In a game where both teams struggled to shoot the ball, third-seeded Clemson held off sixth-seeded SMU 57-54 in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament on Thursday night inside of the

Chase Hunter scored 21 points, Jaeden Zackery added 11 points and No. 10 Clemson battled back to beat SMU 57-54 for its ninth straight win to reach the Atlantic Coast Conference semifinals.

In doing so, the Tigers narrowly avoided going one and done in back-to-back ACC Tournaments after getting routed by Boston College in their opener last year. They also kept their chances of a league title and a top 4 NCAA Tournament seed alive.