CLEMSON — Shawn Poppie has long said his Clemson women’s basketball program is different.
On Thursday night, it showed in more ways than one.
Despite a few tough games and flu symptoms circulating through the locker room, the Tigers handled their business, defeating SMU 83-54 at Littlejohn Coliseum. But the final score told only part of the story on what was so special Thursday night.
There was a special guest in the stands, one who had traveled across the world to see her daughter play for the Tigers.
Transfer Rusne Augustinaite, who is from Siauliai, Lithuania, had never before had her mother in attendance for a college basketball game, until Thursday night.