GAMEDAY CENTRAL: Tigers Aim to Build on Win, Host Eagles in Littlejohn Coliseum

🐾  Clemson vs. Boston College
📍 Clemson, S.C. (Littlejohn Coliseum)
🗓 Thursday, February 1, 7:00 p.m.
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CLEMSON, S.C. – The Clemson Tigers women’s basketball team (9-12, 2-7) wraps up a three-game homestand against the Boston College Eagles (11-11, 3-6).

The game tips off in Littlejohn Coliseum on Thursday, February 1 at 7:00 p.m. and can be seen on ACCNX. Pete Yanity and Jim Davis will be on the call for ACCNX, William Qualkinbush and Tori Niemann can be heard locally on 105.5 The Roar or on the Clemson Tigers app.

Clemson just wrapped up one of the toughest scheduling stretches in the country. The Tigers finalized a seven-game stretch in which six of its opponents were ranked in the AP Top 25. So far this season, Clemson has played nine games against teams in the NET top 50. The Tigers have the 26th highest NET strength of schedule in the nation.

Amari Robinson is cementing her legacy as a Tiger legend with an unbelievable final season. She leads the Tigers this season in scoring (17.6 ppg) and rebounding (6.9 rpg) and is one of the most efficient scorers in the country.. Not only is Robinson getting a ton of buckets, but she’s also doing it efficiently and ranks second in the ACC, and 29^th in the country in field goal percentage (57.1%). Amari is the ACC leader in true shooting percentage (.641) and effective field goal percentage (.592), and she ranks fifth in the conference in PER (30.5).

Against Georgia Tech, Robinson notched a double-double at Georgia Tech (19 points, 10 rebounds) and followed that up by scoring a career-high 37 points on 14-19 shooting in just 27 minutes. In Clemson’s win against Wake Forest, Robinson scored 21 points including going 10-12 from the charity stripe.

Robinson currently ranks fourth in Tiger history with 1,733 career points. She needs 63 more to move into third place. Her 887 career rebounds are good enough for fourth-most in Tigers history, and she needs 46 rebounds to surpass Lele Hardy for third-most.

Dayshanette Harris, a fifth-year student-athlete who played four years at Pitt, is having a career year. Harris is scoring over 12 points per game and is shooting at the best clip of her career. She’s shooting career highs of 46% from the floor and 35% from three-point land. Harris is ranked third in the nation in assist percentage (43.5).

With seven assists in Clemson’s game against Louisville, Harris, a four-year starter at Pitt, set a new career high for most assists in a season. Harris has scored a season-high 25 points in Clemson’s games against No. 13 Louisville and No. 14 Virginia Tech, all while shooting 50% from the floor and averaging 3.5 rebounds, 3.5 steals, and 7.5 assists over that same stretch.

Ruby Whitehorn’s defense really came to life in Clemson’s game against No. 7 North Carolina State. The star sophomore had two big-time swats while tying her career high by nabbing four steals. In the Tigers’ win over Wake Forest, Whitehorn also tied her career-high with nine rebounds.