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Clemsons big-play capabilities are finally showing up in games.After just one 40-yard play in the first five games of the season, the Tigers had three plays longer than 40 yards in the first quarter of last weeks 56-10 victory over Boston College and the Eagles top-ranked defense.Running back Wayne Gallman scored on a 59-yard run, receiver Mike Williams had a 50-yard reception and tight end Jordan Leggett had a 56-yard touchdown catch in an eight-minute span of the first quarter.We dominated in big plays and those are something we take a lot of pride in, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said.There could be plenty of fireworks this week, too, when the No. 3 Tigers (6-0, 3-0 ACC) take on North Carolina State (4-1, 1-0 ACC) at noon ET Saturday (ABC) at Memorial Stadium in Clemson.In last years 56-41 victory at N.C. State, Clemson had scoring plays of 24, 57, 42, 40, 35, and 36 yards.Explosive plays -- thats what we want to do, Clemson co-offensive coordinator Jeff Scott said. You dont want to always have to drive 85 yards in 10 plays to score. Its hurting our plays per game, but well take the one-play scores. Its nice to get those.Theres no doubt it was an element we wanted to improve on. We have all the pieces. We just didnt connect in the first five games. Friday night we did connect.Clemson appears to be hitting on all cylinders at the seasons midpoint and a key point in the schedule. After playing N.C. State the Tigers will have a bye week before hitting the road to face Florida State on Oct. 29.Quarterback Deshaun Watson is rounding into midseason form. He has nine touchdown passes in the past two games and has a history of big games against N.C. State.We control our own destiny, Watson said. Everything is out in front of us that we want. Weve got some big games ahead.Sophomore wide receiver Deon Cain has emerged as a threat to score every time he touches the ball. Cain has only 13 receptions, which is fourth-best on the team, but six have resulted in touchdowns, including two scores in each of the past two games. He also had a 40-yard touchdown reception at N.C. State last season.Barring an upset, the Tigers should be favored in each of their final six games and are firmly entrenched in the drivers seat in the ACCs Atlantic Division. Florida State already has two league losses and the Tigers hold the tiebreaker with Louisville by virtue of their victory on Oct. 1.But the Tigers cant be caught looking past N.C. State, which is coming off a waterlogged 10-3 victory against Notre Dame and won its only ACC outing 33-16 over then-unbeaten Wake Forest.Both of us are undefeated in our conference and right now were tied for first place, Swinney said. And we want to try to break that tie and have it in our favor when its over on Sunday. Its a big game, and I look forward to getting back at it.Defense has been a key for the Wolfpack. Notre Dame converted just one of 15 third-down situations and just two of four fourth downs last week, which coach Dave Doeren said was what pleased him most about the win.The Wolfpack got their only touchdown against the Irish on safety Dexter Wrights return of a blocked punt.For the season the Demon Deacons have allowed their opponents to convert only 20 of 71 third-down situations. That works out to just 28.1 percent success, 12th best in the country.Offensively, the Wolfpack managed only 198 yards in total offense against the Irish in the wind and rain. Running back Matt Dayes, however, did manage to rush for 126 yards against the Irish, giving him 563 for the season. He might have a little extra incentive because he suffered what became a season-ending injury during last Octobers game against Clemson.Quarterback Ryan Finley has shown an ability to take care of the football. He has gone 128 passes without throwing an interception in the five games this season. 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Wenyen Gabriel and Bam Adebayo each had 15 points for Kentucky, which won the game that was part of matchup of unbeaten teams in the Bluegrass Showcase.Matthew Butler scored 15 points and Jacolby Mobley had 14 for UT Martin (5-2), which shot just 33 percent in the second half and 41 percent overall in having its five-game winning streak stopped.---No. 5 KANSAS 95, UNC ASHEVILLEe 57LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Frank Mason III had 21 points and Udoka Azubuike added 17 as Kansas dunked its way to a victory.Josh Jackson contributed 14 points, Lagerald Vick had 12 and Devonte Graham finished with 11 assists, including consecutive alley-oop passes to Azubuike that helped the Jayhawks (5-1) win their 42nd straight game at Allen Fieldhouse.The only bummer for Kansas came in the closing minutes, when Graham banged up his right foot on a drive to the basket. He did not return, though the injury did not appear to be serious.Kevin Vannatta and Ahmad Thomas led Asheville (3-3) with 12 points apiece.---No. 7 VIRGINIA 74, IOWA 41NICEVILLE, Fla. -- Jerred Reuter led a well-balanced scoring attack with 14 points and Virginias stifling trademark defense set the tone for a victory in the semifinals of the Emerald Coast Classic.The Cavaliers (5-0) will play for the tournament title on Saturday against the winner of Fridays late game between Memphis and Providence.Three other Cavaliers scored in double figures: London Perrantes with 12, Isaiah Wilkins 11 and Darius Thompson 10.The Cavaliers began the day leading the nation in scoring defense by holding opponents to 38.8 points per game.Iowa (3-2) barely bested that average, led by Peter Joks 13 points.The Hawkeyes shot only 31.3 percent from the field including 26.1 percent from 3-point range.The Cavaliers hit 48.3 percent from the field including 47.1 percent on 3s.---PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas -- King McClure scored all 15 of his points in the second half and Baylor rallied from 22 points down in the Battle 4 Atlantis championship game.Johnathan Motley also had 15 points, and Terry Maston had 10 of his 12 in the final 20 minutes. The Bears (6-0) shot 65 percent in the second half in a stunning reversal from a start that saw the Cardinals shut down just about everything.Louisville led by 22 points late in the first half, by 20 early in the second and 54-42 on Quentin Sniders 3-pointer at the 10:07 mark. But the Bears responded with a 21-5 run, with Motley putting the ball on the floor to drive by Anas Mahmoud for the go-ahead dunk with 2:49 left.Motley was selected the tournament MVP.Donovan Mitchell scored 17 points for Louisville (5-1), which shot just 33 percent (9 of 27) in the second half.---TEMPLE 81, No. 19 WEST VIRGINIA 77NEW YORK -- Obi Enechionyia had 22 points and 12 reboundds to lead Temple to the upset in the championship game of the NIT Season Tip-Off.ddddddddddddEnechionyia scored 18 points in the first half for Temple (4-2), but it was his free throw with 1 second left that sealed the win. Alani Moore II added 18 points for the Owls, while Daniel Dingle finished with 15 and Quinton Rose had 12.Esa Ahmad led the Mountaineers (4-1) with 19 points, Teyvon Myers added 15, and Nathan Adrian and Tarik Phillip had 13 apiece.Enechionyia was named the Most Outstanding Player of the two-day tournament.---No. 21 IOWA ST. 73, MIAMI 56LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Deonte Burton scored 21 points and Darrell Bowie keyed a second-half surge that carried No. 21 Iowa State in the AdvoCare Invitational.The Cyclones (5-0) advanced to Sundays championship game, bouncing back from a poor shooting performance in a tournament-opening win over Indiana State.Matt Thomas had 12 points and Nazareth Mitrou-Long added 10 for Iowa State.Bowie hit an awkward layup as he tumbled to the court and made a short jumper during a 17-2 run the Cyclones put together over an 8-minute stretch of the second half.JaQuan Newton had 21 points for the Hurricanes (4-1), who shot 36 percent from the field, including 2 of 16 on 3-point attempts.---No. 23 RHODE ISLAND 82, BELMONT 73KINGSTON, R.I. -- Hassan Martin scored a career-high 31 points and Jarvis Garrett added a season-high 23 for Rhode Island.Kuran Iverson added 13 points for the Rams (5-1) while Dylan Windler had a double-double with 16 points and 14 rebounds for the Bruins (1-3).Belmont played without its leading scorer, Evan Bradds, who was sidelined with a concussion.The Rams held Belmont to 18.5 percent shooting (5 of 27) from beyond the 3-point arc which denied the Bruins a key part of their offense.Rhode Island forged a 46-31 lead and prevented the Bruins from getting closer than six points by shooting 55.4 percent from the field (31 of 56).Nick Smith had 17 points for Belmont.---No. 24 MICHIGAN ST. 77, WICHITA ST. 72Miles Bridges scored 21 points for Michigan State in the Battle 4 Atlantis third-place game.Eron Harris added 13 points for the Spartans (4-3), who followed Thursdays loss to No. 20 Baylor by building a huge second-half lead -- and then nearly blowing it.They led by 18 midway through the half and held a 15-point lead with 8:05 left, only to see the Shockers (5-2) turn to fullcourt pressure to get back in it. Wichita State ran off a 14-0 run to get to 66-65 on Daishon Smiths layup over Bridges with 4:13 left.The Shockers ultimately had one more chance to tie it in the final seconds, but Smith missed a long straightaway 3. Bridges grabbed the rebound and hit two clinching free throws with 4.7 seconds left.Darral Willis scored 16 points to lead Wichita State.---No. 25 FLORIDA ST. 72, ILLINOIS 61NEW YORK -- Dwayne Bacon scored 17 points to lead for Florida State in the third-place game of the NIT Season Tip-Off.Jonathan Isaac had 15 points and seven rebounds for Florida State (5-1).CJ Walker finished with 13 points and Xavier Rathan-Mayes had 10 for Florida State.Malcolm Hill had 18 points for Illinois (4-3), which lost its third straight. Leron Black chipped in with 15 points, and TeJon Lucas had 10. ' ' '