With the workweek winding down, what better time for another Clemson news roundup than late Friday morning? While Dabo Swinney's football team looks to improve to 7-3 on the year when the struggling rival Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets come to town, basketball season is underway for Brad Brownell's men's team and Shawn Poppie's women's team. All three teams are playing this weekend.
Clemson still has an outside shot at getting to Charlotte one last time, but it all starts with Swinney's team beating a Georgia Tech squad that just saw Brent Key fire four assistants off his staff. On the women's side of things, they just suffered their first loss of the season to the buzzsaw that is South Carolina. As for the men, the Tigers look to improve to 4-0 with a big win over Georgetown on Friday.
So, let us kick off this third of three weekly Clemson news roundups with a bit of an injury update.
Tyler Brown and Gideon Davidson are both questionable for Georgia Tech
After missing Tyler Brown, Gideon Davidson, and a slew of other offensive starters, Clemson could see the return of two key offensive players on Saturday against Georgia Tech. Wednesday's initial ACC availability report has Davidson and Brown listed as questionable. There were no major changes on Thursday's availability report either. Both are given a 50-50 chance at suiting up now.
Davidson was one of three offensive starters ruled out from the jump last week, along with center Harris Sewell and left guard Elyjah Thurmon. Brown was a late scratch for the Syracuse game. His injury was suffered in practice, while the other three came during the big road win over Florida State. While Sewell and Thurmon are both listed as out again, Clemson may be getting back some weapons.
Kickoff for the Georgia Tech game will be at 12:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, Nov. 14 from Death Valley.
Initial ACC availability report for Saturday’s Clemson-Georgia Tech game … Tigers starters Gideon Davidson and Tyler Brown are questionable. Starting OL Elyjah Thurmon has been ruled out pic.twitter.com/ANkFCdcLXD
— Chapel Fowler (@chapelfowler) November 12, 2026
Shawn Poppie's team was simply no match for juggernaut South Carolina
After a 3-0 start to the season, Poppie's Tigers had no answers for Dawn Staley's South Carolina Gamecocks. Clemson started strong and finished strong, but only 14 points in the second and third quarters combined were the Tigers' undoing. They shot a miserable 22 percent from the floor and 13 percent from distance in their 65-44 home defeat to their in-state foe. Poppie gave credit afterwards.
"Dawn [Staley has] got a really good basketball team. They're deep, and they come at you. I thought our kids competed," Poppie said after the game. "We met a lot of the goals we had set before the game. Just offensively, they really sped us up, and we could not get into rhythm ... [South Carolina] is gonna win a lot of games, and I think we will, too." Clemson is improving, but the loss was a rough one.
Clemson will host the Stetson Hatters up next on Sunday, Nov. 15 at 5:00 p.m. at Littlejohn Coliseum.
Clemson WBB Shawn Poppie reacts to tonight’s 65-44 home loss to rival South Carolina: “Dawn’s got a really good basketball team. They’re deep, and they come at you. … I thought our kids competed.” Says Gamecocks will win a lot of games this season, “and I think we will, too” pic.twitter.com/lXiC8zDm0Z
— Chapel Fowler (@chapelfowler) November 13, 2026
Brad Brownell's team improves to 3-0 win home win over North Dakota
It may have come much earlier in the week, but Brownell's Tigers improved to 3-0 on the season with a solid home win over the North Dakota Fighting Hawks. While the Tigers did fail to cover the sizable spread for the third game in a row, Liutauras Lelevicius had another great day from the field for the Tigers. He had 21 points on 5-of-7 shooting and eight rebounds in Clemson's 92-77 home victory.
Forward Chase Thompson had his best game of the season with 21 points on 9-to-10 shooting to go along with his five rebounds. Dylan Faulkner had 12 points, eight assists, and six rebounds in the frontcourt, while Ace Buckner had 13 points, six assists, and three rebounds in the backcourt. Cole Certa's shooting struggles continued once again, as he only had seven points on 2-of-7 shooting.
Clemson will host the Georgetown Hoyas next on Friday, Nov. 13 for a 6:00 p.m. ET tipoff at Littlejohn.
3-0 to start the year!
— Clemson Basketball (@ClemsonMBB) November 10, 2026
🎥 #ClemsonGRIT vs. North Dakota Highlights pic.twitter.com/bu8KSpyx0g
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