Clemson Women’s Basketball: Tigers rally past Yellow Jackets, 57-41

Clemson Women’s Basketball improved to 14-12 on the season and 5-9 in the ACC with a 57-41 win over Georgia Tech Thursday in Clemson.

The Tigers continue to show improvement over last season’s 10-21 team that went 3-15 in ACC play.

Amari Robinson led the Tigers with 15 points and was the only Tiger in double figures for the game, with Daisha Bradford chipping in 9 and Brie Perpignan totaling 8.

The Tigers were outrebounded on the night, but Hannah Hank pulled down 10 boards on her own to lead Clemson.

The Tigers trailed 18-15 at the end of the first quarter and 27-24 at the half before outscoring the Yellow Jackets 33-14 in the second half, pulling away for the win.

With the loss, Georgia Tech drops to 12-12 overall and 3-10 in conference play.

Clemson played 10 players, with 9 of them scoring and Robinson went 6 for 10 from the field and 3 of 5 from the line to lead Clemson.

Georgia Tech jumped out to an early 9-2 lead before the Tigers gained their footing and recovered to cut the deficit to 3 at the half.

Clemson completely dominated the second half, and especially the fourth quarter, where the Tigers went on a 12-0 run in the final 8:02, allowing the Yellow Jackets to only 10 shots.

The Tigers have four regular season games remaining starting on Sunday, February 12 at 2 p.m. when Clemson travels to Louisville.

Clemson Women’s Basketball has four regular season games left

After that Clemson travels to Coral Gables, Florida to take on Miami on Thursday, February 16, before finishing out the regular season games with two home games, hosting Virginia on February 23rd and Florida State on February 26th.

The Women’s Basketball ACC Tournament begins on March 1 and runs through March 6 and will be held in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Seeds 10 and lower will play on the opening day of the ACC Tournament and the Tigers are currently tied for 10th in the conference with the Wake Forest Deacons who they’ve split with on the season.