Game Information
Opponent: vs. Hampton
Date: Jan. 16, 2019
Site: Clinton, S.C. (Templeton Center)
Radio: WPCC
Talent: Ryan Clary (PbP)
TV Broadcast: ESPN+
Talent: Tyler Shugart (PbP), Kenn Blankenship (Analyst)
Live Stats: www.gobluehose.com
Twitter: @BlueHoseSports
first meeting with Hampton
Hampton
Record: 7-8, 2-0
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Jan. 12, 2019, vs. UNC Asheville; W 83-61, in Hampton, Va.
Head Coach: Edward Joyner, Jr.
Career Record: 160-148 (10th year)
HU Record: 160-148 (10th year)
vs. PC: 0-0
Presbyterian College
Record: 9-9, 1-2
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Jan. 12, 2019 at Radford; L 77-79, at Radford, Va.
Head Coach: Dustin Kerns
Career Record: 20-30 (2nd year)
PC Record: 20-30 (2nd year)
vs. HU: 0-0
NOTES
PC hosts league newcomer Hampton Wednesday in a 7 p.m., contest ... It will be the first meeting between the two schools ...
Hampton is 7-8 overall and 2-0 in the league after an 83-61 win against UNC Asheville this past Saturday ... The Pirates have won their last four of five games ... They are led by Jermaine Marrow with 25.1 points per game, and Greg Heckstall with 6.3 rebounds per game ...
The Blue Hose battled back from a double digit deficit in the second half but came up just short against Radford in their last game ... Francois Lewis paced the Blue Hose with 16 points as five players scored in double figures for PC ...
Two Blue Hose are averaging in double figures 18 games into the season, with Francois Lewis averaging 15.0 ppg, and Adam Flagler with 14.7 ppg ... Cory Hightower, who is close to double-figures with 9.5 ppg, is tops on the boards with 6.6 rebounds ...
After playing on the road for six of seven games, the Blue Hose are now home for five of their next eight games ...
With a 5-2 mark at home PC is off to one of its best starts at the Templeton Center ... PC was 9-2 at home during the 2008-09 season and 5-0 at home in 2007 ...
The Radford game marked the second time this season five different players have scored in double-figures, the last coming against Boyce … PC has had at least three players score in double-figures in 13 contest this year …
The Radford game was the second game this year PC has outrebounded its opponent and lost (31-25), the Blue Hose are now 8-2 ...
PC outscored High Point and Radford in the second half, marking the third and fourth games of the season it has won the second-half battle but lost the game, the other games being UCLA and Dayton …
For the first time this season, the Blue Hose won despite being out-rebounded, when they defeated S.C. State, 72-70 ... The Bulldogs held a 37-22 advantage on the boards ...
PC pulled down 54 rebounds against Trinity Baptist, which ranked third in the PC DI record book ... This season the Blue Hose are 7-1 when out-rebounding their opponent, the lone loss at Dayton, where they were outrebounded by just one, 37-36 ...
The 35 points for Francois Lewis against St. Francis ranked fourth in the PC record book, his 12 made field goals tying for second ... Davon Bell's 11 assists ranked second as well ... JC Younger's 30 points against VMI tied for ninth, his nine three-pointers also a record ...
For the first time in its Division I history, the Blue Hose faced two back to back top 25 teams with Marquette (11/17) ranking 24th, and UCLA (11/19) sitting at 17th ...
The game against Butler was the seventh 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 ...
Several Blue Hose are showing up in the Big South statistics (as of Jan. 12) ... Adam Flagler is 12th in scoring (14.7), Francois Lewis is 11th (15.0) ... Cory Hightower is fourth in rebounding (6.6), while Davon Bell is second in assists with 5.8 ... Adam Flagler is third in three-pointers made (2.7) and percentage (.390), while JC Younger is sixth in 3-ptrs (2.2), Francois Lewis, 10th (2.3) ... The assist/turnover ratio belongs to Davon Bell, who is first with 3.3 ...
In the NCAA national statistics PC is 11th in 3-pt field goal attempts (500), 10th in 3-pt field goals per game (10.5), 3-ptrs made (189), 12th in turnover margin (4.6), and turnovers per game (10.3) ... Davon Bell is 16th in assist/turnover ratio (3.25) and 17th in total assists (104) ...
The six steals by the Blue Hose against Marquette were a PC Division I record ...
Should these numbers hold this year's team will break several PC Division I season records, including scoring (77.9), 3-pt fg pct. (.378), rebounding (34.6), assists (15.2), and scoring margin (+6.4) ... PC is currently second in fg pct. (.447) ...
The 27 assists and 18 three-pointers against VMI ranked for third in the PC record book ... The 103 points tied for seventh ... Adam Flagler's 10 free throws tied for 11th in the PC DI record book, his 1.000 pct. tied for first ... The Blue Hose shot .667 from the perimeter, also a PC DI mark ...
Until it hit five against Jacksonville PC had hit at least 10 three-pointers seven games in a row, including 16 against Welch ... That snapped the previous record, a five-game streak that opened the 2007-08 season ... In its DI history the Blue Hose have just 55 games with double-digit three-pointers, which includes a 15-game mark in 2007-08, and a 10-game mark last season ... PC has 11 double-digit three-pointer games already this season ...
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 10.3 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 and was set last season, Coach Kerns' first season ... It dropped 3.1 points from the 2016-17 season ... The 6.6 steals per game, as well as the 1.5 assist/turnover ratio would be season records as well ...
Davon Bell is averaging 5.8 assists per game, should he increase that to 6.5 he will eclipse the Division I record for assists average in a season ...
When PC turned the ball over just five times against Boyce it tied for the Blue Hose Division I record ...
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 ...
With 11 assists against SFC Davon Bell moved into first in career assists at PC with 355 ... He now has 413 ... Bell is also just 35 steals from taking over the top career spot of 185 ...
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, marking the 357th 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 ...
