Clemson plays Temple in Charleston Classic |
GAME SETUP
CLEMSON vs. TEMPLE (3-0, 0-0 ACC) (1-2, 0-0 AAC) Tipoff: 8 p.m. Tickets: 843-953-2632 Web: ESPN3 (Rich Hollenberg-pbp; Len Elmore-color) Radio: CTSN (Pete Yanity-pbp; Philip Sikes-color) • Clemson and Temple meet for the first time since 2008, in the exact same tournament. The Tigers knocked off the Owls in the inaugural Charleston Classic championship game, 76-72. • The winner of Thursday’s game takes on the winner of Davidson vs. Georgia in the second round on Friday. • The Tigers are off to a 3-0 start this season, their first since 2010-11, Brad Brownell’s first season at Clemson. SERIES HISTORY CU Series W-L record: Temple leads 2-1 Streak: Clemson won the last meeting (2008-09) QUICK HITS • Clemson and Temple played in the championship game of the inaugural Charleston Classic in 2008.
Trevor BookerTrevor Booker • The Tigers are coming off a 71-57 victory over archrival South Carolina on Sunday. It was the second straight win for Clemson over the Gamecocks, and its eighth in the last 10 meetings between the two programs. • Clemson is ranked first or second in the ACC statistics in four important categories: scoring defense, field goal percentage defense, three-point percentage defense and blocked shots per game. • The Tigers shot 92.3 percent (24-of-26) from the free throw line in their most recent game, a school record given a minimum of 25 attempts. •
K.J. McDanielsK.J. McDaniels • Temple wing Dalton Pepper played against Clemson in the 2011 NCAA Tournament for West Virginia and had a pair of key steals late in the victory.
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was named MVP after leading the Tigers to a hard fought 76-72 victory. The Tigers also beat Hofstra and TCU.
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recorded the first 20-10-5 (Pts-Rebs-Blks) game by a Tiger since 2005, when
Sharrod FordSharrod Ford
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achieved the feat at Maryland.
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