CLEMSON, S.C. — Tennessee basketball passed its last test of the preseason Sunday afternoon.

Sophomore forward Grant Williams led the way with 24 points and six rebounds and redshirt sophomore guard Lamonte Turner sparked the Vols early in the second half and hit late free throws to help his team hang on for a 71-67 win over Clemson at Littlejohn Arena.

Turner finished with 14 points and six boards, center Kyle Alexander had eight points and six rebounds and sophomore guard Jordan Bowden added another eight points. Junior wing/forward Admiral Schofield was quiet most of the day, finishing with six points.

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The exhibition game — approved late last month with an NCAA waiver allowing it to be played with proceeds going to hurricane relief — provided the Vols with a few different tests.

They built a double-digit lead with an early run, scoring 14 of the game's first 16 points. They had to withstand a Clemson run, then retake control of the game in the second half, too.

The Vols were able to do so in the opening minutes after halftime thanks to a pair of back-to-back 3-point field goals from Turner, building the lead to six. He later tipped in a missed Bowden 3-pointer, while Bowden and Williams added field goals to build the lead to 10 with just over seven minutes left.

There was a late run that had to be weathered, too.

Clemson scored 10 straight during a 16-7 run to cut a Tennessee lead that was 63-46 with 6:04 left down to 65-62 with 1:23 to go. Schofield answered with a bucket with 70 seconds left to build the lead back to five, at 67-62.

Schofield beat the Clemson press for a breakaway dunk with 3.5 seconds left, putting the Vols up 71-67.

Both teams traded runs after 10 minutes of sloppy basketball each way in the first half.

The Vols jumped out to a 14-2 lead over the first eight minutes, as it took Clemson until the 11:47 mark of the first half to make its first field goal.

The Tigers woke up with a 7-0 run and later in the half put together a 12-1 run to take the lead on two Shelton Mitchell free throws with 2:40 left in the first half.

Tennessee closed the first 20 minutes by scoring six of the half's final eight points, taking a 28-25 lead into the break when Lamonte Turner hit a midrange jumpshot to beat the expiring shot clock.

Williams, back in the starting line up after coming off the bench Thursday against Carson-Newman, carried the Vols in the first half with 12 of Tennessee's 28 points. The sophomore forward was a perfect 6-for-6 from the floor.

Williams started alongside point guard Jordan Bone, guard Jordan Bowden, wing/forward Admiral Schofield and center Kyle Alexander. Lamonte Turner, John Fulkerson, Derrick Walker and Yves Pons were the first four Vols off the bench, respectively.

Tennessee opens the regular-season schedule against Presbyterian Friday at 7 p.m. Eastern Time at Thompson-Boling Arena. The game will be available as an online-live stream through WatchESPN.com or the ESPN app for mobile devices.

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