No. 5Clemson Tigers

Men's Basketball Championship · Midwest Region · 1st Round

Ugh, no.

Clemson Tigers lost to the McNeese Cowboys

Ranked #12 · 28-6 69 – 67

Ranked #5 · 27-7

Final · Thu, Mar 20

Game Details

Amica Mutual Pavilion (Providence) · 11,441 fans · truTV View tournament bracket →

Recap

No. 12 seed McNeese holds off late Clemson charge to earn first March Madness victory

McNeese coach Will Wade and his boombox-toting manager gave March Madness its first bracket buster.

Recap via ESPN

Amica Mutual Pavilion · Providence

Line Score

	1	2	T
MCN	31	38	69
CLEM	13	54	67

Game Flow

MCN CLEM

H1H2

11-0Biggest Run9-0

24Largest Lead2

2 lead changes · tied 3 times

Win Probability · Clemson Tigers

tip-offnow: 0%

Game Leaders

McNeese Cowboys

Brandon Murray · 21Points
Quadir Copeland · 5Assists
Christian Shumate · 11Rebounds

Clemson Tigers

Jaeden Zackery · 24Points
Chase Hunter · 2Assists
Viktor Lakhin · 10Rebounds

2025-26 Southland Conference Standings

Team	GB
Stephen F. Austin	-
McNeese	1
UT Rio Grande Valley	6
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	7
LSU New Orleans	8
Nicholls	8
Houston Christian	12
Northwestern State	12
Incarnate Word	13
Lamar	13
East Texas A&M	14
SE Louisiana	14

2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

Team	GB
Duke	-
Virginia	2
Miami	4
North Carolina	5
Clemson	5
Louisville	6
NC State	7
Florida State	7
California	8
Stanford	8
Virginia Tech	9
SMU	9
Wake Forest	10
Syracuse	11
Pittsburgh	12
Notre Dame	13
Boston College	13
Georgia Tech	15

Team Stats

McNeese CowboysClemson Tigers

Shooting

27-62, 44% Field Goals 21-57, 37%

4-19, 21% 3-Pointers 9-30, 30%

11-22, 50% Free Throws 16-19, 84%

Possessions

43 Rebounds 36

18 Offensive Rebounds 13

12 Assists 9

7 Steals 5

6 Blocks 0

11 Turnovers 13

19 Fouls 16

Scoring

44 Points in Paint 24

6 Fast Break Points 4

24 Largest Lead 2

Box Score

McNeese Cowboys ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
J. CharlesF	0	5	0	22	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	1	1	2	3	4
C. ShumateF	13	11	1	34	6-8	1-2	0-0	1	0	2	5	6	3
DJ Richards Jr.G	2	3	2	17	1-8	0-7	0-0	0	0	0	0	3	1
J. GarciaG	3	1	1	31	0-6	0-0	3-4	0	0	3	0	1	3
Q. CopelandG	16	7	5	30	5-8	0-1	6-10	7	2	0	3	4	4
Bench
B. SelebangueF	2	3	0	18	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	3	0	1
S. ParkerG	12	4	0	19	4-12	2-6	2-4	0	0	0	1	3	1
B. MurrayG	21	4	3	29	10-18	1-2	0-4	0	3	0	2	2	2
J. Brewer Jr.F	DNP: Did not play
E. VillarrealG	DNP: Did not play
H. Gaskins Jr.G	DNP: Did not play
O. CooperG	DNP: Did not play
L. Evans IVG	DNP: Did not play
T. BrownG	DNP: Did not play
A. BreedG	DNP: Did not play
Team	69	43	12		27-62	4-19	11-22	11	7	6	18	25	19

Clemson Tigers ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
C. WigginsF	10	2	0	30	3-12	2-7	2-2	1	0	0	1	1	2
I. SchieffelinF	1	8	2	33	0-4	0-2	1-2	2	0	0	3	5	4
V. LakhinC	6	10	1	25	2-4	0-0	2-3	3	1	0	5	5	5
J. ZackeryG	24	5	1	40	9-19	4-8	2-2	1	1	0	0	5	0
C. HunterG	21	4	2	36	5-11	2-7	9-10	4	2	0	2	2	3
Bench
M. FosterF	0	0	0	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
C. ReevesC	0	1	0	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
J. HeidbrederG	3	3	1	19	1-5	1-5	0-0	0	1	0	1	2	2
D. JonesG	2	1	2	12	1-2	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	0
J. RobertsF	DNP: Did not play
D. NauseefF	DNP: Did not play
D. ThomasF	DNP: Did not play
A. ThomasG	DNP: Did not play
A. BucknerG	DNP: Did not play
A. LatiffG	DNP: Did not play
M. KellyG	DNP: Did not play
D. HunterG	DNP: Did not play
Team	67	36	9		21-57	9-30	16-19	13	5	0	13	23	16

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