In ACC action Friday, Clemson got back on the winning track beating Long Beach, 87-79, Georgia Tech knocked off Mercer, 85-74, Florida State took Alabama, 60-51, and Virginia Tech lost to Temple, 61-50.

Temple really didn’t have too much trouble with Tech:  a first-half run of 19-4 put them up27-17 at the half, and a second half run of 16-4 put them up by as much as 19. Malcolm Delaney scored 32 points; his teammates managed 18 with Jeff Allen and Victor Davila scoring six big one apiece.  Terrell Bell, Dorenzo Hudson, and J.T. Thompson each managed a basket.

We can’t remember the last time an ACC team was so reliant on one player in a game, and Delaney was playing with a sore ankle and also tweaked a hammy in this game.  His team was pathetic but he was magnificent.

Clemson won, but Long Beach was within one with just under nine to play. Surprising factoid about Clemson:  Milton Jennings is only averaging 5.4 ppg.  We thought he’d be doing better by now.  Combined Booker brother stats:  20 points and 12 boards.

Also, Tanner Smith is starting. It’s nice to see hard workers rewarded.

Is it fair now to ask this?  Georgia Tech has three, possibly four first-round draft picks starting.  Yet they still seem to be struggling.  Why is that?

They did put Mercer away in the second half with a 25-11 run, but this team is loaded.  Why are they not blowing people away?  How can a kid from Mercer light them up for 40?  Florida State beat this bunch by 39.

Speaking of Florida State, they did a nice job on Alabama, now coached by Anthony Grant. Chris Singleton is doing a great job for FSU – he’s averaging 10.8 ppg, 2.8 assists, 8.2 boards, nearly two blocks and about two and a half steals per game.  That’s really solid.

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