Game Information
Opponent: at UCLA
Date: Nov. 19, 2018
Site: Los Angeles, Calif. (Pauley Pavilion)
Radio: WPCC
Announcers: Ryan Clary (PbP), Kenn Blankenship (Analyst)
TV Broadcast: PAC-12 Network
Live Stats: www.UCLABruins.com
Twitter: @BlueHoseSports
first meeting
UCLA
Record: 3-0
Ranking: 17/20
Last Game: Nov. 16, 2018, vs St. Francis - W 95-58 in Los Angeles, Calif.
Head Coach: Steve Alford
Career Record: 583-292 (28th year)
UCLA Record: 20-57 (6th year)
vs. PC: 0-0
Presbyterian College
Record: 3-2
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Nov. 17, 2018 at #24 Marquette - L 55-74, in Milwaukee, Wisc.
Head Coach: Dustin Kerns
Career Record: 14-23 (2nd year)
PC Record: 14-23 (2nd year)
vs. UCLA: 0-0
NOTES
Presbyterian College plays its second of two back to back top 25 opponents when it takes on #17 UCLA Monday, Nov. 19, at the Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, Calif. ... UCLA is currently 3-0 after a 95-58 win against Saint Francis ...
The game is set for 8pm (Pacific), so back on the east coast it will tip off at 11 pm ...
For the first time in its Division I history, the Blue Hose will be facing two back to back top 25 teams ... As of Nov. 17 Marquette was 24th, while UCLA is now 17th, as of Nov. 19 ...
The match-up with UCLA will be the first time PC has faced a school from the PAC-12 in men's basketball ... The PC football team did face California in 2011 ...
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 ...
A tied game at the half, 24th-ranked Marquette used a late run in the second to pull ahead and take the 74-55 win over the Presbyterian College men's basketball team in its last game... The Blue Hose were led by freshman Adam Flagler with 20 points and junior JC Younger with 12 points, both of whom recorded four three-pointers in the game ...
The six steals by the Blue Hose against Marquette were a PC Division I record ...
Three Blue Hose are averaging in double figures five games into the season, with Francois Lewis leading the way with 14.8 ... Adam Flagler has 13.0, while JC Younger is averaging 10.4 ... Cory Hightower is tops on the boards with 4.8 rebounds per game, followed by Lewis with 4.4 ...
With the win over Tennessee Tech Nov. 10, PC moved to 5-4 over OVC opponents in its Division I history ...
The Blue Hose had a three-game winning streak snapped at Marquette ... The streak was the longest since a five-game mark early last season ... During the three-game stretch, which included wins over Tennessee Tech, Welch, and Boyce, PC averaged 97.0 points, shot 50.7 pct. from the field, and averaged 44.3 rebounds per game ...
Should the 9.2 turnovers per game hold up for the year, it will break the PC Division I record for turnovers per game ... The record was 11.9 was set last season, Coach Kerns' first season ... It dropped 3.1 points from the 2016-17 season ... The 7.6 steals per game, as well as the 1.9 assist/turnover ratio would be season records as well ...
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 336 ... He is only nine 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 (as of Nov. 18) ... Francois Lewis is 11th in scoring (14.8), Adam Flagler tied for 17th (13.0), and JC Younger 27th (10.4) ... Davon Bell leads the league in rebounds with 5.4, while Cory Hightower is 10th with 3.2 ... Bell is also 10th in steals (1.6), with Armel TeTe tied for fifth in blocks (1.2) ... Flagler and Younger are fifth and sixth, respectively, in three-point field goal percentage (.433 and .400), while Hightower is second in assist/turnover ration (4.0)
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 12 against Marquette, marking the 344th 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 ...
