Pittsburgh Panthers vs Clemson Tigers Match Player Stats On Jan 29, 2019

Clemson backcourt mates Marcquise Reed and Shelton Mitchell combined to score 40 points as the host Tigers rolled past Pitt 82-69 at Littlejohn Coliseum on Tuesday.

Clemson snapped a two-game losing streak and improved to 12-8 overall and 2-5 in Atlantic Coast Conference play.

Pitt (12-9, 2-6) was playing its second road game in four days and lost it fourth in a row. The Panthers have lost 19 consecutive road games, including 16 in a row in league play.

Reed, a senior guard, scored 26 points on 8-of-13 shooting from the floor and a 6-for-6 touch from the free-throw line.

Mitchell, also a senior guard, added 14 points (all in the first half) and sophomore guard Clyde Trapp chipped in with 16 points and Javan White, a graduate transfer from Oral Roberts, added 10 points.

Clemson rode the hot hand of Mitchell and Reed to bolt to a 51-23 halftime lead. Mitchell, who had made only 2 of 19 shots from 3-point range in ACC play this season, went 4-for-4 from beyond the arc in the first half as the Tigers made 9 of 15 3-pointers as a team in the frame.

Clemson shot 67.7 percent from the floor -- the highest first-half percentage in nine seasons under coach Brad Brownell -- and the Tigers' 51 first-half points matched the most points scored in a first half in the Brownell era.

Clemson, which improved to 5-3 all-time against Pitt, finished with a season-high 14 3-pointers made in 27 attempts.

The Panthers were led by freshman guard Xavier Johnson, who scored a career-high 30 points. Johnson made 10 of 14 shots from the floor.

Senior swingman Jared Wilson-Frame added 14 points for the Panthers.

--Field Level Media