Clemson vs South CarolinaGame Time: 6 PM EST (Moved from 8 PM)Channel: ACC NetworkVenue: Littlejohn Coliseum (God Country, South Carolina)ClemsonThe Tigers come into the game on the heels of an encouraging 89-76 win over the Miami (of Ohio) Redhawks. This is the Tigers last tune up before things get hot and heavy with the ACC schedule (not sure who Brad offended to draw Virginia, Duke, and Virginia (again) to start the full ACC slate, but he must have been important)
https://www.ctoutletstore.com/Will_Shipley_Jersey-136.The formula for success this season remains unchanged. Hit 3, keep PJ Hall out of foul trouble, don turn the ball over at an obscene clip....prosper. Against Miami (Ohio), the Tigers shot 13/24 from 3 (54%), Hall only collected 2 fouls, and turnovers were limited to 9. Subsequently, Clemson won the game.Ie come to the conclusion that it doesn matter who scores in this Clemson back court. Pretty much every guy in the rotation can put it in the bucket. It would be nice to have some consistency, but Clemson winning this year probably means Alex Hemenway going for 17 one night and Nick Honor going for 7, and then Nick Honor going for 17 and Hemenway going for 7 the next time out. It all about hitting shots, and despite their penchant for forgetting how to shoot for extended stretches of game time, when someone gets hot, theye done a nice job of unselfishly feeding the hot hand.Despite South Carolina being without a couple key contributors (and 4 mystery players to be named later), Clemson must show up and play their game in order to win.South CarolinaI was planning on doing an in-depth stats breakdown of the Gamecocks. Then I wasn planning on writing a preview, because it looked like the game was going to be canceled. Now I stuck shrugging my shoulders because I have no idea who is going to play.Starting power forward AJ Wilson is out after banging up his knee against
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Dietrick Pennington Jersey. They tend to spread their scoring out, with James Couisnard (out) leading the way with 12.1 but 6 players are averaging 8 points or more for the 8-2 Gamecocks. Theye needed a little bit from everyone this year, and theyl need that again tonight to have any chance of knocking off the Tigers.Clemson Wins If ...They play their game, keep P.J. on the court, don turn the ball over and hit shots. I mentioned it above, but it a simple formula for the Tigers this year. Clemson wants to play fast in transition, shoot a bunch of 3s and work PJ Hall in the half court. They are shooting 43% from behind the arc this year, good for 2nd in the nation at the moment, and 57% effective field goal percentage, good for 8th overall. When Clemson gets a shot up, it tends to go in the basket.When things have gone sideways this season, the Tigers have either turned the ball over (20 vs West Virginia, 18 vs Miami), forgotten how to shoot (4-18 from 3 vs Rutgers) or PJ Hall has run out of gas (St
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