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No. 25 Clemson, South Carolina reignite rivalry series

South Carolina will shoot for its fifth straight victory Tuesday night when it hosts No. 25 Clemson in the annual Palmetto Series rivalry game in Columbia, S.C. The Tigers have won five of the last seven meetings, but haven't won at the Gamecocks' Colonial Life Arena since 2018. Clemson (9-2) dropped nine spots in the AP Top 25 poll Monday after losing to Memphis 87-82 in overtime, and Tigers coach Brad Brownell sees Tuesday's game as another big challenge. "It's a tough turnaround," Brownell said Saturday after the Memphis game. "It's a big game for a lot of reasons, obviously, it's a rivalry game.