Presbyterian College vs. High Point
Tuesday, February 10 - 7 p.m.
Templeton Center - Clinton, S.C.
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CLINTON, S.C. - Presbyterian College returns home to host Coastal Carolina in the team's annual Play 4Kay Pink Out game to raise awareness and money for cancer research. The Blue Hose look to keep up their strong play at home with a 9-1 record at Templeton Center this year and earn their second straight win against Coastal Carolina. The Chanticleers enter Clinton on a five-game losing streak, with their last win coming against Campbell on January 20. A PC victory would give the team on the year, surpassing the team's 12 from 2013-14.
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PC trails the Chanticleers in the all-time series, 11-16, but has won five of the last six–including a thrilling 84-78 double overtime victory on January 10. Two of the last three games have gone into overtime, both Blue Hose wins. The series began in 1979 with Coastal Carolina winning six of the first seven. PC needed three Division I games against the Chanticleers to earn its first win but Coastal Carolina will look to split the season series for the second straight year. Keyonna Allen scored 21 points in the January game and Coastal's AJ Jordan led all players with 36.
Coastal Carolina dropped a Saturday road test at Liberty, falling 78-64. The Chanticleers have lost their last five by an average of 8.8 points per game but lead the Big South in overall scoring offense, with 70.8 points over 23 games. AJ Jordan leads the team with 16.4 points per game while Anna Vogt provides a boost with 13.1 points and 8.3 rebounds per outing.
Over the last five games, Keyonna Allen leads the team with 13.4 points and 1.4 blocks per game. while Rebecca Walker paces PC on the boards with 4.6 rebounds per game. Cortney Storey holds the assists lead, with 2.8 per outing.
PC shot nearly 50 percent in its road game on Saturday afternoon, but the host Radford Highlanders used a late first-half surge to take a 75-68 win. The Highlanders took advantage of a season-high 26 fouls, going 27-for-34 on free-throws–all season-highs for Blue Hose opponents.
Keyonna Allen matched a career-high 22 points and set a new school Division I shooting record to power PC over High Point on Thursday night at the Templeton Center, 78-59. Allen went 10-for-11 from the floor, tying a school Division I record with 10 field goals. Her 90.9 shooting percentage set a new school D-I marker (minimum of eight) and her 22 points tie a career-high, previously set 364 days prior at Radford.
Keyonna Allen led the team in scoring over the last six games until Saturday and hit double figures in four straight until last Monday. She has scored in double figures 12 times this season, leads the team with 10.3 points and ranks second with 5.7 rebounds per game. Out of 24 games, she has led the team in points 10 times, rebounds nine times, blocks nine times and steals eight times. The redshirt junior enters the week with a career shooting percentage of 49.5 percent.
The Blue Hose enter Tuesday 11-3 when leading at halftime, 11-3 when outrebounding their opponent and 9-2 in the state of South Carolina. PC will look to improve on its 4-1 on Tuesdays as well.
Head coach Ronny Fisher, in his seventh season at the helm, moved into sole possession of second place in PC history last Tuesday with his 74th career victory and earned his 75th on Thursday. He passed Randy Randall (1977-84) and Byron Rucker (1984-89) with 73 wins. Beth Couture holds the record, with 238 wins amassed from 1989 to 2002.
The Blue Hose scored a combined 112 points in the paint over three straight games against Coastal Carolina (40), Longwood (32) and Charleston Southern (40) from January 10 to January 20. PC scored more than 30 only four prior times this season but set a new season-high with 42 on Thursday against High Point.
PC's Thursday win over High Point moved PC's home record to 9-1 at the Templeton Center and 6-1 in the Big South. The Blue Hose hold opponents to 31.0 percent shooting at the Templeton Center and average a rebounding margin of +8.3 The team has maintained a winning record at home in each of the last three seasons, beginning in 2011-12.
PC stays at home to host Liberty on Saturday at 5 p.m. in the first game of hoops doubleheader. The Blue Hose men then host Radford at 7:30 p.m.
