LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Clemson enjoyed every bit of its highest-scoring game in seven years.

Avry Holmes scored 22 points, Jaron Blossomgame added 17 and Clemson defeated Davidson 95-78 on Thursday in the opening game of the Tire Pros Invitational.

It was Clemson's best point total since scoring 102 against Winthrop on Nov. 23, 2009. Gabe DeVoe added 16 for the Tigers (2-0), who shot 52 percent.

"I think we have a good team," Tigers coach Brad Brownell said. "I think we have more balance than we've had in several years. ... Because of that, I think we're a little tougher matchup and that was evident today by five guys in double figures."

Donte Grantham and Sidy Djitte each scored 12 for the Tigers.

Peyton Aldridge scored 22 points for Davidson (1-1), which went 11 for 40 from 3-point range. Jack Gibbs, who was sixth nationally in scoring at 23.7 points per game last season, scored 18 for the Wildcats.

Gibbs didn't play in Davidson's opener because of a shoulder issue, and wore a protective sleeve on his left shoulder Thursday.

"I don't feel limited," Gibbs said. "I just have to go out there, be a leader and do a better job of getting our team to do the things we do in practice. If it doesn't start with me and Peyton, there's no one else on the team that's going to start it."

Davidson started off hot from 3-point range, making 6 of its first 10. But the Wildcats missed their next 16 from beyond the arc, and fell into a double-digit-sized hole that they couldn't escape the rest of the way.

"You start out making 3's, all of a sudden it's like a poison because now you think you can make 3's," Davidson coach Bob McKillop said. "The nature of our team is to go inside-out, but the demon of making those early 3's hung around our heads quite a bit."

BIG PICTURE

Clemson: Grantham is now one shy of 100 3-pointers for his Clemson career, after making two on Thursday. ... Clemson got hit with a first-half technical because Legend Robertin was in the scorebook as wearing No. 0 -- he wears No. 00, and the penalty for that is what's called an "administrative technical."

Davidson: The Wildcats grabbed 20 offensive rebounds. ... Backup forward Nathan Ekwu played about 7 minutes, scored no points, took no shots -- and fouled out for the 15th time in his career.

PROTECT THE BALL

Clemson isn't giving opponents any extra help so far this season.

The Tigers have 16 turnovers, total, through the first two games -- and their opponents, Georgia and now Davidson, have turned those into only 11 points. Clemson had a 21-4 edge in points off turnovers Thursday, that 17-point margin also being the difference in the final score.

UP NEXT

Clemson: No. 11 Xavier, which edged Missouri 83-82 in OT, in the semifinals Friday.

Davidson: Missouri in the consolation semifinals Friday.