Clemson coach Brad Brownell mentioned the Tigers’ skill to stay to the defensive plan tends to be an enormous issue within the trajectory of video games.
That figures to be much more essential on Wednesday when Stanford arrives in Clemson, S.C., with the Atlantic Coast Convention’s main scorer to kick off 2025.
Stanford’s Maxime Raynaud is the ACC chief in factors (21.4) and rebounds (11.8) per sport, whereas main the nation with 10 double-doubles in 12 video games. The 7-footer is certain to provide Clemson issues along with his versatility as he additionally tops the Cardinal with 21 baskets from 3-point vary.
Each Clemson (10-3, 2-0 ACC) and Stanford (9-3, 1-0) have been off since Dec. 21, when Clemson defeated visiting Wake Forest 73-62 and Stanford fell 76-61 to former Pac-12 foe Oregon in a neutral-site sport.
Clemson has widespread choices on offense, with 4 gamers averaging greater than 9 factors per sport.
“Each sport is completely different,” Brownell mentioned. “A few of it’s primarily based on how the opposite crew guards you.”
Jake Heidbreder offered Clemson with 15 factors off the bench within the Wake Forest sport, although he ranks seventh in crew scoring this season with 5.1 factors per sport.
“It is good to see Jake getting extra snug and knocking just a few pictures down,” Brownell mentioned.
Stanford coach Kyle Smith mentioned the Cardinal are adjusting with some roster fluctuations. There was progress for Stanford, even in defeats.
“We had some guys that made some optimistic steps,” Smith mentioned. “… I believe we’re going to be good.”
Clemson has the fourth-most ACC victories (74) for the reason that 2017-18 season. Stanford is a first-year ACC member.
The Cardinal’s solely ACC sport up to now got here towards Cal, so this would be the program’s first outing of the season towards a standard ACC crew. Stanford guard Jaylen Blakes is acquainted with Clemson from his three seasons at Duke. He is the second-leading scorer for the Cardinal with 15.3 factors per sport.
Clemson’s solely two losses since mid-November have are available in time beyond regulation. Brownell mentioned with the campus on vacation break there’s the probability that the house crowd may not be as amped up as regular for an ACC sport.
–Area Stage Media
