Men’s Basketball to Play Host to Wofford Tuesday Night at 7:30 PM

Dec. 4, 2006

The Clemson men’s basketball team will play host to Wofford on Tuesday night at 7:30 pm at Littlejohn Coliseum. The game is designated as “Toys for T-Shirts” night. The first 100 fans will get a t-shirt and free admission to the game if they bring an unwrapped toy to be donated to local charities.

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SERIES NOTES Overall: Clemson leads 46-14 at Clemson: Clemson leads 31-6 at Littlejohn: Clemson leads 6-1 at Wofford: Clemson leads 15-8 Last Meeting: Clemson won at Clemson in 2005-06 62-60 Streak: Clemson won 4 in row 9 of last 10 Last Wofford Win: 79-74 at Clemson in 1999-00

• Tuesday night’s game will be Clemson’s final game until after exams. The Tigers will not play a game between December 6-18. The 13 days without a game is the longest break during a season since December of 1967 when Clemson did not play a game between December 5-28, a 24-day stretch without a game.

• K.C. Rivers established a Clemson record for consecutive double figure scoring games off the bench when he scored 22 points at Minnesota. It was his eighth straight double figure scoring game off the bench breaking the Clemson record of seven in a row by Dale Davis in 1988-89. Rivers continued the streak at South Carolina with 10 points and now has a nine-game streak to match Clemson’s 9-0 start.

• James Mays had a career high 21 points at South Carolina thanks to 8-12 shooting from the field. His top two scoring games as a Tiger have both come against the Gamecocks. He had 19 as a sophomore in a 19-point Clemson win.

• Wofford Head Coach Mike Young worked as a graduate assistant at Radford under current Clemson head coach Oliver Purnell in 1988-89. Two current Wofford assistants, Dustin Kerns and Geoff Shyatt, are Clemson graduates.

• Clemson is coming off a week in which it had back to back 20-point victories on the road. It marked the first time in 56 years (1949-50 season) that Clemson had consecutive road wins by 20 points or more.

• Wofford enters Tuesday’s game with a 4-5 record. The Terriers have lost four games in a row since Drew Gibson, a 13.8 scorer suffered an injury. Their last victory was a 91-90 triumph at Cincinnati on November 21.

• Clemson has won four consecutive games and 9- 10 over Wofford. Wofford’s only victory came in 1999-00 at Clemson, a 79-74 victory behind 27 points by Ian Chadwick.

• Clemson was ranked ninth in the nation in the Sagarin computer rankings and eighth in the collegerpi rankings through games of December 2.

• Clemson has out-rebounded the opposition by nine per game, on a Clemson record pace. The Tigers have out-rebounded the opposition in eight of the nine games so far this season.

• Vernon Hamilton played 35 minutes without a turnover in the win at South Carolina. He now has 37 assists and just 22 turnovers this season.

• Clemson has won three consecutive games on the opponent’s homecourt the first time Clemson has done that since the 1996-97 season.