Clemson to Play Host to Georgia Southern Tuesday Night

Dec. 18, 2006

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Series Notes Overall: Clemson leads 2-0 at Clemson: Clemson leads 2-0 at Littlejohn: Clemson leads 2-0 at Statesboro: 0-0 Last Meeting: Clemson won at Clemson in 1979-80, 113-74 First Meeting: Clemson won at Clemson in 1976-77, 110-55

– Tonight’s game is Clemson’s first game since December 5 against Wofford. The 13 days without a game is the longest in-season stretch without a game since December of 1967 when Clemson did not play for 24 days between December 5-28.

– K.C. Rivers has scored in double figures in every game this year even though he has not started. His 10 game streak of consecutive double figure scoring games as a reserve is a Clemson record. Rivers has three of the top six scoring games as a reserve in the ACC this year.

– Clemson has played Georgia Southern just twice. This will be the first meeting since the 1979-80 season, the year Clemson advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament for the only time in school history. Clemson beat the Eagles that year, 113- 74. In fact Clemson has scored at least 110 points in both of its games against Georgia Southern.

– When Clemson defeated Wofford in its last game on December 5 the Tigers became the first team in the nation to reach 10 wins. Clemson is now one of six remaining undefeated teams in Division I.

– Clemson is ranked ninth in the nation in both the RPI and Sagarin rankings entering games of December 18. Clemson was actually number-one in Sagarin on December 12.

– A victory over Georgia Southern on Tuesday would give Clemson an 11-0 start for the second consecutive season. This is already the first time Clemson has started at least 10-0 in consecutive years for the first time since Rick Barnes first two seasons at Clemson, 1994-95 and 1995-96.

– A victory over Georgia Southern would give Clemson an 11-0 start, tied for the second best start in school history.

– Clemson has had exactly a nine-point lead in each of its last four games.

– Trevor Booker had a career high 19 points on 8-10 shooting in just 21 minutes in the Wofford game two weeks ago. He leads the team in field goal percentage at 65.2 and is second in rebounding at 6.5 per game.

– Clemson has now won 21 straight games with James Mays in the lineup. He has an 11.9 scoring average so far this year and leads the team in steals with 24.

– Clemson has out-rebounded the opposition by 9.2 per game, on a Clemson record pace. The Tigers have out-rebounded the opposition in nine of the 10 games so far this season.

– Clemson leads the ACC in scoring margin at +18.6 points per game. Clemson is the only ACC team ranked in the top five in the conference in field goal percentage shooting and field goal percentage defense.