In what will be a matchup of teams that are on two opposite sides of the ACC conference as the season winds down, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets will travel to Clemson, South Carolina to take on the Clemson Tigers. The Tigers sit at 18-4 this season, and sit just outside the AP Top 25 poll, while the Yellow Jackets are struggling to be one of the 15 ACC teams that will eventually make the ACC conference tournament.
The Yellow Jackets have struggled with injuries this season, as only two players, Baye Ndongo and Naithan George, have played in every game that the Yellow Jackets have took the court for this season. The team will most likely be shorthanded again for the game tonight, as they have not played more than seven players in the last five games, including only playing six in the team's 77-70 win over the No.21 ranked Louisville Cardinals.
The two teams have already met once this season, with the Tigers coming out on top in a 70-59 victory over the Yellow Jackets on Jan.14. That game, the Yellow Jackets were without their leading scorer this season, Lance Terry, and this time around, the Yellow Jackets will have him healthy. In that game, Tigers senior Jaeden Zackery scored 21 points, while Ndongo led the Yellow Jackets in points with 14.
The two teams could put on a show, and given the Yellow Jackets recent win against the Cardinals, the team could use the win as momentum to go on a late season run to advance to the ACC tournament.