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Women's Basketball Game Notes -- Wake Forest vs. Clemson
2/18/2012 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 18, 2012
Wake Forest will be making the trip south to Death Valley in search of its third-straight victory over Clemson. The game is set to tip-off at 2 p.m. from the Littlejohn Coliseum.
Last Time Out
- Georgia Tech used a strong surge at the onset of each half to lead wire-to-wire in a 67-52 victory over Wake Forest last Thursday.
- The Deacons struggled offensively, committing more turnovers (23) than made baskets (18).
- Wake was led by junior guard Lakevia Boykin, who finished with 16 points and three rebounds.
- Sophomore center Lindsy Wright was 4-of-8 from the floor and finished with 12 points while also pulling-down seven rebounds.
- Senior Secily Ray was one point away from a double-double as she notched nine points and 10 rebounds. That was her sixth double-digit rebounding game of the season.
- Dawnn Maye led Georgia Tech with a career-high 23 points to go along with six rebounds and five steals.
Meet the Tigers
- Clemson comes into the game with a record of 6-18 overall and 2-11 in the ACC.
- CU is coming off a 56-53 setback at Boston College last Thursday.
- The Tigers have lost eight of their last nine game with the lone win coming in overtime at Virginia Tech on Feb. 3.
- Nikki Dixon is the only Tiger averaging double-figures at 13.1 points per game. She also tops the team with 59 steals.
- Quinyotta Pettaway is the team's leading rebounder at 7.3 per game and she averaging better than nine rebounds per game as well.
- Itoro Coleman is in her second season as the head coach at her alma mater. The Tigers were 10-20 in her first season and she now has a career mark of 16-38.
Series History
- This will be the 65th all-time meeting between the two schools.
- Clemson holds a 48-16 edge in the series overall and a 25-7 edge in games played in Clemson.
- The Deacons have won the last two meetings in the series, including a 94-65 victory earlier this season on Jan. 22 in Winston-Salem.
- The 94 points scored in that game by the Deacs are the most points scored in a regulation ACC game in school-history.
Next Up...
- Wake Forest remains on the road as it heads to Virginia on Friday, Feb. 24.
- The game is set to tip-off at 6:30 p.m. and can be seen on RSN.
- The Deacons won the last meeting with Virginia 74-68 in the opening round of the 2011 ACC Tournament.
- Wake has won just once at Virginia and that came back in 1978.
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