Game Information
Opponent: at Marquette
Date: Nov. 17, 2018
Site: Milwaukee, WI. (Fiserv Forum)
Radio: NONE
Announcers: NONE
TV Broadcast: FS Wisonsin
Live Stats: www.gomarquette.com
Twitter: @BlueHoseSports
MU leads the series 3-0
Last 2 meetings
2015: MU 84, PC 66
2009: MU 102, PC 62
Marquette
Record: 0-1, 0-0
Ranking: 24/24
Last Game: Nov. 14, 2018, at Indiana (L 73-96 in Bloomington, Ind.)
Head Coach: Steve Wojciechowski
Career Record: 75-60 (5th year)
MU Record: 75-60 (5th year)
vs. PC: 0-0
Presbyterian College
Record: 3-1, 0-0
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Nov. 15, 2018 vs Boyce (W 102-49, in Clinton, S.C.)
Head Coach: Dustin Kerns
Career Record: 14-22 (2nd year)
PC Record: 14-22 (2nd year)
vs. MU: 0-0
Presbyterian College plays its first of two back to back top 25 opponents when it takes on #24 Marquette Saturday, Nov. 17, at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisc. ... In the short history, the Golden Eagles own a 3-0 mark ... Marquette is currently 2-1 after a 73-96 loss to Indiana Nov. 14 ...
This will be the second time Marquette has faced the Blue Hose as a ranked team ... The first time the two teams met was in 2008, with the Golden Eagles ranked 25th ...
For the first time in its Division I history, the Blue Hose will be facing two back to back top 25 teams ... Marquette is 24th, while UCLA (Nov. 19) is 20th ...
When PC played at Tennessee Tech it was the first meeting between the two schools ... The game with the Golden Eagles was the first of nine this season against a new opponent, including first-year league member, Hampton ... If you count teams since Presbyterian joined the ranks of Division I than that number moves to 10, with the last meeting between the Blue Hose and CofC Cougars occurring when PC was in Division II ...
PC won its third in a row with a 102-49 victory over Boyce ... It was also the second game in a row with over 100 points scored for the Blue Hose, with PC taking a 109-57 win over Welch Nov. 12 ... Five Blue Hose scored in double-figures in the win over Boyce with Adam Flagler leading the way with 14 ...
Four Blue Hose are averaging in double figures four games into the season, with Francois Lewis leading the way with 16.8 ... Adam Flagler has 11.3, while Chris Martin sits at 11.0 ... JC Younger is averaging 10.0 ...
While PC lost its leading scorer in Reggie Dillard to graduation, the team returned the next three, in Davon Bell (12.8), Francois Lewis (12.4), and JC Younger (10.3) ... The Blue Hose leading rebounder in Lewis (4.8) returned, while leading assist-getter Bell (5.2), who was also second in points per game, returned as well ...
PC finished the 2017-18 season with 11 wins, which is over double from the 2016-17 season and tied for its highest win total since earning 14 victories in 2011-12...
In 2017-18 the Blue Hose won their 100th game as a Division I member with a 69-62 win over High Point Feb. 15 ...
Davon Bell is second in career assists at PC with 331 ... He is only 14 away from eclipsing the PC DI mark ... He reached 165 in for the 2017-18 season, breaking the PC DI record for assists in a season ...
Several Blue Hose are showing up in the Big South statistics ... Francois Lewis is ninth in scoring (16.8), Adam Flagler 25th (11.3), and JC Younger 30th (10.0) ... Davon Bell leads the league in rebounds with 5.5, while Cory Hightower is ninth with 3.3 ... Hightower is also ninth in steals (1.8) and tied for fifth, along with Armel TeTe, in blocks (1.3) ...
PC announced Nov. 14 the signing of forward Owen McCormack (Advance, N.C.), guard CJ Melton (Hoover, Ala.), and forward RJ Wilson (Raleigh, N.C.) to join the Blue Hose in the fall of 2019 ... According to Coach Kerns McCormack has a very high basketball IQ and is extremely skilled and stretches the floor with his ability to shoot the ball from 3pt ... He is an excellent student and fits the way they like to play with his skill set, but also has some toughness and ability to rebound the ball ... Melton has very high ceiling and can play multiple positions on the offensive end and provides some great length on the defensive end with his long wingspan... He is a worker and has a great passion to play and develop ... Wilson is a skilled big who is versatile and gives us some additional help in the front court ... He has great size combined with the skill set of a guard with his ability to pass and handle the ball ...
PC has made at least one three-pointer in every game this season, including 13 against Boyce, marking the 343rd game in a row the Blue Hose have hit at least one three-pointer in a game ... PC has hit one three-pointer in several games, the last against Clemson in 2015, but has not been held without one in its entire Division I history ...
