Clemson Women’s Basketball To Open ACC Season At Miami On Monday

Jan. 3, 2009

CLEMSON, SC – The Clemson women’s basketball team will kick off the conference schedule on Monday afternoon as the Lady Tigers will take on Miami in Coral Gables. The game is slated for a 4:00 pm tip off at the BankUnited Center as the first game in double-header action with the Miami men’s basketball team. Broadcast Notes The game will be broadcast in the upstate on WCCP-FM (104.9) Dan Scott 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 Monday’s game will be the conference opener for both Clemson and Miami. Clemson was 4-10 in the ACC last season, while Miami went 2-12 against league foes The Lady Tigers and Hurricanes have each won three games in the series, although the teams first met in 1981 Clemson last won its first ACC game during the 2006-07 season, a 73-57 victory over Wake Forest The Lady Tigers are ranked 93rd in the RPI, according to realtimeRPI.com; Miami is listed at #185 by the same website Lele Hardy ranked second in the ACC in scoring and rebounding in the last statistical report from the conference Tasha Taylor graduated on Dec. 18 with a degree in sport management The Lady Tigers won five straight games from late November to mid-December 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 Series Notes The Lady Tigers and Hurricanes have each won three games in a series that originated in 1981. However, the team met just one other time since Miami joined the ACC for the 2004-05 season. Since then, the Hurricanes have three of the four match-ups. Clemson’s only win was in Coral Gables during the 2006-07 season when the Lady Tigers won by a 79-69 margin.