{"id":114815,"date":"2026-03-07T19:25:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T22:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tech.einnews.com\/article\/897906605"},"modified":"2026-03-07T19:25:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T22:25:19","slug":"johnson-and-davidson-score-15-each-clemson-beats-georgia-tech-79-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/03\/07\/johnson-and-davidson-score-15-each-clemson-beats-georgia-tech-79-76\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson and Davidson score 15 each, Clemson beats Georgia Tech 79-76"},"content":{"rendered":"

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) \u2014 Butta Johnson and Nick Davidson each scored 15 points and Clemson rallied in the second half to beat Georgia Tech 79-76 on Saturday in a regular-season finale.<\/p>\n

Clemson (22-9, 12-6 ACC) erased a six-point halftime deficit and outscored Georgia Tech 46-37 in the second half to secure the win. The Tigers had four players score in double figures and closed the game at the free-throw line in the final seconds.<\/p>\n

Georgia Tech (11-20, 2-16 ACC), which entered the game on an 11-game losing streak, led 39-33 at halftime. Clemson responded with a quick run to erase the deficit. A 3-pointer by Johnson and a layup from Carter Welling helped tie the game at 47 midway through the half.<\/p>\n

The teams traded the lead several times before Clemson pulled ahead. Johnson drilled a 3-pointer with 1:38 remaining to extend the Tigers\u2019 lead to 75-70 and they sealed the victory with free throws in the final seconds.<\/p>\n

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Welling added 13, and Ace Buckner finished with 10 for Clemson.<\/p>\n

Jaeden Mustaf led Georgia Tech with 28 points. Kowacie Reeves Jr. added 20 in his final collegiate game, and Akai Fleming scored 18 for the Yellow Jackets.<\/p>\n

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… second half to beat Georgia Tech<\/span> 79-76 on Saturday … halftime deficit and outscored Georgia Tech<\/span> 46-37 in the second half … Clemson. Jaeden Mustaf led Georgia Tech<\/span> with 28 points. Kowacie Reeves … as the No. 5 seed. Georgia Tech<\/span> did not qualify for the conference …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114815\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}