GREENVILLE – Notre Dame’s efficient, high-powered offense was too much to overcome as Clemson fell 89-83 on Monday night.

Brad Brownell had a feeling the Irish would be riding high into The Well, fresh off Saturday’s win over No. 2 North Carolina.

“When you play the way they did on Saturday night — execute and make shots — you’re going to come into the next game and feel good about yourself…we got into a shootout tonight with a team with a bigger gun and more bullets,” Brownell said, “And that’s not going to be how we beat them.”

Also two days removed from their last outing, a 60-57 loss at Virginia Tech, Clemson (14-10, 7-5 ACC) has dropped consecutive games for the first time since December’s losses at Georgia and North Carolina.

“We didn’t play well, but we can’t harp on the negatives of the game,” said Jaron Blossomgame, who scored a career-high 30 points on 13-of-19 shooting from the field.

“We’ve got to keep moving forward. We’re still a good team and we have another opportunity this Saturday.”

No Clemson player has scored that many points since K.J. McDaniels dropped 30 two years ago against Georgia State in the NIT. A majority of Blossomgame’s work on Monday against the Irish came in the second half. After 20 minutes on the floor in the first, he had nine points on 4-of-6 shooting.

“We had a harder time guarding him in the second half,” said Notre Dame head coach Mike Brey, “But our first half defense gave us a cushion.”

Notre Dame jumped out to an early 11-2 lead after a pair of 3-pointers by V.J. Beachem and from Demetrius Jackson. Clemson responded with a 14-7 run, which was capped by a mid-range jumper from the wing by Jordan Roper, who had seven points and a game-high six assists.

Avry Holmes and Donte Grantham also scored in double digits for the Tigers, adding 17 and 12, respectively. As a team, Clemson shot well: 53 percent from the field and 50 percent from behind the 3-point line.

Each of Notre Dame’s five starters, all of whom average over 10 points per game, were in double-digits on Monday night. The Irish (17-7, 8-5 ACC) did their work in close (34 points in the paint) and from deep (10-of-22 from 3).

“That’s what’s good about Notre Dame,” Brownell said. “They’ve got older players. They play with poise. They always have five guys on the floor that score.”

Zach Auguste had four points and four rebounds when he picked up his first two fouls within a span of 13 seconds. Forced to the bench for the final 11:54 of the first half, he finished with 19 points and eight rebounds.

“He wasn’t pissed off. He wasn’t distracted. He came out and played 20 (second half) minutes,” Brey said. “He was a man.”

Like Auguste, Landry Nnoko found himself mired in foul trouble. Nnoko, however, went more than 16 minutes before picking up his first two fouls on consecutive offensive trips at the end of the first half.

Clemson faced a 35-29 deficit at the break.

“I thought our defense was reasonably well in the first half,” Brownell said. “The second half, it just kind of fell apart.”

Notre Dame shot 5-for-12 from behind the 3-point line in the first half before missing their first three in the second period. The Irish followed with consecutive makes from deep, including a bucket from the corner by Beachem, who scored 12 of his 15 points off 3-pointers.

As a team, Notre Dame shot 51 percent from the field, 46 percent from behind the 3-point line and 84 percent from the free-throw line.

“Just too good offensively for us, with the way we played tonight,” Brownell said.

The Irish led by as many as 13 before the Tigers battled back over the game’s final 2:49.

“We need to take a couple of days. We’re beat up. We’re tired. We’re sick. We don’t feel great and we probably shouldn’t feel great,” Brownell said. “We haven’t played as well the last couple of weeks as we did for a month. That’s part of basketball at this level. At such a long season, we’re going to play through things.”

Clemson returns to The Well on Saturday for a 2 o’clock tip against Georgia Tech.