As No. 15 Clemson tries to end its two-game losing streak at Virginia Tech on Wednesday, Clemson head coach Brad Brownell knows his team needs to clean things up offensively if it hopes to finish the regular season strong and have some momentum heading into postseason play.

Turnovers have been very costly for the Tigers’ in their losses to Florida State and Duke. They committed a season-high 21 at Florida State last Wednesday, which helped the Seminoles’ erase an 18-point second half lead and eventually win the game in overtime.

On Sunday, though not as many as they were at FSU, 13 turnovers led to 17 Duke-points in a 66-57 loss at Littlejohn Coliseum.

“Obviously we had some big turnovers that we would like to have back,” Brownell said Monday during the ACC Coaches’ Teleconference. “That was the big thing on offense as we had some turnovers that were really problematic.”

Gabe DeVoe, who also was 1-for-10 from the field, committed five of Clemson’s 13 turnovers, the second straight game in which he turned the basketball over four or more times. Marcquise Reed had just two turnovers against the Blue Devils, but he turned it over five times in the loss in Tallahassee.

Shelton Mitchell, who did not play against Duke because of a concussion, committed four turnovers in FSU game.

In the Tigers’ 25-point loss at Virginia last month, DeVoe had five turnovers and Mitchell had three. The team had 19 overall. They also had 18 in a loss to Temple early in the season, 17 at NC State and 15 at North Carolina.

In fact, in its six losses this season, Clemson is giving up 17.2 turnovers a game. And though the Tigers were better at taken care of the basketball against Duke, it was the time in which they were turning it over that proved to be costly in the game.

“I thought defensively we were really pretty good in the game and I thought both teams defended at a high level … challenged shots, competed and physicality, but I think offensive execution and continuing to just execute a little bit better offensively and get rid of a few of the turnovers will help us,” Brownell said. “Every game is going to come down to just a few possessions so I think if you can minimize a couple of the bad turnovers that we had, it could change the outlook of the game for us.”

Clemson plays at Virginia Tech on Wednesday at 7 p.m.