It took a late run to get it done, as the Clemson basketball team overcame a second-half deficit to knock off Mercer at home on Saturday, 70-63.
The Tigers outscored the Bears 15-5 down the stretch to improve to 8-3 on the season.
Coming off back-to-back heartbreaking losses to Alabama and BYU, two Top 15 teams, head coach Brad Brownell readily admitted this might have served as a trap game for his team.
“Oh yeah, these are hard,” Brownell added. “It is hard to get your guys really ready. And our guys were fine. We weren’t not ready to play.