Just five days after the Clemson University men’s basketball team pulled off a noteworthy upset of the No. 3 Duke Blue Devils, the Clemson women’s basketball team downed the Blue Devils for the first time in 20 years on Sunday.
Clemson snapped Duke’s 23-game winning streak in the ACC rivalry, the Tigers kept the Blue Devils at bay down the stretch and came away with a riveting 62-58 victory at Littlejohn Coliseum. Sunday marked the first time since the 1996-1997 season that Clemson men and women’s basketball beat Duke inside Littlejohn Coliseum in the same season, while also becoming the first time since 1995 that both teams beat Duke in Littlejohn in the same week (Feb.