Georgetown rallied from a first-half deficit to defeat Clemson, 79-74, on Saturday at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.

The Hoyas improved to 4-0 while handing the Tigers (3-1) their first loss of the season.

Georgetown trailed by three points at halftime but outscored Clemson, 46-38, in the second half. Starting guard KJ Lewis led the Hoyas with 26 points, including 17 in the second half. He went 11-of-14 at the free-throw line and had five steals, with four of those coming in the second half.

Clemson was only down 77-74 with 31.6 seconds left after a huge 3-pointer by forward Jake Wahlin. But Georgetown center Vince Iwuchukwu hit a clutch bucket with 14 seconds left to help the Hoyas close the game out.

The story of the first half was Clemson’s bench scoring. The Tigers had a 24-5 advantage in bench points and led 36-33 at the break.

Carter Welling scored 11 of those first-half bench points, going 4-of-6 from the field in the first 20 minutes. The Utah Valley transfer forward finished with 14 points to lead the Tigers, while starting forward Nick Davidson posted 13 points and freshman guard Zac Foster added 11 points off the bench.

Clemson shot 41% from the field and 34% from 3, while Georgetown was 45% from the field and 35% from beyond the arc. The Hoyas benefitted from 25 made free throws on 32 attempts, compared to Clemson’s 14 made free throws on 20 shots at the foul line.

Clemson had won each of its first three games (at home vs. New Hampshire, Gardner-Webb and Morehead State) by at least 27 points.

The Tigers will return to the court on Monday when they host North Alabama in Littlejohn Coliseum. Tipoff is set for 9 p.m. on ACC Network.