Lady Tigers To Play Host To #2 North Carolina On Thursday

Jan. 7, 2009

CLEMSON, SC – The Lady Tiger basketball team will play host to second-ranked North Carolina at 7:00 pm on Thursday night at Littlejohn Coliseum. Clemson is 10-4 on the year with a 1-0 record in conference play, while the Tar Heels will be playing their ACC opener and boast a 14-0 record for the season. 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 The Lady Tigers have a 3-11 all-time record when facing the #2-ranked team in the AP poll with all three wins coming at home Clemson last defeated a ranked opponent during the 2003-04 season Clemson opened the ACC season with a come-from-behind win at Miami on Monday night for their 10th win of the season Lele Hardy leads the ACC in rebounding with a 9.1 per game average; she also ranks fourth in scoring at 17.7 points per game The Lady Tigers are ranked 78th in the RPI, according to realtimeRPI.com; Miami is listed at #7 by the same website 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 Thursday’s game will be the 72nd meeting in history between Clemson and North Carolina. The Tar Heels have won the last 13 games, dating back to the 1999-2000 season. Clemson’s last win was by just four points, 69-65, on Feb. 10, 2000. The Lady Tigers won two of three matches with North Carolina that season. Last year, the Tar Heels defeated Clemson, 79-47, in Chapel Hill during the regular season and then posted a 97-77 win in the second round of the ACC Tournament.