Shooting woes doomed the Auburn basketball team once again Sunday, as they fell to Clemson 72-61.
Overall, the Tigers were 21 of 54 from the field. They made seven threes, but they shot 24.
KT Harrell attempted seven of those long balls, sinking three of them. He finished with 16 points and was the Tigers' second-leading scorer.
A positive note for Bruce Pearl and Auburn was the resurgence of Cinmeon Bowers, who had his first double-double since opening the season with four straight. The center finished with 17 points and 14 rebounds, leading the Tigers in scoring.
Antoine Mason saw his first action since the first game of the season and contributed 14 points coming off the bench.
The Tigers got out to a quick lead in the first half, but Clemson went on a few runs as Auburn went cold, and Clemson led by six at the half.
To start the second half, Tahj-Shamsid Deen got four the hard way, and cut the Clemson lead to 2.
Immediately after that, Clemson went on a 7-0 run and eventually took an 11-point lead.
Auburn cut the lead to as little as four, but didn't make the shots they needed in the final three minutes and Clemson pulled away again.
Aside from shooting, ball handling and turnovers also played a part in the loss.
The Tigers turned the ball over 18 times and Clemson converted those mishaps in to 19 points.
The loss is Auburn's 4th in 5 games, and drops the Tigers overall record to 3-5.
Next up for Pearl and the Tigers is a matchup with Winthrop on Wednesday.
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