MBB: Clemson vs. Wake Forest Game Notes
SETTING THE SCENE BETWEEN THE TIGERS AND DEMON DEACONS
• The Clemson Tigers will look for its eighth-straight victory over Wake Forest and move above the .500 mark in league play.
• The contest will be televised on ACCN with Mike Monaco and Matt Doherty calling the action courtside, while Don Munson and Tim Bourret will call the action on the radio waves. The radio call will be available on the Clemson Tigers Network and Tunein.com.
• Live stats will be provided on ClemsonTigers.com and Twitter updates will be available on Clemson’s official account (@ClemsonMBB).
CLEMSON BASKETBALL HEADLINES
• Clemson will look to move above the .500 mark in the league with a victory over Wake Forest. It would be its eighth consecutive victory over the Demon Deacons.
• Tevin Mack turned in a career performance against Syracuse with 32 points and 10 assists. It was his second double-double and a career-best 32 points. The performance came via a career-best 12 made field goals.
• Clyde Trapp was the Tigers’ second double-digit scorer against the Orange and he turned in career bests in points (17), rebounds (9) and assists (6).
• Alex Hemenway’s performance at Louisville was most notable with a career high 8 points, including two threes in his first action since Nov. 7.
• Beating Wake Forest gave Clemson at least a break-even record in the season series against all four ACC schools from the Tar Heel state.
• It’s the first time since 1989-90 when Clemson was 1-1 vs. Duke, 1-1 vs. UNC, 1-1 vs. NC State and 3-0 vs. Wake Forest.
• Clemson defeated No. 3/3 Duke on for its first win over an AP top-3 ranked opponent since North Carolina on Feb. 18, 2001.
• With that win over Duke on Jan. 14, Head Coach Brad Brownell passed Cliff Ellis for the all-time wins mark in Clemson basketball history.
• Clemson has been bitten by the injury bug in 2019, having many key players miss time due to injuries, which includes three starting players.
• For much of the season, Clemson has had as few as eight scholarship players active. Clemson has had players miss 52 games this season.