CLEMSON, S.C. – No. 11 Clemson University men’s basketball used an 18-5 first-half burst to take a 15-point lead and cruised to a 65-47 win over Virginia Tech in the regular-season finale in Littlejohn Coliseum on Saturday evening.

The Tigers (26-5, 18-2 ACC) set a program record for regular season wins and tied for the most wins on-court in school history overall and won their 15th ACC game of the season by double-digits, tied for third-most in league history.

Clemson has already earned a double-bye and will open play in the ACC Tournament on Thursday in Charlotte’s Spectrum Center. As the No. 3 seed, Clemson will open play at 9:30 p.m. on ESPN/ESPN2.

The Tigers were opportunistic on defense, forcing a season-high 23 turnovers and turning those into 25 points, while holding the Hokies to their second-lowest scoring output of the season. Clemson had 15 steals on the night, with four players tallying two or more, and were whistled for just six team personal fouls on the night. The Tigers did most of their offensive damage inside, hitting on .584 percent of field goal attempts inside the arc and 44 points in the paint, offsetting a 3-for-20 night from three-pot range.

Redshirt senior Viktor Lakhin (Anapa, Russia/CSKA-2/Cincinnati) led Clemson’s attack with 16 points, his fifth straight game in double-figures, and graduate guard Jaeden Zackery (Salem, Wis./Westosha Central/Boston College) added 12 points and four steals, moving into 10th in program history for single-season steals (61).

Early in the contest, the teams traded buckets as five different Tigers scored Clemson’s first six field goals. Del Jones (Landover, Md./Arizona Compass Prep) scored six consecutive points in a 1:09 span and sparked an 18-5 run as Clemson opened up a 29-14 lead 12 minutes into play and eight different Tigers scored field goals in the first half.

Clemson forced 14 turnovers in the half, tallied 28 of its 35 points in the paint and scored on 17 of its 32 possessions in taking a 35-20 lead into halftime. Lakhin scored 12 points and pulled down four boards (3 offensive) by halftime.

In the second half, neither team scored more than five consecutive points, and each time Virginia Tech scored, Clemson had an answer. Twelve Tigers found the scoring column, including Matt Kelly (Charleston, S.C./Porter-Gaud), who hit his first career-three-pointer with 30 seconds left, and Daniel Nauseef (Dayton, Ohio/Chaminade Julienne Catholic), who hit a free throw after being fouled with 14 seconds left.