When Virginia Tech’s Seth Allen went up for his game-winning shot in the final seconds of this past Tuesday’s game in Blacksburg, Va., Clemson guard Avery Holmes was thinking what everyone else back in Tigertown was thinking. “Don’t make it make. Please miss,” Holmes said. Allen did make it. His three-pointer with 3.8 seconds left […]
Brad Brownell describes Avry Holmes as a competitor, a grinder, if you will. He is a guy that will fight for every loose ball and will play hurt if he has to. “That’s from growing up with brothers and sisters that were always beating up on you every day,” Holmes said. “I grew up with […]
Clemson used an 18-6 run to close out the first half, and then extended its lead to as many as 21 points in the second half in beating Davidson, 95-78, in the first round of the Tire Pros Invitational on Thursday morning. The 95 points were the most by a Clemson team since 2009 win […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Clemson senior guard Avry Holmes says playing for head coach Brad Brownell has made a big difference for him and how he plays the game. He said playing for Brownell, and getting that experience in the ACC last year, has him confident in his own abilities as he heads into the 2016-’17 […]
GREENVILLE — Avery Holmes had one job on Wednesday night – slow down Boston College guard Eli Carter. And that is what he did. Carter, who was averaging 16.1 points per game prior to Wednesday’s contest with Clemson at the Bon Secours Wellness Center, scored just five points and connected on 1-of-17 shooting in Clemson’s […]
GREENVILLE — It was a battle at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena on Wednesday as the Clemson Tigers defeated Boston College, 65-54, in Greenville. The win puts the Tigers at 9-5 in the ACC and 16-10 overall. Leading the Tigers in scoring was junior Jaron Blossomgame, who totaled 23 points. Following Blossomgame, was point guard […]
GREENVILLE — Offensively it just wasn’t Avery Holmes afternoon. The junior connected on just 2-of-10 shots from the field and was 4-of-8 from the foul line. So early on Holmes decided he was going to contribute to Clemson’s 66-52 victory over Georgia Tech another way on Saturday – by playing defense. Holmes was a nightmare […]
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Clemson overcame an eight-point halftime deficit and scored 56 points after intermission, most in any half in 185 games under coach Brad Brownell, on its way to a 76-62 win at Wake Forest on Tuesday. The win improved the Tigers to 14-8 overall, 7-3 in the ACC. Wake Forest fell to 10-12 […]
GREENVILLE — Clemson forward Jaron Blossomgame scored a team-high 22 points, while Avery Holmes added 13 points in the Tigers’ 73-60 victory over Pitt on Wednesday at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville. Blossomgame’s 22 points marked the third straight game in which he had scored at least 20 points. Clemson’s leading scorer was […]
Clemson assistant basketball coach Steve Smith, who will be getting inducted into his high school Hall of Fame at Wade Hampton High School in Hampton, S.C., says the Tigers will get more opportunities to score at the point guard position than it has in the past. San Francisco transfer Avery Holmes will replace Rod Hall […]