Clemson Basketball preview vs. Notre Dame |
GAME SETUP
CLEMSON (14-9, 7-4 ACC) vs. NOTRE DAME (16-7, 7-4 ACC) Date: Monday, February 8 Tipoff: 9 p.m. ET Arena: Bon Secours Wellness Arena (14,987) Radio: CTSN (Tony Castricone-pbp; Tim Bourret-color) TV: ESPNU (Rich Hollenberg-pbp; Debbie Antonelli-color) • Clemson looks to rebound from a difficult 60-57 loss at Virginia Tech 48 hours later against Notre Dame. • This marks the third straight season Clemson has played the Fighting Irish with only one day of preparation. Notre Dame won both previous games by four points or less. • Monday’s game is the first in a three-game home stand for the Tigers, who have won five straight ACC games in Bon Secours Wellness Arena. SERIES HISTORY CU Series W-L record: Notre Dame leads 3-0 Streak: Notre Dame has won all three meetings TIGER TRACKS • Clemson is in search of its first win over Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish are the only school in the current ACC alignment the Tigers have not defeated. • Landry Nnoko is coming off one of his top career games with 17 points, 12 rebounds and a career-high eight blocks against Virginia Tech. • Nnoko’s eight blocks were the most in an ACC game by a Clemson player since Trevor Booker also swatted eight against North Carolina in 2007. • Nnoko needs just three blocks Monday to become only the sixth player in Clemson history with 200 over a career. • Nnoko tied his career high with 19 points in the last game with Notre Dame. • Jordan Roper is averaging 13 points per game over Clemson’s last six contests, and needs just 75 points to reach 1,000 for his career. • Donte Grantham is 15-16 at the free throw line the last two games, and is shooting 89 percent overall at the stripe this season. • Jaron Blossomgame averaged 19.5 points and 12.0 rebounds per game against Notre Dame last season.
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