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ANAHEIM, Calif. With the game on the line, Clemson's Demontez Stitt was right where he wanted to be.
Stitt made two free throws with 3.3 seconds remaining to give No. 19 Clemson a 70-69 victory against No. 12 Butler in the 76 Classic on Sunday night.
"I like having the ball in my hands at the end of the game," said Stitt, who gave credit to Clemson assistant coach Ron Bradley for his success. "Coach Bradley gave me some tapes of me hitting free throws in big games. I really thought back to those tapes and it really helped."
Clemson (6-1) trailed by 12 points before rallying to take a 68-67 lead on Andre Young's 3-point shot with 1:32 to play. Matt Howard's tip-in then put Butler (4-2) ahead 69-68 with 56.7 seconds remaining.
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FLORIDA STATE 57, MARQUETTE 56: Solomon Alabi hit a baseline jumper with 11.9 seconds left, and Florida State rallied to beat Marquette.
NO. 3 TEXAS 77, RICE 59: Dexter Pittman scored 21 points and Texas (5-0) held off a Rice rally before pulling away for a win.
No. 14 WASHINGTON 63, MONTANA 59: Venoy Overton made two free throws with 14.5 seconds left then blocked a potential tying 3-pointer by Montana's Anthony Johnson with 6 seconds remaining to give Washington a win.
ALABAMA 68, NO. 15 MICHIGAN 66: JaMychal Green scored 20 points, including a go-ahead dunk with five seconds to play, and Alabama (4-2) beat No. 15 Michigan (3-2).
NO. 23 CALIFORNIA 81, PRINCETON 60: Jamal Boykin matched his career high with 22 points, Jerome Randle also had 22 and California (4-2) easily beat Princeton (2-3).
TEXAS A&M 66, NO. 22 MINNESOTA 65: Derrick Roland scored 19 points to lead Texas A&M (5-1) over Minnesota (3-2).
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UNC WILMINGTON 86, ELON 56: In Elon, Montez Downey and John Fields scored 14 points apiece, leading UNC Wilmington to a rout of Elon. Observer News Services
