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Clemson Travels to Tallahassee to Face FSU

Clemson Travels to Tallahassee to Face FSU


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GAME SETUP

CLEMSON (13-6, 4-3 ACC) vs. FLORIDA STATE (13-7, 4-4 ACC)

Tipoff: 3:05 p.m.

Arena: Tucker Center (12,100)

Radio: CTSN (Pete Yanity-pbp; Tim Bourret-color)

TV: ESPN2 (Mark Jones-pbp; Sean Farnham-color)

• Clemson has dropped its last two games after getting off to a 4-1 start in the ACC; the Tigers lost to Florida State in an earlier meeting this season, 56-41.

• Florida State is also coming off two straight losses; the ‘Noles lost at Duke, 78-56, and at NC State, 74-70.

• In the first meeting between the two teams, the Tigers shot just 30 percent and committed a season-high 18 turnovers.

SERIES HISTORY

CU Series W-L record: Florida State leads 35-28

Streak: Florida State has won the last five meetings

QUICK HITS

• Florida State’s five-game winning streak matches the longest by either team in the series; the Seminoles also won five in a row from 1994-96.

• Clemson’s last win over Florida State came at Littlejohn Coliseum, a 79-59 victory to open the 2011-12 ACC regular season.

• The last Tiger win in Tallahassee came in 2009-10, when Oliver Purnell’s final team won 53-50 behind a 19-point, 11-rebound outing by Trevor BookerTrevor Booker
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#35 6-7, 240
Whitmire, SC

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• Last season in Tallahassee, Clemson saw a double-digit lead slip away and Michael Snaer banked in a three at the buzzer to break a 57-57 tie and give FSU one of several last-second victories.

• Saturday’s matchup pits the ACC’s top two teams in terms of blocked shots per game: Clemson (6.26) is first, followed closely by Florida State (6.20).

• Junior forward K.J. McDanielsK.J. McDaniels
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#32 6-6, 200
Birmingham, AL

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is believed to be the ONLY player in the nation leading his team in scoring, rebounding, blocks, steals and three-pointers.

• McDaniels is the only player in the ACC that ranks in the conference's top 10 in scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage, free throw percentage and blocks.

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