Yellow Jackets and Tigers tip off at 9 p.m. EST Tuesday at Littlejohn Coliseum
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GEORGIA TECH (10-12, 4-7 ACC) vs. #21 CLEMSON (18-4, 10-1 ACC)
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 | 9 p.m. EST | Clemson, S.C. | Littlejohn ColiseumTelevision: ACC Network (Announcers: Wes Durham, Jim Boeheim)
Radio: Georgia Tech Sports Network by Legends Sports (In Atlanta: 680 AM/93.7 The Fan)
Announcers: Andy Demetra, Randy Waters
Other ways to listen: SiriusXM Ch. 381 | SiriusXM app | Listen Online | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets App | TuneIn
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THE FLATS – Fresh off its first win of the season against a top-25 team, Georgia Tech gets another opportunity Tuesday night when the Yellow Jackets travel to No. 25 Clemson for a 9 p.m. Atlantic Coast Conference contest at Littlejohn Coliseum. The Tigers captured a 70-59 victory over Tech in the teams’ first meeting on Jan. 14 in Atlanta.
Georgia Tech (10-12, 4-7 ACC) opened the month of February with a 77-70 victory over Louisville Saturday at McCamish Pavilion, its second win in its last three games. All four of the Yellow Jackets’ ACC wins this season have come at home, including Notre Dame, Boston College and Virginia Tech. But Tech remains in search of its first road win (0-6). The Jackets are one of four teams tied for 11th place at 4-7 on league play.
Clemson (18-4, 10-1 ACC), alone in second place in the ACC, one game behind Duke, extended its current winning streak to six games Saturday with a 68-58 win at NC State, and the Tigers have matched the best ACC start in program history. Clemson is 11-1 at home, with its only loss coming Dec. 14 in overtime to Memphis, and its only ACC loss occurred at Louisville on Jan. 7.
Tuesday’s game will be televised live on the ACC Network, with a live stream available on the ESPN app. Radio coverage is on the Georgia Tech Sports Network by Legends Sports and flagship station 680 the Fan (680 AM/93.7 FM). The Tech broadcast is also available on Sirius XM channel 381 and the SiriusXM app.
THE TIP-OFF
• Clemson is the sixth top-25 team Tech has faced this season and second in two games. The Yellow Jackets are 1-4 against top-25 teams this season after defeating No. 21 Louisville Saturday. They were 3-1 against them in 2023-24.
• A win Tuesday would also be Tech’s second against a Quad 1 opponent in the NCAA’s NET rankings this season (Louisville is No. 29, Clemson is No. 30). The Yellow Jackets are 1-5 against Quad 1 opponents this season after going 4-7 against such teams last year. One more Quad 1 opportunity exists on Tech’s schedule, at Wake Forest (69) on March 8.
• Tech is 5-15 against Clemson teams that have been ranked in the nation’s top 25. Seven of those meetings took place between 2007 and 2010, with the Jackets winning four of the seven.
• Tech’s most recent back-to-back victories against top-25 teams occurred last season - Nov. 28 over No. 21 Mississippi State and No. 7 Duke.
• Unlike last season, when 14 of Georgia Tech’s 20 ACC games were decided by less than 10 points, only five of the Yellow Jackets’ first 11 conference games this season have been decided by single digits, including Tech’s last three games (71-64 win over Virginia Tech, 71-68 loss at Notre Dame, 77-70 win over Louisville).
• In the last meeting between Tech and Clemson at Littlejohn Coliseum (Jan. 16, 2024), Tech erased a 9-point deficit in the final 1:43 of regulation and captured a 93-90 victory in double-overtime. Naithan George made two three-point field goals in the final 20 seconds of regulation, and made two more field goals in the final minute of the second overtime (10 of his team-high 20 points).
• Five Yellow Jackets have averages in double-digits for ACC games – Lance Terry (16.0), Javian McCollum (13.9), Duncan Powell (13.1), Naithan George (11.6) and Baye Ndongo (11.1).
• Tech has played either six or seven players in its last five games. The Jackets had played 8 or more in every game prior to the last meeting with Clemson on Jan. 14, 9 or more in 11 games.
• Tech has utilized 7 different starting lineups through its first 22 games this season, all because of injury. Ibrahim Souare and Javian McCollum have each started Tech’s last five games, and Duncan Powell has started two of the last five.
• Tech rotation players have missed a total of 39 games this season because of injury or illness. Kowacie Reeves, Jr., has missed the last 16 games (foot injury), Luke O’Brien missed the last 11 games (toe injury) and Jaeden Mustaf has missed the last 4 (foot). Lance Terry missed 2 of the last 5 (hand/illness). Javian McCollum missed 4 games earlier in December with a concussion.
• Tech has never had its entire roster available for an ACC game this season. Kowacie Reeves, Jr., has not played in an ACC game this season, while Luke O’Brien has played in only one.
• Despite Tech’s shorter rotation the last three weeks, the Yellow Jackets’ bench remains one of the more productive in the ACC, ranking fifth in points per game (23.1), and 121st nationally.
SERIES NOTES VS. CLEMSON
• The oldest and longest-running series the Yellow Jackets have with an ACC member, the 147 all-time meetings are more than 30 greater than Tech has played with any other ACC opponent. The series dates back to the 1912-13 season, when John Heisman coached the Tech basketball team.
• Clemson is one of two permanent home-and-away opponents on Tech’s schedule each year (Notre Dame is the other).
• Clemson has won seven of the last nine meetings in the series, including a 70-59 win in Atlanta on Jan. 14.
• The Yellow Jackets have swept the season series just once (2019-20) since the 2004-05 season.
• The Yellow Jackets trail 56-40 to the Tigers since joining the ACC.
• Tech is 9-22 vs. Tiger teams coached by Brad Brownell and 1-2 vs. Clemson under head coach Damon Stoudamire.
• Tech is just 18-49 all-time in games played at Clemson, including an 10-42 mark in Littlejohn Coliseum. The Jackets lost 14 straight games on the road in the series, and 13 in a row at Littlejohn, before Tech won on March 6, 2020. Tech was Clemson’s first opponent in Littlejohn Coliseum back on Nov. 30, 1968. The Tigers won, 76-72.
• Tech’s 111-108 win against the Tigers at Littlejohn Coliseum on Jan. 24, 2001 is the highest-scoring regulation game Tech has had with any ACC opponent. The Jackets’ current record of 17 three-point field goals was set in that game. The Jackets defeated Florida State by the same score in Tallahassee (in two OTs) on Feb. 11, 1999, and lost to Wake Forest in the 2007 ACC Tournament, 114-112 in double-overtime.
