By Staff Reports.

Clemson will be looking for its third straight win over South Carolina on the hardwood today at 7:02 p.m. in Columbia. Clemson has won 34 of the 50 games played between the two schools since the Gamecocks left the ACC after the 1971-72 season.

GAME SETUP

Clemson (6-3) at South Carolina (5-3)

Date: Today

Tipoff: 7:02 p.m. ET

Arena: Colonial Life Arena (18,000)

Radio: CTSN (Tony Castricone-pbp; Tim Bourret-color)

TV: SEC Network (Mike Morgan-pbp; Will Perdue-color)

• Clemson has won two straight in the series over South Carolina, including 64-55 in Columbia two years ago.

• This is Clemson’s third straight game against an SEC opponent; the Tigers are 3-0 this season vs. the SEC, with wins over Arkansas, Auburn and LSU.

• Clemson last defeated four SEC teams in the same season in 2006-07 (Georgia, Mississippi State, Ole Miss and South Carolina).

SERIES HISTORY

CU Series W-L record:  South Carolina leads 88-76

Streak: Clemson has two straight, and 8 of the last 10

QUICK HITS

• Clemson is in search of its third top-100 RPI win on the young season, with wins in the bag already over Arkansas (14th) and LSU (15th). The Gamecocks are 95th in the unofficial RPI according to WarrenNolan.com.

• Friday’s game is Clemson’s first true road contest of the 2014-15 season. It is the latest calendar date for a first road game in a season since 1991-92, when the Tigers’ first road game was Jan. 9.

• Friday’s game is a Homecoming for two Tigers from the Columbia area — Austin Ajukwa (Cardinal Newman HS) and Jordan Roper (Irmo HS).

• Rod Hall is averaging 17.7 points per game and shooting 60 percent from the floor against teams from the SEC this season.

• Donte Grantham posted four blocks and four steals in the 72-61 win over Auburn last time out. He is just the sixth player in school history to achieve at least four of both in the same game.

• Landry Nnoko needs one block to reach 100 for his career.

PROJECTED STARTERS

Clemson

G 20 Rod Hall 6-1, 205 Sr. 11.4 ppg 3.2 apg

G 21 Damarcus Harrison 6-4, 205 Sr. 12.0 ppg 4.0 rpg

F 15 Donte Grantham 6-8, 205 Fr. 10.2 ppg 4.3 rpg

F 5 Jaron Blossomgame 6-7, 215 RSo. 12.0 ppg 9.0 rpg

C 35 Landry Nnoko 6-10, 255 Jr. 10.9 ppg 7.2 rpg

South Carolina

G 0 Sindarius Thornwell 6-5, 218 So. 13.0 ppg 6.0 rpg

G 4 Tyrone Johnson 6-3, 196 Sr. 9.1 ppg 3.1 apg

G 10 Duane Notice 6-2, 216 So. 11.8 ppg 2.5 rpg

F 21 Demetrius Henry 6-9, 227 So. 6.0 ppg 4.1 rpg

F 14 Laimonas Chatkevicius 6-11, 250 Jr. 9.5 ppg 6.4 rpg