Clemson-Georgia Pregame Notes |
* Clemson has won 12 consecutive games to start the season, tied for the second-longest winning streak in school history with the 1996-97 team. The longest winning streak by the Tiger program was 17 games to start the 1986-87 season. * Clemson is ranked 21st by USA Today and 25th by the Associated Press this week. It marks the first time since Jan. 11, 1999 that the Tigers have been ranked by both polls in the same week. * The Tigers rank sixth in the Sagarin computer ratings and 12th in the RPI after games played on Saturday, December 23. Clemson is one of just four remaining unbeaten teams in the country. * Clemson is 2-0 this season versus teams from the Southeastern Conference. The Tigers defeated Mississippi State at home, 69-66, in November, then won 74-53 over South Carolina on the road. * James Mays is coming off an outstanding week in wins over Georgia Southern and Western Carolina. Versus the Eagles, he totaled a career-high 22 points. He nearly recorded a triple-double against the Catamounts on December 23, as he posted 14 points, 11 rebounds, and seven assists. Clemson has won 23 consecutive games with Mays in the lineup, an 11-0 record last year and an 12-0 record so far this year. * In the 12-point win over Georgia Southern, Clemson had 17 steals and just 13 fouls. It was first time the Clemson team has had more steals that fouls since the fourth game of last year when the Tigers accomplished the feat against Charleston Southern. * K.C. Rivers has scored in double figures in every game this year even though he has not started. His 12-game streak of consecutive double figure scoring games as a reserve is a Clemson record. Rivers has half of the Tigers' six 20-point scoring games this season. * Clemson point guard Vernon Hamilton is celebrating his 22nd birthday at tonight's game. Last year the Bulldogs handed the Tigers a 72-69 loss on his birthday, so the Richmond, VA native hopes to fare better this season. * Vernon Hamilton has upped his steal total in recent games and now is sixth in the ACC in steals per game. He has 226 for his career, which ranks 18th on the all-time conference list. * Junior co-captain Cliff Hammonds ranks first in the ACC in assist/turnover ratio this season (2.56). He was third in the league in this category a year ago. For his career, Hammonds has a 1.72 assist/turnover ratio (239/139). * Georgia Head Coach Dennis Felton was an assistant at Clemson from 1994-98. He coached on three NCAA Tournament teams at Clemson.
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