Clemson coach Brad Brownell was not ready to make too much of his team's blowout victory, no matter how good the Tigers looked against Florida State on Saturday.
Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton was quick to say just how bad the Seminoles looked against Clemson.
"That was one of our worst games," he said.
Andre Young scored 18 points, Milton Jennings added 15 and the Tigers used a 20-0 run in the first half to open Atlantic Coast Conference play with a 79-59 win over the Seminoles.
Clemson quickly turned the game into a rout. Florida State missed 10 straight shots during the stretch as Clemson pulled out to a 32-10 lead.
Ian Miller led FSU (9-6, 0-1) with 16 points.
Michael Snaer scored 22 points in Florida State's previous game — an 85-56 win over Auburn on Wednesday night. He lost that touch at Littlejohn Coliseum, though, and was held to 3-of-8 shooting.
Hamilton said his players had a good week of practice and he was blindsided by their poor effort. "I didn't see that coming," he said.
Both teams were looking to make an early ACC statement after up-and-down nonconference play, particularly in tournaments.
The Seminoles started 5-0 and rose to No. 22 in the rankings but fell to Harvard and then defending national champion Connecticut in the Battle4Atlantis in the Bahamas. Florida State also lost to a second Ivy League opponent, falling to Princeton in triple overtime last week.
The Tigers also struggled in their early games. They lost to instate mid-majors Coastal Carolina and College of Charleston, both at home, then lost two of three games in Honolulu last month.
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