GREENVILLE – Clemson snapped its two-game losing skid with a 66-52 win over Georgia Tech on Saturday afternoon at The Well.

According to Brad Brownell, the final score wasn’t indicative of how close the game was.

“That happens a lot in a lot of games,” he said. “This was a two or three possession game for most of the day.”

Jaron Blossomgame and Jordan Roper led the way with 17 and 15 points, respectively. Though they were the only two Tigers to score in double-digits, Gabe DeVoe and Avry Holmes found other ways to help push the team’s record to 15-10 (8-5 ACC). DeVoe grabbed nine rebounds and Holmes set a career-high with six steals. Holmes’ work on the defensive end helped set the pace for their 17 points off turnovers.

“We had a lot of guys contribute in a lot of different ways,” Brownell said. “Jaron’s baskets early in the game — just to keep us around, really — we didn’t play as well offensively.”

As a team, they shot 40 percent from the field and 15 percent from behind the 3-point line. Of their 26 made shots, three were assisted.

“Offensively, you’ve got to have a little more confidence. We’ve got to get that back,” Brownell said.

Clemson jumped out to a 6-2 lead before Landry Nnoko and Sidy Djitte each picked their first fouls. With Legend Robertin on the floor for two minutes, Georgia Tech pounded the paint with a 10-2 run.

The Yellow Jackets’ run ended at 14-2 when Donte Grantham knocked down the Tigers’ first 3-pointer, to cut the deficit to 16-11.

Roper knotted the score at 24 with a nifty lay-up over a pair of Georgia Tech (13-12, 4-8 ACC) defenders, which prompted a timeout by head coach Brian Gregory, to help quiet the 12,232 fans at The Well.

Clemson regained the lead with 1:39 to play in the half on a pair of free-throws by Grantham. Up 31-29, the Tigers closed the first half with three makes from the field, including a buzzer-beater by Roper, who stole Quinton Stephens in-bounds pass with 4.4 seconds to play.

“The five points previous by Blossomgame — two on post-ups — I thought was critical there,” Gregory said.

Despite shooting 1 of 9 from behind the 3-point line in the first half, Clemson led 37-32 at the break.

Blossomgame joined the 1,000-point club after hitting a pair of free-throws, which were the first points of the second half.

“It’s pretty special,” he said. “I did it in high school. It took me four years to do it in high school, then three years here.”

Roper made Clemson’s second 3-pointer of the afternoon, to extend their lead to 46-42, but the Tigers didn’t catch fire — they missed their final three shots from deep, to finish 2 for 13.

Much of damage was done on the defensive end. Clemson scored four of their points off turnovers on consecutive steals by Roper and Holmes

Up 52-46, the Tigers closed on a 14-6 run as Georgia Tech closed by missed 14 of their final 16 shots from the field. The Yellow Jackets shot 1 for 11 from behind the 3-point line and 35 percent from the field.

“You’ve got to win a lot of different ways to be a good team and today was, defensively, a victory for our defense,” Brownell said.

Gregory thought the second chance points were the difference in the game. Clemson out-scored Georgia Tech 21-10 in that department, thanks to 15 offensive rebounds. The Yellow Jackets had 14. Charles Mitchell, who had 11 points and 19 rebounds, grabbed six off the offensive glass.

“(Clemson) is good,” Gregory said. “This team is a veteran team that knows how to play. They don’t get rattled. Some of those games they won, they were down and didn’t get rattled.”

Clemson returns to action on Wednesday night against Boston College.