BLACKSBURG – In a repeat of the season opener to kick off the Mike Young era, the Virginia Tech men's basketball team will take on Clemson Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET on senior day at Carilion Clinic Court at Cassell Coliseum.
The Hokies (15-14, 6-12 ACC) haven't faced the Tigers (15-13, 9-9) in 28 games, as a lot has happened since Nov. 5 in the Palmetto State.
The last time these two faced off, the Hokies got out to an early lead and held off the Tigers down the stretch for the 67-60 win thanks to momentum-changing, and-1 dunk by P.J. Horne with a minute to go (picture above).
Tech leads the all-time series 20-16 and has won five of the last six matchups since 2016. The Hokies are 12-6 against Clemson at home.
Guys that have known each other for a long time and are friends off the court, Young and Clemson's Brad Brownell have faced each other three times, with Brownell owning the series 2-1 dating back to 2010. Young is 1-7 all-time versus Clemson.
The matchup will be broadcast on ACC Network, with Chris Cotter (play-by-play) and Chris Spatola (analyst) on the call, while Jon Laaser (play-by-play) and Mike Burnop (analyst) will broadcast on Virginia Tech Sports Properties.
Graduate student Branden Johnson and senior managers Ben VanDyne, Dylan "Forest" Wimer and Dylan Orrell will be honored pregame for the senior day festivities.
GAME INFORMATION
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The last time out, Tech was tied at halftime with the leader in the ACC standings at 27-all, but No. 10/10 Louisville (24-6, 15-4) kicked it into gear in the second half and outscored the Hokies 41-25 to win on Senior Day by 16 points, 68-52. Tech's bench outscored UofL 28-17.
Junior Wabissa Bede ranks fifth in the nation in assist-turnover ratio, owning a 3.31 average. He has dished out 18 assists compared to coughing up six TOs his last five games.
SCOUTING CLEMSON
• The Tigers are coming off a ranked win at home this past Saturday, downing No. 7/8 Florida State (24-5, 14-4) by a score of 70-69 to mark their third quadrant one win (No. 10/10 Louisville, No. 12/11 Duke) of the season.
• Head coach Brad Brownell enters his 10th season in Clemson, following a four-year stint at Wright State. With the Tigers, Brownell has worked his way up to second all-time in program history for wins at Clemson, being just 13 shy of taking over as the winningest coach in school history.
• Clemson is paced by Aamir Simms, who had a double-double in the season opener versus the Hokies with 12 points and 15 rebounds, and his two teams highs in points (13.3) and rebounds (7.2).
•. Some of Clemson's strengths are not committing too many fouls per game, ranking 34th nationally with 15.3, and points allowed per game with 63.9 to rank 37th in the land. On the other hand, the Tigers rarely get to the foul line, with ranking 317th on free-throw attempts (447).
