Countdown to tipoff: Clemson at No. 18 Duke
By: will-vandervort February 11, 2017

Clemson returns to the road to take on 18th-ranked Duke at 1 p.m. The Tigers are in search of its first win at Cameron Indoor Stadium since 1995.

Clemson is coming off a heart breaking one-point loss to Syracuse at Littlejohn Coliseum this past Tuesday. The Orange’s Tyus Battle drained a three-pointer as time expired to lift Syracuse to an 82-81 victory. The Tigers have now lost eight of their last 10 games.

CLEMSON (13-10, 3-8 ACC) AT DUKE (19-5, 7-4 ACC)

Arena: Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)

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

TV: ACCN (Wes Durham-pbp; Mike Gminski-color)

  • The Tigers have defeated Duke two of the last three seasons, 72-59 in Clemson in 2013-14 and 68-63 in Greenville in 2015-16.
  • A win Saturday would give Clemson a third ACC road win for a fourth consecutive season. That has never been accomplished in school history.
  • Clemson has nine wins over top-25 teams under Brad Brownell’s watch, seven of which have come against ACC foes.

PROJECTED STARTERS

Clemson

G             Shelton Mitchell

G             Avry Holmes

F              Donte Grantham

F              Jaron Blossomgame

C             Elijah Thomas

Duke

G             Grayson Allen

G             Luke Kennard

G             Matt Jones

F              Jayson Tatum

F              Amile Jefferson

SERIES HISTORY

CU Series W-L record: Duke leads 106-31

Streak: Clemson won the most recent meeting

TIGER TRACKS

  • Clemson has scored 80 or more points in nine games this season, most since the 2009-10 season.
  • Two active Tiger players have at least 100 career steals. Marcquise Reed hit the century mark with three against Syracuse, joining Avry Holmes (105).
  • Reed, who is coming off a career-best six assists against the Orange, has played Duke before as a freshman at Robert Morris. He scored 22 in an NCAA Tournament game against the Blue Devils.
  • Jaron Blossomgame moved to ninth place in Clemson history in career scoring after a 20-point effort against Syracuse; it was his 20th career ACC game with at least 20 points. Only Butch Zatezalo (1967-70) and Bill Yarborough (195-57) have more 20-point ACC games in Clemson history.
  • Shelton Mitchell has averaged six assists per game over Clemson’s last five, and still ranks third in league games in assist-to-turnover ratio. Mitchell posted eight assists without a turnover in 33 minutes against Syracuse.
  • Sidy Djitte has recorded consecutive double-figure rebound totals.

–Staff Reports

–Above photo: Clemson guard Gabe DeVoe (10) shoots the ball during the second half against the Syracuse Orange as Littlejohn Coliseum this past Tuesday in Clemson. The Orange won 82-81. (Joshua S. Kelly-USA TODAY Sports)