Tigers Welcome Louisiana-Lafayette to Littlejohn on Friday

Clemson (10-1) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (10-2)

Date: Friday, December 22

Tipoff: 3:01 p.m. ET

Arena: Littlejohn Coliseum (9,000)

Radio: CTN (Don Munson-pbp; Tim Bourret-color)

TV: ACCN Extra (Pete Yanity -pbp; Jim Davis-color)

• Clemson will face Louisiana-Lafayette of the first time in program history.
• Clemson is 28-3 all-time against members of the Sun Belt Conference.
• Donte Grantham is a mere nine points shy of reaching 1,000 for his career - becoming the 39th player in Clemson history to achieve that feat.
• Tigers improved to a nice 69-29 record in Nov./Dec. under Brownell.
• With his 25-point performance against South Carolina, Marcquise Reed has now scored exactly 500 points in a Clemson uniform.

Series History
CU Series W-L record: 0-0
Streak: First Meeting

Tiger Tracks:

• The Tigers received 35 votes in this week’s AP Top 25 poll (ranked 28th).  They received 10 votes in USA Today coaches poll. Clemson’s RPI checks in at 21st nationally.
• Marcquise Reed earned named ACC Player of the Week honors (12/18/17).
• Reed has now scored exactly 500 points in his Clemson career.
• He is one of just 15 players in the country to average at least 15.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.5 steals per contest.
• Coach Brownell (134 victories at Clemson) is four wins shy of tying and five shy of passing Oliver Purnell for the third most wins at Clemson.
• Elijah Thomas is one of only seven players in the country currently averaging at least 11.0 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game.
• Grantham (991) is just nine points shy of becoming the 39th 1,000-point scorer in Clemson history.