NEW YORK —

Clemson University men’s basketball got beat by #10 BYU on a buzzer beater 67-64 as time expired on Tuesday night in the Jimmy V Classic in Madison Square Garden.

The Tigers (7-3) held a 43-22 advantage at halftime and took a game-high 22-point lead early in the second half, but the Cougars used a 36-11 run to go up 58-54 with 2:24 left in regulation.

Clemson trailed by six with 1:10 left and hit on three consecutive baskets to tie the game at 64-64. The Cougars inbounded and called timeout just across the timeline and with 1.3 seconds left BYU’s Robert Wright III hit a game-winning 3-pointer as time expired.

The Tigers had built a dominant 21-point halftime lead thanks to a 21-0 run that was extended to 22-0 at the start of the second half, the largest run for a Tiger team

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