Clemson's Grantham "ahead of schedule" for his return to basketball
Yesterday afternoon Gabe DeVoe, Mark Donnal, and Donte Grantham sat down with the media to talk about the Senior Day matchup with Georgia Tech.
You can watch the video above to hear what each player had to say, but we wanted to highlight a few things from Grantham's conversation as he gave us an update on how his knee is progressing.
| How his knee rehab is going: |
"Good. On a weekly basis, I'm getting stronger. It's hard to see progression day to day, but when I go week to week, it's crazy. Every day I'm getting stronger, but I just take it week by week getting stronger. I'm ahead of schedule, so it's going good."
| On the timeline to getting back on the court: |
"Non-contact, I'll be able to do at the and of May. August 1st is basically when I can play full contact again."
| What it will be like to participate in Senior Day: |
"It's going to be sad, but great. Like you said, all the memories of Littlejohn. The highs, the lows that we had, just playing on a team with my teammates. It's going to be sad, but a happy moment too."
| Memories of his time at Clemson: |
"A lot of it is this year. I've had so much fun with this team that we have now. Not just because we are winning, but it's a bunch of good guys. We are just having a lot of fun this year."
GAMEDAY SETUP
No. 15/17 CLEMSON (20-7, 9-6 ACC) vs. GEORGIA TECH (11-17, 4-11 ACC)
Date: Saturday, Feb. 24
Tipoff: 3:06 p.m. ET
Arena: Littlejohn Coliseum (9,000)
Radio: CTN (Don Munson-pbp; Tim Bourret-color)
TV: RSN (Bob Rathbun-pbp; Mike Gminski-color)
- Clemson leads the all-time series with Georgia Tech 70-63.
- The Tigers have now won two in a row in the series, including a 72-70 win in Atlanta on Jan. 28.
- In that victory, Gabe DeVoe set a career-best with 25 points, while Marcquise Reed tallied a double-double with 13 points and 11 assists.
- Head coach Brad Brownell is now 13-4 against Georgia Tech in his career.
- Brownell was recently named a semifinalist for the Werner Ladder Naismith Men’s College Coach of the Year. He is one of 10 semifinalists.
SERIES HISTORY
CU Series W-L record: Clemson is 70-63 all-time against Georgia Tech.
Streak: The Tigers have won two in a row.
TIGER TRACKS
- Head coach Brad Brownell was named a semifinalist for the Werner Ladder Naismith Men’s College Coach of the Year award on Friday (Feb. 23).
- Coach Brownell is one of 10 semifinalists to be named for the national honor.
- Marcquise Reed scored a career-high 28 points and grabbed 10 boards in a loss to Virginia Tech on Feb. 21. He tied his career-best with 10 made field goals and tied a Clemson record for threes made in a single game (8)
- Eight threes made in a game hadn’t been done since K.C. Rivers on Feb. 7, 2008 at Virginia.
- The Tigers’ Elijah Thomas turned in his eighth double-double of the season and 10th of his career on Feb. 21 at Virginia Tech. It marks the second time this season Thomas has posted back-to-back double-doubles.
- fWith one more 3-pointer against Virginia Tech, Gabe DeVoe is 11th all-time in the Clemson record book for threes in a career (148). He needs seven more to tie for 10th.