Jaron Blossomgame kept Clemson in the game for a while, scoring the first seven points and 13 of the Tigers' first 17. But Blossomgame added just nine more points the rest of the way after Vasturia started defending him, finishing with 22 points.
"He was crushing us," Brey said. "In hindsight, we should have started Steve on him. We debated that. But Steve to the rescue again."
Vasturia said he tried to be physical with Blossomgame.
"I just tried to frustrate him a little bit," he said. "The team did a good job of help defense and rotating."
Blossomgame said the Irish were more focused on him defensively.
"They were boxing me out, looking for me on every shot that goes up and kind of denying some of my reversal passes and stuff like that," he said.
