<p>GREENSBORO, N.C. — Gabby Elliott scored a season-high 25 points and 11th-seeded Clemson beat sixth-seeded Notre Dame 68-63 in the second round of the ACC tournament on Thursday night.</p>
<p>The Tigers (11-12) face No. 3 seed Georgia Tech in the quarterfinals on Friday night.</p>
<p>The freshman Elliott scored on <a href="https://twitter.com/ClemsonWBB/status/1367678659306254339">a baseline drive with 1:28 left</a> that put Clemson in front for good at 61-60, the Tigers’ first lead since late in the first quarter.</p>
<p>Kendall Spray pushed the lead to 64-60 on <a href="https://twitter.com/ClemsonWBB/status/1367680467206508545">a pull-up 3-pointer as the shot clock buzzer expired with 17.6 seconds left</a>. The referees checked the monitor to confirm that she both got the shot off in time and was behind the arc.</p>
<p>Maddy Westbeld got the Fighting Irish (10-10) back to 64-63 with a three-point play four seconds later. </p>
<p>Amari Robinson made a pair of free throws for Clemson, and most of the remaining time ran off the clock during a loose ball scrum after Notre Dame’s Dara Mabrey missed a 3-point attempt that would have tied it with nine seconds left.</p>
<p>Spray finished with 13 points, Delicia Washington had 11 points and seven assists, and Robinson had 10 points and eight boards. Elliott had seven rebounds and six steals.</p>
<p>Westbeld scored 21 points on 10-of-11 shooting with nine rebounds for Notre Dame. Mabrey and Olivia Miles added 10 points each.</p>
<p>Notre Dame shot 49% compared to Clemson’s 35%. But the Tigers had 29 points off 23 turnovers and 18 second-chance points off 18 offensive rebounds.</p>
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