CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) - Damarcus Harrison and Milton Jennings provided welcome sparks Sunday in Clemson's 77-41 win over South Carolina State.
Four days after a 23-point loss at Coastal Carolina, Jennings and Harrison scored 15 points each as the Tigers (7-4) beat South Carolina State for the 11th time in 12 games.
Clemson also received 11 points and seven rebounds from Devin Booker. K.J. McDaniels scored 10.
Clemson, 28-1 against Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference teams, led by as many as 39 points in the second half.
Harrison, 6-foot-4 sophomore transfer from Brigham Young, hit 6 of 11 shots from the field and had four rebounds and six assists.
Jennings, a 6-9 senior, scored 15 points with four rebounds, two assists, a steal and a blocked shot.
Matthew Hezekiah scored 14 points off the bench to lead South Carolina State (4-9).
Point guard Rod Hall had six assists with no turnovers for Clemson, whose 22 assists on 30 field goals were a high under coach Brad Brownell.
Fueled by Adonis Filer's eight points off the bench, Clemson finished the first half with a 21-2 run for a 36-18 lead.
South Carolina State led 16-15 after a 3-pointer by Luka Radovic with 9:03 to play but went scoreless for the next 5 minutes, 34 seconds.
Harrison hit a 3-pointer for an 18-16 Clemson lead with 8:38 to play and the Tigers never trailed again.
The Bulldogs' only score over the final nine minutes of the half was a dunk by Hezekiah with 3:39 to play.
South Carolina State committed 18 turnovers to Clemson's nine and shot 31 percent (18 of 58) from the field to the Tigers' 49.2 percent (30 of 61).
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| South Carolina State (4-9) | 18 | 23 | 41 |
| Clemson (7-4) « | 36 | 41 | 77 |
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| South Carolina State Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Palmer, F | 30 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| L. Radovic, F | 17 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| K. Toombs, G | 39 | 0-7 | 0-0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| P. Myers, G | 26 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| A. Adams, G | 24 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Hezekiah | 29 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| S. Mitchell | 29 | 4-11 | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| P. Henry | 3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Youmans | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Campbell | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-58 | 1-3 | 35 | 12 | 10 | 41 | |
| 31% | 33.3% | ||||||
| Clemson Tigers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Jennings, F | 22 | 6-8 | 1-2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| K. McDaniels, F | 21 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| D. Booker, C | 22 | 5-9 | 1-3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| J. Roper, G | 27 | 0-7 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| R. Hall, G | 20 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Harrison | 28 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| A. Filer | 19 | 2-5 | 3-5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| B. Sullivan | 15 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| L. Nnoko | 14 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| J. Smith | 8 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| C. Fields | 4 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 30-61 | 9-16 | 39 | 22 | 9 | 77 | |
| 49.2% | 56.3% | ||||||
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