Ranked within the Most sensible 25 for the 3rd directly season, No. 16 Clemson will glance so as to add any other resume-boosting win Saturday when it hosts Memphis.
Following victories over then-No. 4 Kentucky and Atlantic Coast Convention foe Miami, Clemson (9-1) springboarded into the AP ballot this week.
Hoping to stay within the scores, trainer Brad Brownell’s staff will host a Memphis squad that rose to No. 16 sooner than falling by the wayside after an 85-72 house loss to Arkansas State on Sunday.
A driver in Clemson’s scorching get started — and present six-game profitable streak — is the country’s main rebounder, Ian Schieffelin.
The senior pairs his 12.6 issues consistent with sport with 12.6 rebounds consistent with contest, together with a 20-rebound day trip towards Kentucky. Schieffelin has hauled in no less than 9 forums in every sport this 12 months, tallying double-digit rebounds in seven of Clemson’s 10 contests.
“He is a continuing competitor,” Brownell stated. “He without a doubt has a knack for realizing the place the ball goes to be. I feel he has a willingness to maintain effort and persistently pass after the ball, which maximum guys give in after some time.”
Clemson, a veteran-led crew, is getting a team-high 15.9 issues consistent with sport from sixth-year senior Chase Hunter.
Slowing down Memphis’ guards shall be a key for Brownell’s staff on Saturday. PJ Haggerty’s reasonable of 23 issues consistent with sport ranks 5th within the country, whilst fellow backcourt participants Tyrese Hunter (15.2 ppg) and Colby Rogers (12.4) additionally make vital contributions.
“(Memphis) has were given in point of fact just right guard play,” Brownell stated. “Haggerty is super; he would possibly lead the rustic in guards who draw fouls. He will get within the paint, lives within the paint, he could make performs for himself and his teammates. Hunter is the same; he can in point of fact shoot the ball. The ones two guys are fantastic.”
Haggerty post 29 issues in loss to Arkansas State, however Memphis (7-2) could not climb out of an early 18-point first-half hollow. Memphis trainer Penny Hardaway is aware of sluggish begins are not a recipe for luck.
“We have now were given to hold over what we do in follow into the video games,” Hardaway stated. “We will’t stay having those sluggish begins. We’ve not had speedy begins in a large number of our video games. You have to need it extra. We do not see the power initially of the video games, and I do not know why.
“This can be a new staff nonetheless seeking to determine issues out, and we gained some large video games early. You then lose a sport like (Arkansas State) and it shocks you as a result of we did not compete. When you do not compete, you do not should win. When you do not compete, you give your self a possibility to lose a sport, and whilst you do, you have to be told from it.”
A season in the past, Memphis started 15-2, together with a 79-77 house win over Clemson, sooner than unraveling down the stretch and lacking the NCAA Match. Hardaway may not permit the comparisons to closing 12 months’s unhappiness.
“This can be a completely other staff,” he stated. “We have now been enjoying just right ball, and I am not going to panic after one loss.”
Saturday will mark the second one assembly all-time between the systems.
–Box Stage Media
