Clemson Women’s Basketball To Face Kennesaw State On Monday

Dec. 28, 2008

CLEMSON, SC – The Clemson women’s basketball team will return to action on Monday night following a seven-day holiday break. The Lady Tigers (8-3) will take on Kennesaw State (4-5) at 7:00 pm at Littlejohn Coliseum.

Broadcast Notes The game will be broadcast in the upstate on WCCP-FM (104.9) Tom Van Hoy will call the play-by-play with Kanetra Queen providing color commentary The game will also be video streamed on www.ACCSelect.com Livestats will be available on www.clemsontigers.com Clemson Quick Notes Lele Hardy ranks second in the ACC in scoring and rebounding The Lady Tigers won five straight games after trailing at halftime, a program first With a 8-2 record though the first 10 games of the season, Clemson had its best start since the 2003-04 season and its best record through 10 games under Head Coach Cristy McKinney Clemson is now 2-1 in overtime games under Cristy McKinney and 19-15 all-time. Clemson won the Husky Classic over the Thanksgiving weekend, defeating Kent State and host-Washington Lele Hardy was named the MVP of the Husky Classic while Whitney Hood was selected to the all-tournament team The Lady Tigers committed just seven turnovers against Winthrop on Nov. 25, which was the second fewest all-time Lele Hardy 32 points against Georgia State on Nov. 22 were the most for a Lady Tiger in five years. Taylor and Christy Brown both rank in the top six for career assists per game Lele Hardy 208 career steals are seventh in school history Hardy holds the school record with a 3.01 career steals per game average Clemson has nine players from the state of Georgia on its roster, which is tops in the nation for a school in a different state, according to a survey by the SID at George Mason Sthefany Thomas spent her offseason traveling with the Argentinean national team to the South America Championships and the FIBA Olympic Qualifier The 2008-09 Clemson women’s basketball roster has quite the athletic lineage. Six players have parents and/or siblings that also played a sport at the Division I level McKinney and her staff signed North Carolina point guard Keyrra Gillespie on Nov. 12. Gillespie will join the Lady Tiger program in 2009-10. Series Notes Clemson and Kennesaw State will be meeting for just the second time in history The Lady Tigers won that contest during the 2006-07 season, defeating the Owls by a 71-62 margin at Littlejohn Coliseum.