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Clemson basketball vs. Virginia: score prediction, scouting report for ACC game
Clemson basketball enters February optimistic about its chances to gain ground in the ACC standings after defeating Louisville 70-64 Tuesday to conclude January with a 3-5 record. Now the Tigers turn their attention to Saturday, hosting Virginia at Littlejohn Coliseum in a key conference matchup.
“I think it was huge for us,” guard Chase Hunter said Tuesday. “We needed that momentum going into Saturday, playing a good Virginia team.”
The Cavaliers ride into South Carolina on a five-game win streak and have one of the nation’s top 3-point scorers and scoring defenses.
Clemson (14-6, 4-5 ACC) comes into this pivotal matchup on Saturday (2 p.m., ESPN) in 10th place in the ACC; Virginia (16-5, 7-3) is third.
Here are three things to follow:
Clemson must figure out its 3-point shooting woes
Littlejohn Coliseum was a house of horrors for the Tigers from 3-point range in January. The team shot 19.8% on 3-pointers across four games while shooting 35.4% on the road.
“For whatever reason in this building, we’re having a hard time making (3-pointers),” coach Brad Brownell said.
In January, the Tigers shot 28.2% on 3-pointers after shooting 41.5% in November and 37% in December. With six of the Tigers’ remaining nine games at home, it is imperative they gets out of this slump.
Virginia boasts the second-best scoring defense in the country
The Cavaliers’ opponents have averaged 57.4 points in 21 games. In conference play, Virginia allows 61.4 points per game — the fewest in the ACC. During its five-game win streak, the team is allowing 56.2 per game.
Two of Virginia’s key defensive players are guards Ryan Dunn and Reece Beekman. Dunn leads the ACC in blocked shots (47) and is tied for fifth in steals per game (1.7). Beekman has 52 steals, which leads the conference.
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PJ Hall has to live up to the billing
Hall has faced many stout ACC defenses this season. The John R. Wooden Award late season watch list recipient struggled against North Carolina (10 points) and Virginia Tech (11). But he showed out against Duke in Clemson’s narrow loss, scoring 19 points and recording his fifth double-double of the season. Whichever Hall shows up may decide the outcome Saturday.
“He’s a stud,” Brownell said. “He’s a first-team all-conference player, and we’re trying to go to him when we can, and most of the time, he delivers.”
Clemson basketball score prediction vs Virginia
Virginia 70, Clemson 65: Clemson has been strong at home (8-2), while Virginia struggles on the road (2-4). Still the Cavaliers have dominated the Tigers, winning six straight in South Carolina and taking the past three matchups. Expect a Virginia team that’s in stride to win a close one against a Clemson team that’s trying to regain its footing.
Derrian Carter covers Clemson athletics for The Greenville News and the USA TODAY Network. Email him at dcarter@gannett.com and follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @DerrianCarter00
RICHMOND, Va. — Friday will be sunny and seasonably warm, with highs in the upper 70s and low 80s.
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PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — Ressie Keen, a 107-year-old Pittsylvania County woman, is safe after escaping a house fire that destroyed her more than 100-year-old home, leaving behind a yard filled with charred debris and scattered belongings.
Keen said she has no special secret to her longevity.
“I ain’t got no secret, just thanking the Lord to let me stay here to see 107,” she said.
Keen said she moved to the home decades ago and built a life there.
“I’ve moved there in 1969, our first crop was made in 1970, and I been living there ever since,” she said.
The fire broke out in Keen’s bedroom on Thursday afternoon. Keen said she and her sitter got out as the fire grew.
“I don’t know what happened, only thing I knew to do was to get out of there. So me and my sitter we got out. She tried to put it out but she couldn’t,” Keen said.
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Pittsylvania County Fire Marshal Scott Hutcherson said investigators believe the fire started with an electrical issue.
“We think we had an electric outlet failure, more or less; an adaptor on the outlet probably failed,” Hutcherson said. He said the fire spread quickly once it ignited nearby items. “It set the bed on fire and the clothes that was on top of it, the material on top of it, what’s pretty much what got the fire going. And then it easily spread to the second story.”
Keen’s son, Ronnie Keen, said the loss has been painful for the family.
“It was devastating real devastating, lot of memories lost. But I know those memories and emotions the things that were sentimental were still right here,” he said.
A family photo album was among the few items recovered. Pointing to one image, Ronnie Keen said, “That’s a picture of the house.”
He added that the album was badly damaged. “It’s so charred it’s kinda hard to open,” he said.
Keen also held onto her favorite cast-iron pan.
“I knew this wasn’t going to get burnt up,” she said.
The home was considered a total loss, but the family said the most important thing is that Ressie Keen survived. She is now living with her son.
“I’m overjoyed that she’s here with us and she’s safe,” Ronnie Keen said.
Hutcherson said to prevent this, make sure that there is a smoke alarm in your home. He says you can reach out to the Pittsylvania County Public Safety office for a free installation of a smoke alarm.
WISE COUNTY, VA (WCYB) — Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger has requested the Virginia Attorney General’s Office investigate the 2025 homicide of a Wallens Ridge State Prison inmate.
The Attorney General’s Office confirmed the development to News 5 on Tuesday, May 27.
“The circumstances around the death of Aubrey McKay are of a very serious and troubling nature. Governor Spanberger has requested that the Office of the Attorney General conduct an investigation and initiate any criminal prosecutions that arise. This office will continue its thorough, complete, and timely investigation into these consequential matters,” Attorney General Jay Jones said in an emailed statement.
McKay died on June 4, 2025, while inside the Wise County correctional facility.
The Virginia Department of Corrections confirmed his death is being investigated as a homicide and said at least one officer was either reprimanded or placed on leave.
The Virginia medical examiner’s office listed McKay’s cause of death as multifactorial asphyxia. Virginia State Police also confirmed it is investigating the case.
The Smyth County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office also confirmed it will no longer be involved in the case.
A spokesperson for the Wise County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office told News 5 on May 25 that Smyth County would oversee the prosecution because of the nature of the investigation.
Smyth County Commonwealth’s Attorney Phillip Blevins later confirmed he has recused himself from the case.
In a court order provided to News 5 dated May 22, Blevins wrote that he has an association with at least one potential witness involved in the investigation. He was excused from the case.
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