The Clemson Tigers opened their 2020 season with a championship in the Space Coast Challenge tournament in Melbourne, Florida last week. The Tigers started off with a victory over SEC foe Mississippi State and then defeated Big Ten opponent Purdue in the championship game.
The two wins marked the first time the Tigers have beaten two Power Five opponents to begin a season since the 1950s.
“I think we’ve played like we’ve practiced, which is what you want to see,” head coach Brad Brownell said. “We were certainly nervous in the first game and I kind of knew we were going to be.