CLEMSON
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Final Notes
Lady Tiger Basketball
Last Time Out North Carolina 90, Clemson 51 (ACC Tournament) • UNC topped Clemson after outrebounding the Tigers, 47-28 • NC freshman Brittany Rountree hit 7-10 from behind the arc in the game • Clems on committed 25 turnovers, for 33 NC points in the game • It was the third straight season that UNC ended Clemson’s season. Last Time They Met Clemson 52, #21/22 North Carolina 47 • Clemson upset a ranked North Carolina squad in Chapel Hill on Jan. 12, 2012 • Quinyotta Pettaway led all players with 16 points and 12 rebounds and Kelly Gramlich had 11 points to spark the win • Clemson had an 8-0 lead and led for most of the game • The Lady Tigers held UNC to their fewest points in a home game in school history • It was Clemson’s first win over a ranked team since 2003 Bucking the trend • Clemson had lost 53 straight games to ranked opponents before a 52-47 win over #21/22 North Carolina on Jan. 12 in Chapel Hill • Clemson had gone 28 straight games against ranked teams on the road since its last road victory at #24 Penn State on Dec. 18, 2001 • Clemson snapped a 17-game win streak by UNC in the series • Clemson won in Chapel Hill for the first time since Jan. 10, 2000 Links to North Carolina • Clemson features three players from the state of North Carolina, and will be able to play in front of many supporters • Quinyotta Pettaway (Hertford, NC), Chelsea Lindsay (Durham, NC) and Natiece Ford (Holly Springs, NC) • Clemson had nearly 100 supporters in the game at Chapel Hill earlier this season in a win. On (B)lockdown • Clemson is averaged 6.0 blocked shots per game, which was 2nd in the league and 4th in the nation, as of the end of the season • Clemson has registered 62 blocks this season, already the 3rd-best mark in school history. • The Lady Tigers had 12 blocks against NC Central, tied for the 6th-most in school history, and added 11 against Virginia Tech • Lindsey Mason is 2nd in the ACC and at 2.6 blocks per game Mason Blocking at Historic Pace • Center Lindsey Mason recorded 162 blocks in her career, 2nd in Clemson history • She is tied for 5th in Clemson history in single-season blocks with 72 • She passed Jackie Farmer (129 blks) for second all-time (behind Peggy Caple, 1981-85, 298 blk) • She is averaging 1.35 blocks per game for
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her career, 4th-best in school history, and her season average of 2.6 per game is the second-best mark in team history She finished in the top-five in the ACC in blocking in each of the last two seasons, and ranks 2nd right now at 2.7 blocks per game
Paint it Orange • Clemson has totaled 674 points in the paint in 27 games this season, including 46 against S.C. State and 32 against FSU • The 46 points in the paint were the most for a Lady Tiger team since the first game of last season • The Tigers are averaging 25.0 ppg in the paint Sharing the load • Six different players have led the Lady Tigers in scoring in games this season, five of whom accomplished the feat on multiple occasions • Four different players have tallied 20+ points for Clemson in a game this season • Additionally, eight players have scored in double-figures at some point in the season Dixon Named to ACC All-Freshman Team • Dixon is the first Clemson student-athlete named to the team since 2007, when Lele Hardy and Christy Brown were selected. • Dixon is just the sixth Lady Tiger ever to claim the accomplishment. • Ranks among the top ten in the conference in steals and minutes per game • Ranks among the top five freshmen in the ACC in scoring, rebounding, assists, steals, minutes, starts, field goals made, free throws made and attempted and threepointers made. Georgia on my Mind • Clemson features four players from the state of Georgia in Pauldo, Mason, Dunn, and Dixon • Head coach Itoro Coleman also hails from Hephzibah, GA • Players from Georgia have accounted for 69 games started and more than half of the team’s scoring Show Us the Petta-Way • Sophomore forward Quinyotta Pettaway scored 24 points on 11-20 shooting against Wake Forest • She has 11 double-figure scoring games this season, and she now has 248 points • She has four double-doubles this season, including a 16 point, 12 rebound outburst at UNC and 12 and 10 against Duke • She had 33 total points in her career entering the season • Her 8-9 (.889) shooting mark against SC State is the top single-game mark for a Clemson player this season • Pettaway has 105 made field goals as well; she had 14 all of her freshman season • She leads the team in rebounding and FG%, is second in scoring
2011-12 (6-22 Overall, 2-14 ACC) Head Coach Itoro Coleman Date Site W L Score Opponent CU-Opp. Rank Nov. 11 H W 72-62 Davidson Nov. 13 H W 83-38 S.C. State Nov. 17 H L 48-65 South Carolina Nov. 21 A L 66-76 N.C. A&T Nov. 28 A W 68-67 Furman Dec. 1 H L 50-61 Illinois Dec. 4 H L 77-82 Charleston Southern Dec. 9 A L 51-63 Oakland Dec. 18 H W 68-48 N.C. Central Dec. 22 A L 63-73 Providence Dec. 30 A L 36-51 UAB Jan. 2 H L 33-55 Virginia Tech Jan. 5 A L 47-59 Florida State Jan. 8 H L 47-54 Virginia Jan. 12 A W 52-47 N. Carolina NR-21 Jan. 19 H L 46-62 N.C. State Jan. 22 A L 65-94 Wake Forest Jan. 27 H L 37-81 Duke NR-5 Jan. 29 H L 54-63 Georgia Tech NR-24 Feb. 3 A W 55-51(ot) Virginia Tech Feb. 5 A L 47-68 Miami NR-7 Feb. 9 H L 61-91 Maryland NR-8 Feb. 12 A L 36-68 Virginia Feb. 16 A L 53-56 Boston College Feb. 19 H L 51-63 Wake Forest Feb. 23 A L 52-74 Florida State Feb. 26 A L 50-62 Georgia Tech NR-17 Mar. 1 N1 L 51-90 North Carolina N1 - ACC Tournament; Greensboro, NC
Pettaway showing major improvement Category 2010-11 2011-12 Total PTS 33 255 PPG 1.4 9.1 RPG 2.1 7.2 FG% .359 .468 Double-doubles 0 4 Double-figure scoring gms 0 11 Blocked Shots 13 32 (Fore)Headstrong • Nikki Dixon scored 13 of her 19 points against Virginia Tech after receiving two stitches in her forehead following a firsthalf collision • She finished with a game-high 19 points, and tied a career-high with four three-pointers made What a difference a year makes • Clemson has improved in many areas from the previous season as Coleman’s style of play begins to take hold with the young team Category 2010-11 2011-12 % of FGA from 3-pt 32.7% 20.3% FG% defense .403 .382 Blocks per game 4.6 6.0 FT Att. per gm 14.6 16.1 Points Allowed per gm 69.2 65.1 Points Allowed per gm (ACC) 74.9 65.4 Charges Taken 3 23 Teams held <60 pts 7 9 ACC teams held <60 pts 0 6 Fresh(man) Faces (see chart above) • Clemson’s freshmen have made a significant impact, logging 64 starts, 2,734 minutes, 679 points, 492 rebounds, and 198 assists • The class ranked 30th in the nation by ESPN Hoopgurlz Nikki Dixon • Three-time ACC Player of the Week