Game 4: Georgetown Hoyas (3-0) at Clemson Tigers (3-0)
When: Friday 6 PM
Where: Littlejohn Coliseum
TV: ESPNU (Beth Mowins and Debbie Antonelli)
Radio: Bloomberg 99.1 (Rich Chvotkin), Sirius XM 261 (Georgetown), 262 (Clemson)
Series: Georgetown leads 2-0 Last Meeting: Hoyas beat Clemson 79-74 last season Streaks: Georgetown has won 2 straight
KenPom Rankings: Clemson 73, Georgetown 84
KenPom Odds: Clemson has a 66% probability of winning with a predicted score of 78-73
DraftKings Line: Georgetown +4.5, o/u 147.5 ML +164
TIGERS REPORT
Clemson is off to a 3-0 start but will face a big jump in competition tonight against Georgetown. Like the Hoyas, the Tigers needed to comeback from a halftime deficit earlier in the week before dispatching a sub-300 KenPom opponent in North Dakota, 92-77. In this NIL era when many longtime coaches have struggled or left the game, Brad Brownell has experience his longest period of sustained success in leading Clemson to three straight NCAA Tournament berths. This season Brownell is leaning heavily on his starters with four player seeing the court more than 30 minutes per game. Ace Buckner leads Clemson in scoring (19.7) and assists (5.3) while shooting 47.1 % from deep. TCU transfer Liutauras Lelevicius is averaging 17 points per game and leads the Tigers in rebounding (8.0). Clemson was picked to finish sixth in the ACC just behind UNC – who will pay a visit to Capital One Arena on Dec. 12.
WHAT’S AT STAKE?
This is Georgetown’s lone shot at earning a non-conference road win this season. The Hoyas took a bit of a step back with a narrow win over a hot shooting Delaware State team on Tuesday but an road win against an ACC school aiming to make a fourth straight NCAA Tournament would sure be a step in the right direction. Vince Iwuchukwu was dominant inside against the Hornets with a career-high 28 while Jaland Lowe continued to set up his teammates with a career-high 15 assists. Winning this game would give Ed Cooley a little breathing room with UNC, No. 7 Texas and either No. 9 UCLA or St. Mary’s as the marquee non-conference games remaining before heading into Big East play.
