By Staff Reports.

Clemson returns home after Friday’s disappointing loss at South Carolina and attempts to earn its seventh win of the season against Oakland. This is the Tigers next to last non-conference game before it opens up ACC play vs. North Carolina on Jan. 3.

GAME SETUP

Clemson (6-4) vs. Oakland (4-8)

Date: Monday, Dec. 22

Tipoff: 7:05 p.m. ET

Arena: Littlejohn Coliseum (10,000)

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

Web: ESPN3 (Angela Mallen-pbp; Don Munson-color)

• Clemson returns home for its final game before Christmas break; the Tigers face Oakland in the first meeting between the two programs. This is also the first meeting between Brad Brownell and Greg Kampe, who is in his 31st season at Oakland.

• The Tigers’ most recent game against a team from the Horizon League was in 2009 when Clemson defeated Butler, now a member of the Big East, in the 76 Classic in Anaheim.

SERIES HISTORY

CU Series W-L record: First meeting

QUICK HITS

• Clemson looks to rebound from a 68-45 loss at South Carolina last time out. The Tigers are 2-1 following losses this season.

• The Tiger program is 4-1 against schools currently in the Horizon League.

• The Tigers posted a season-high nine steals in Friday’s game at South Carolina and have collected at least seven in three straight games.

• Jaron Blossomgame led the Tigers with 14 points in Columbia and has been in double figures nine out of 10 games, most by any Clemson player.

• Damarcus Harrison made a pair of three-pointers at South Carolina and now has 79 for his career, most by an active Tiger.

• Sidy Djitte came off the bench to play a season-high 22 minutes Friday; he responded with four points and six rebounds, and with career highs for steals (2) and blocked shots (2).

• Rod Hall is 50 minutes shy of 3,000 minutes played in his career; he would be the 19th player to reach 3,000 in school history.

Probable starters

Clemson

G 20 Rod Hall 6-1, 205 Sr. 10.5 ppg 3.1 apg

G 21 Damarcus Harrison 6-4, 205 Sr. 11.8 ppg 3.7 rpg

F 15 Donte Grantham 6-8, 205 Fr. 9.9 ppg 4.3 rpg

F 5 Jaron Blossomgame 6-7, 215 RSo. 12.2 ppg 8.6 rpg

C 35 Landry Nnoko 6-10, 255 Jr. 9.8 ppg 6.6 rpg

Oakland

G 11 Nick Daniels 6-1, 160 RFr. 5.9 ppg 2.0 rpg

G 20 Khalil Felder 5-9, 176 So. 16.3 ppg 4.5 rpg

F 4 Jalen Hayes 6-7, 211 RFr. 4.2 ppg 2.9 rpg

F 23 Tommie McCune 6-8, 210 RJr. 11.8 ppg 5.8 rpg

C 42 Corey Petros 6-10, 255 RSr. 15.3 ppg 8.3 rpg