Lady Tigers To Play Host To Charlotte On Friday Night

Dec. 31, 2008

CLEMSON, SC – The Lady Tiger basketball team will play host to Charlotte on Friday night in its final game before starting the conference season. Clemson (9-3) and the 49ers (8-4) are slated to tip off at 7:00 pm at Littlejohn Coliseum. Broadcast Notes The game will be broadcast on the Clemson Tiger Sports Network Don Munson 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 Friday’s game will be the 13th meeting between Clemson and Charlotte in history and the third straight year the two teams have met The game will be the Lady Tigers’ final one before starting the conference season on Monday, Jan. 5 at Miami Lele Hardy ranks second in the ACC in scoring and rebounding with averages of 19.1 points and 8.9 rebounds per game 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 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 leads the all-time series with Charlotte by a 9-3 score. However, the 49ers have won the last two meetings, including a 62-58 decision on their home court last season. Charlotte also won the most recent match-up in Littlejohn Coliseum, defeating the Lady Tigers, 65-62, during the 2006-07 season. Friday’s game will mark the third straight year the two teams have met and the eighth game played on Clemson’s home court. The Lady Tigers’ last win over the 49ers was by a 78-71 margin in the first round of the 2004 WNIT in Clemson, SC.