Samuels kept his body between Clemente and guards Drew Gellert and Elliott Prasse-Freeman, preventing kickout passes and perimeter looks. Four of Clemente's six came on entry passes into the low post, and the other two came at the free-throw line.
Magarity then switched to 6'9 Tomasz Cielebak, against whom Clemente had somewhat better luck, especially in the second half. But Cielebak was a rare match for the Crimson's leading scorer--he possessed both the size and the mobility to pursue Clemente to the outside.
"I thought both Samuels and Cielebak did a great job on Clemente in the first," Magarity said. "He's such a smart player that he didn't force the issue, but maybe he should have, since he's almost impossible to stop on that step-back shot."
The rest of the Crimson shot just 7-of-23 from the field in the first, getting eight points from junior center Tim Coleman and seven from captain Damian Long.
The offense struggled at times to find replacements for Clemente, and turned the ball over 11 times.
"That hurt our rhythm," Sullivan said. "We look to Dan when we can't get things going."
"Teams are going to focus on Dan all year," Gellert said. "We've got to find ways as a team of getting the ball to him for good shots or else making some shots ourselves."
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