Clemson coach Brad Brownell stated the Tigers’ potential 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 sure to provide Clemson considerations 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 stated. “A few of it’s primarily based on how the opposite group guards you.”
Jake Heidbreder offered Clemson with 15 factors off the bench within the Wake Forest sport, although he ranks seventh in group scoring this season with 5.1 factors per sport.
“It is good to see Jake getting extra comfy and knocking a number of photographs down,” Brownell stated.
Stanford coach Kyle Smith stated the Cardinal are adjusting with some roster fluctuations. There was progress for Stanford, even in defeats.
“We had some guys that made some constructive steps,” Smith stated. “… I feel we’re going to be good.”
Clemson has the fourth-most ACC victories (74) because the 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 conventional ACC group. Stanford guard Jaylen Blakes is aware of 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 additional time. Brownell stated with the campus on vacation break there’s the chance that the house crowd won’t be as amped up as regular for an ACC sport.
–Subject Degree Media