Gabe DeVoe had no idea he tied a school record that has stood for 31 years alone at Clemson.

When the senior guard made his fifth three-pointer in Thursday’s 72-48 victory over Pittsburgh at Littlejohn Coliseum, he tied Michael Tate’s record for consecutive games of five or more three-pointers. Tate did it during Clemson’s magical run of 1986-’87, when those Tigers finished second in the ACC standings and set the all-time record for wins in a season by a Clemson team.

“That is pretty cool, and hopefully I will get five more in the next game,” said DeVoe, who tied his career-high with 25 points Thursday night.

With the way he has been shooting the basketball lately, he probably will.

During Clemson’s four-game winning streak, DeVoe has connected on 22-of-34 long-range shots. For those math majors out there, that is a 64.7 percent clip.

“I’m just playing with extreme confidence,” DeVoe said. “My teammates believe in me. They want to give me the ball and the coaches believe in me as well.”

Clemson head coach Brad Brownell says he has pretty much given DeVoe the green light to shoot the ball whenever and from wherever he wants to. However, there are still a few times he would like to see the Shelby, N.C. native pass the ball. Like in Thursday’s game when he launched a three-pointer from the outside of the Tiger Paw at midcourt.

“There is still one where he got talked about,” Brownell said while smiling. “So, you know. I’m pretty liberal with Gabe and his shooting, and he knows that, but every once in a while … there was one he needed to pass.”

However, that one shot is few and far between right now. DeVoe is so confident in his shot, even the one from the Tiger Paw he felt good about when he released it.

“I thought it was going in,” he said with a chuckle. “I did not put enough on it.”

DeVoe finished the game 7-of-11 from behind the arc. His seven three-pointers were a career-high for a game and tied for the highest mark this season by an ACC player.

In the last four games, DeVoe is averaging 22.8 points per game and has connected on 33-of-54 shots for an average of 61.1 percent. In all four games, he has made 50 percent or more of his shots.

“He is playing at an unbelievably high level,” Brownell said. “He is just shooting the ball with a lot of confidence, but he puts in a lot of work. He shoots extra. He is one of the first guys (in the gym), if not the last guy out of the gym. He has been that way all through fall shooting when we have come in three or four mornings a week and shoot.

“You are happy for guys on your team and in your program that develop. This is what you want for them at the end of their careers is to be playing their best basketball and to enjoy it and he is certainly doing both.”

With DeVoe making so many deep shots, opponents are starting to come out a little more to guard him than they have in the past. Brownell says they try to counter that with some screening action for him, but some of it is just him making plays and other guys making plays for him.

“It’s a combination,” Brownell said. “Obviously, as (the defense) continues to come out farther, we need to make more plays underneath it. (Pitt) went some zone and extended some and I thought we got into the high post a couple of times and David (Skara) made two baskets doing that.

“So there are some things you get because you are shooting and stretching the floor. Some of that is going to have to continue.”