GAMEDAY: Wake Forest Continues Road Trip At Clemson

Jan. 19, 2014

Wake Forest will conclude its two-game road trip when it heads to Clemson, S.C., to take on the Clemson Tigers.
Tip off is scheduled for 7 p.m. from LittleJohn Coliseum.
The game will be televised on the Regional Sports Networks. Tom Werme (play-by-play) and Debbie Antonelli (analyst) will have the call.

Last Time Out

Georgia Tech used a 20-5 run to seize control of the game and down Wake Forest 79-63 on Thursday evening at the McCamish Pavilion.
The Deacs used a 6-0 run to tie the game at 21-21 with 6:16 left in the first half but Tech stepped-up the defensive pressure and went on a 20-5 run to swing the momentum.
The Yellow Jackets forced Wake Forest into a season-high 29 turnovers on the night and scored 32 points off of those miscues.
Junior Dearica Hamby, playing in front of her hometown crowd, recorded her 13th double-double of the season with 23 points and 13 rebounds. She also tied a season-high five assists
Chelsea Douglas went 8-of-9 from the free throw line and finished with 15 points.
Freshman Jill Brunori had a second-straight solid game with eight points and six rebounds. Junior Millesa Calicott provided a spark off the bench and finished with eight points and three assists.

Wake Forest Storylines

Dearica Hamby has notched a total of 13 double-doubles this season. She was named to the All-Tournament Team at both the Nugget Classic and the FIU Sun & Fun Classic and currently leads the ACC in scoring at 20.6 points per game.
Senior Chelsea Douglas is 60 points away from moving into the top-5 in school history in career scoring. She has 1,447 career points and is also second in school-history with 224 career three-point field goals.

The Opposition

Clemson enters the contest with an even 9-9 record and a 1-3 mark in the ACC after falling at North Carolina last Thursday, 78-55.
The Tigers are led by last week's ACC Player of the Week Nikki Dixon, who is averaging 12.9 points per game and 4.1 rebounds per contest.
CU's one conference victory came over new ACC member Pittsburgh on Jan. 12. Dixon had 29 points in that game.

Series History

The Deacs and Tigers will be meeting for the 67th time Monday night.
Clemson holds a 49-17 edge in the series but the Deacons have won three of the last four meetings.
The Tigers won the lone meeting last season, 64-54 in Winston-Salem.

Next Up...

The Deacons return home to host North Carolina on Thursday, Jan. 23.
North Carolina has won 10-straight games in the series dating back to the 2004 season.

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