Encouraging open Clemson shooters to take deep shots may not work.Alabama has another problem. While he is not Clemson’s leading scorer, 6’4″ senior Chase Hunter is on a hot streak. Hunter is averaging just 12.9 points per game this season. But in four of the last five games, he scored 18, 20, 21 and 17 points. Despite missing all five of his threes against Arizona, Hunter had 18 points, seven rebounds and five assists..
Junior Ian Schieffelin is Clemson’s top rebounder and the fourth big body to be drafted by the Crimson Tide. against . How Nate Oats will try to neutralize Clemson’s size advantage will be the key to the outcome.Another potential challenge for Alabama is that two of Clemson’s big men can go three-and-out. Clemson’s top three is 6’2″ guard, Joseph Girard. Girard is another senior, and he hits threes at a 41% rate. But Schieffelin is Clemson’s best three-point shooter at 48.9%. Clemson has two other reliable three point shooters.. RJ Godfrey, 6’8″ makes threes at a 42.9% clip. Another Clemson Senior, 6’4″, Alex Hemenway is 42.1% from beyond the arc. The Alabama defense’s strategy of pressuring the lane to double the bigs is less effective against Clemson than it was against North Carolina.
