Clemson’s weekend slate comes with a little bit of everything: football injury watch, a women’s basketball wake-up call, and a men’s team still rolling early in the season.
The biggest football question is whether Tyler Brown and Gideon Davidson can make it back for Saturday’s matchup with Georgia Tech. Both players are listed as questionable on the initial ACC availability report from Wednesday, and nothing changed on Thursday. That leaves each with a 50-50 shot to suit up.
Davidson had already been ruled out last week along with center Harris Sewell and left guard Elyjah Thurmon. Brown was a late scratch for the Syracuse game after getting hurt in practice, while the other three injuries happened during the road win over Florida State. Sewell and Thurmon are listed as out again, but Clemson could get a couple of offensive pieces back.
Kickoff against Georgia Tech is set for 12:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, Nov. 14 from Death Valley.
On the women’s side, Shawn Poppie’s team ran into a South Carolina team that was simply too much to handle. Clemson opened the season 3-0, but the Gamecocks shut things down in a 65-44 home win.
The Tigers started well and finished well, but the middle of the game did the damage. Clemson scored just 14 combined points in the second and third quarters and shot 22 percent from the floor and 13 percent from 3-point range.
Poppie didn’t hide from the challenge afterward.
"Dawn [Staley has] got a really good basketball team. They’re deep, and they come at you.
I thought our kids competed," Poppie said after the game. "We met a lot of the goals we had set before the game.
Just offensively, they really sped us up, and we could not get into rhythm ... [South Carolina] is gonna win a lot of games, and I think we will, too."
Clemson’s next chance comes Sunday, Nov. 15, when it hosts Stetson at 5:00 p.m. at Littlejohn Coliseum.
Brad Brownell’s men, meanwhile, kept their early momentum going with a 92-77 home win over North Dakota. The Tigers moved to 3-0, even if they didn’t cover the large spread for the third straight game.
Liutauras Lelevicius led the way with 21 points on 5-of-7 shooting and eight rebounds. Chase Thompson turned in his best outing of the season, finishing with 21 points on 9-of-10 shooting and five rebounds.
Dylan Faulkner added 12 points, eight assists, and six rebounds, while Ace Buckner posted 13 points, six assists, and three rebounds. Cole Certa continued to struggle from the field, scoring seven points on 2-of-7 shooting.
Clemson’s next game is Friday, Nov. 13, when Georgetown comes to Littlejohn for a 6:00 p.m. ET tipoff.
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