Clemson Basketball preview vs. FSU

by CU Athletic Communications - Fri Jan 29 09:32:14 GMT-05:00 2016

CLEMSON (13-7, 6-2 ACC) vs. FLORIDA STATE (13-7, 3-5 ACC)

Date: Saturday, January 30

Tipoff: 12 p.m. ET

Arena: Donald L. Tucker Center (11,500)

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

TV: RSN (Wes Durham-pbp; Dan Bonner-color)

• Clemson is coming off its sixth ACC win in a seven-game stretch, the first time that has been achieved by a Tiger team since 1989-90.

• The Tigers defeated four ranked teams in the month, most in one month in program history.

• Clemson is in search of a third straight win in Tallahassee; something that has never been achieved in Tiger basketball history. The Tigers won the first meeting this season on January 2 in Greenville, 84-75.

SERIES HISTORY

CU Series W-L record: Florida State leads 37-31

Streak: Clemson won the most recent meeting

TIGER TRACKS

• Clemson is in search of its seventh January win, which would be most since the 1989-90 team won eight on its way to the ACC regular season title.

• The Tigers have six wins over teams currently in the top 50 of the latest RPI. Iowa, Oregon and Virginia are the national leaders with seven top-50 RPI wins.

• The Tigers saw their school-record streak of 36 straight free throws end in the second half against Pittsburgh.

• Jaron Blossomgame has scored 20 or more in three straight games; he is the first Tiger since Edward Scott in 2002-03 to post at least 20 in three consecutive ACC games.

• Jordan Roper is the 10th player in Clemson history with at least 800 points, 125 three-pointers, 200 assists and 100 steals in a career.

• Roper leads all ACC players in steals per game and assist-turnover ratio in conference games, and is second in assists per game.

• Landry Nnoko has averaged 11 points per game over the last six contests, and reached double figures in the scoring column in four of the six.