GREENVILLE — During the Christmas break, Jordan Roper, along with several other players, took it upon themselves to come in a little bit early before practice each morning and put up some extra shots. It was almost like two-a-days.

“It really helped, I think,” said the senior guard.

It definitely helped on Saturday at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville. Roper made a career-high seven three-pointers in leading Clemson to an 84-75 victory over Florida State. He finished the game seven of 11 from the field, including seven out of 10 from behind the arc.

“I just felt really good tonight,” Roper said. “They were finding me on the outside for skips and whatnot. A lot of the shots I was wide open. It really helps.”

One shot was not open. With the Tigers (8-6, 1-1 ACC) ahead, 60-56, Roper drained a three-pointer from the right corner with 5:28 to play with a hand in his face. That was his last basket of the afternoon, but it was big one.

“Basketball is all about confidence and that play right there … I made a couple. You get it and you shoot it with confidence. It goes in. That’s the big key,” he said. “I think that is the ups and downs you see with our team. It’s just about confidence and attitude.

“Tonight we played with great confidence and we had a positive attitude going into the game and throughout the game. That really helped.”

Besides Roper’s game-high 23 points, Clemson also got 15 points from point guard Avry Holmes, 14 from Sidy Djitte, 11 from Donte Grantham, 10 from Jaron Blossomgame and nine points from center Landry Nnoko.

That confidence also showed down the stretch. The Tigers outscored FSU 30-21 in the last 8:10 after the Seminoles tied the game thanks to a rare four-point play by Devon Bookert.

Clemson quickly answered with two Djitte free throws, a layup by Donte Grantham and then Roper’s three-pointer to extend the lead to seven points.

“It was good to gut one out in a tight game, a possession game, especially when they tied it,” Clemson head coach Brad Brownell said. “It could have gone either way. Momentum had shifted to them a little bit, but we were able to bounce back and we made plays on both ends, especially on the offensive end.”

Clemson also made plays at the free throw line, even without Roper’s 78-percent free throw percentage. The Tigers connected on 16 of 20 free throws in the last 3:40, while finishing the game 24 of 33 overall (72.7 percent).

The Tigers were 22 of 27 from the foul line in the second half.

“That’s huge,” Roper said. “Those are guys with experience. They had confidence walking to the line. Like I said before, we were getting up early in the morning and going and shooting free throws. That translates. Guys walk up there, they’re confident and they knock in shots. That’s just huge.

“When you do that repetition, it really calms you when you get up there. Those guys knocked down the shots. That was the key to the game.”