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 17-46 | 11-21 | 24 | 7 | 16 | 48 | |
| 37% | 52.4% | ||||||
| Clemson Tigers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Jennings, F | 32 | 5-8 | 4-4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| K. McDaniels, F | 30 | 6-8 | 1-2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| D. Booker, C | 33 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| R. Hall, G | 31 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 |
| T. Sapp, G | 15 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Filer | 17 | 2-4 | 5-6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| D. Harrison | 16 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Roper | 10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| B. Sullivan | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| L. Nnoko | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Fields | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Smith | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-44 | 11-14 | 33 | 12 | 19 | 69 | |
| 52.3% | 78.6% | ||||||
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