Women’s Basketball To Host Charleston Southern On Tuesday Night

Jan. 19, 2009

CLEMSON, SC – The Clemson women’s basketball team will step out of ACC play on Tuesday night as the Lady Tigers (11-7) play host to Charleston Southern (7-9). The teams are scheduled to begin play at 7:00 pm at Littlejohn Coliseum. Broadcast Notes The game will be broadcast on the airwaves on the Clemson Tiger Sports Network Don Munson will call the play-by-play with Kanetra Queen providing color commentary The game will be video streamed online at www.ACCSelect.com Livestats will be available on www.clemsontigers.com Clemson Quick Notes The Lady Tigers are half-way through their busy January schedule, going 2-4 through the first six games Lele Hardy is approaching the 1,000-point milestone and the Clemson top 20 with 937 for her career. She is now at #24 Lele Hardy ranks second in the ACC in rebounding with a 9.0 per game average; she also ranks third in scoring at 17.6 points per game Hardy has scored in double figures in all but two games this season The Lady Tigers are ranked 96th in the RPI, according to realtimeRPI.com; Taylor and Christy Brown both rank in the top six for career assists per game Lele Hardy 238 career steals are fifth in school history and one shy of #4 Taylor ranks fifth all-time with 406 career assists Clemson’s 14-15 night from the foul line against North Carolina ranked in a tie for fourth in school history 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 with the overtime win over Northwestern on Dec. 6. 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. Hardy holds the school record with a 3.03 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 The Lady Tigers have won all nine prior meetings with Charleston Southern. The first match-up was during the 1975-76 season, the first year of women’s basketball at Clemson. Most recently, the Lady Tigers won a 75-62 decision at Littlejohn Coliseum on Dec. 16, 2007. Seven of the nine previous meetings have been on Clemson’s home court.