The Clemson Tigers nearly rallied to overcome the Louisville Cardinals in Friday’s ACC men’s tournament semifinal game.

Clemson fans were heading for the exits by the game’s final media timeout, with Louisville leading Clemson by 15 points (67-52) at the 3:37 mark of the second half. The Cardinals somehow held on. The Tigers go home with a loss, but not as demoralizing as expected. This is a developing story and will be updated.

The ACC is using the secondary locker rooms at Spectrum Center for teams in the men’s basketball tournament. The lockers are split into Locker Rooms 1 and 2 (lower seed) and Locker Rooms 3 and 4 (higher seed), per signage at the arena.

The 10th-ranked Clemson Tigers trailed No. 13 Louisville 33-28 at halftime of Friday night’s semifinal game at the ACC Tournament and were in need of some in-game adjustments. So it didn’t help when the Tigers found themselves locked out of their locker room at halftime.

Clemson basketball coach Brad Brownell is not happy with the ACC tournament schedule after a pair of late games.