No. 11 national seed Clemson (44-16) starts action in its home NCAA Regional versus regional 4-seed USC Upstate (36-23) on Friday.
The winner of the 7:30 pm start faces West Virginia at 6 pm Saturday and the loser faces Kentucky at noon Saturday.
CLEMSON OVERVIEW
• Clemson, which has a 26-7 home record, had a 3-1 record in the ACC Tournament last week, advancing to the championship game.
• The Tigers are averaging 7.2 runs per game and hitting .279 with a .452 slugging percentage, .408 on-base percentage and 79 steals.
• The pitching staff has a 4.