Lady Tigers To Take On Georgia At Gwinnett Center On Monday

Dec. 21, 2008

CLEMSON, SC – The Lady Tigers will take on Georgia on Monday night at the Arena at the Gwinnett Center in Gwinnett, GA. Clemson, which is riding a six-game winning streak and boasts an 8-2 record, is coming off a seven-day break, while the Bulldogs will bring an 8-3 record into the contest.

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 Clemson Quick Notes Lady Tiger Assistant Coach led Georgia to a national championship appearance in 1996 and was named the national player-of-the-year Clemson is riding a six-game winning streak, the longest streak under Head Coach Cristy McKinney The Lady Tigers have won their last five games after trailing at halftime, a program first With a 8-2 record though the first nine games of the season, Clemson is off to its best start since the 2003-04 season and its best record through 10 games under Head Coach Cristy McKinney Lele Hardy ranks second in the ACC in scoring and rebounding 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 Georgia will be meeting for the first time since 2005 Monday will be the 16th match-up in history between the Lady Tigers and Bulldogs Georgia leads the series, 11-5, and has won the last three meetings, including an 88-60 victory at the Russell Athletic Shootout in Duluth, GA during the 2004-05 season The Bulldogs have also won all three meetings on a neutral court.