Game Information
Opponent: at Campbell
Date: Jan. 24, 2019
Site: Buies Creek, N.C. (Pope Center)
Radio: WPCC
Talent: Ryan Clary (PbP), Kenn Blankenship
TV Broadcast: ESPN+ (http://www.espn.com/watch/_/id/a3fc8cae-4f30-4134-96e0-ea09c73a0bc5/presbyterian-vs-campbell)
Live Stats: www.gocamels.com (https://gocamels.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary)
Twitter: @BlueHoseSports
Campbell leads series 11-3
last 2 meetings:
2018: CU 72, PC 5
2018: CU 83, PC 79
Campbell
Record: 10-8, 3-1
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Jan. 19, 2019, vs Charleston Southern; W 73-72, in Charleston, S.C.
Head Coach: Kevin McGeehan
Career Record: 91-142 (8th year)
CU Record: 81-102 (6th year)
vs. PC: 8-2
Presbyterian College
Record: 12-9, 4-2
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Jan. 21, 2019 vs USC Upstate; W 8-59, in Spartanburg, S.C.
Head Coach: Dustin Kerns
Career Record: 23-30 (2nd year)
PC Record: 23-30 (2nd year)
vs. CU: 0-2
NOTES:
PC rounds out a two-game road trip with Campbell Thursday evening ... The Camels are 11-3 in the overall series dating back to the 2012 season ...
Campbell shot over 50% from the field and held PC to 35.8% in a 72-56 win in the Big South regular season finale for both teams in Buies Creek, N.C., in the last meeting JC Younger led the Blue Hose with 16 points ...
Campbell is 10-8 overall and 3-1 in the league, after a 73-72 win at Charleston Southern this past Saturday ... The Camels have won their last four of five games and are led by Chris Clemons with 29.2 points and Andrew Eudy with 6.4 rebounds per game ...
JC Younger hit six three-pointers, scoring 19 points, while Davon Bell added 16, to lead the Blue Hose to the 68-59 win over USC Upstate in Big South action Monday afternoon in Spartanburg, S.C. ...
Three Blue Hose are averaging in double-digits with Adam Flagler on top with 15.2 points per game ... He is followed by Francois Lewis with 13.9 and Davon Bell with 10.0 ... Cory Hightower, shoo is averaging 9.0 ppg, paces the team on the boards with 6.4 a game ...
After traveling to Campbell Thursday, PC will enjoy its next four of six games at home ... The Blue Hose are 7-2 at home, the seven wins tied for third in the Division I era ... PC was 9-2 in 2008-09, and 8-7 in 2017-18 ... The Blue Hose have won seven at home in five seasons, including this one ...
The Blue Hose are 5-7 on the road so far this season ... The five wins is fourth most in their DI history ... The Blue Hose won seven in 2011-12 (7-7), and six in 2010-11 (6-12) and 2016-17 (6-17) ...
PC eclipsed its win total from last season with the victory over USC Upstate ... The 12 wins so far by the Blue Hose are the most since 14 wins in 2011-12 (14-15), and tied for third most in DI history ... PC won 13, in 2010-11 (13-18), and 12 in 2008-09 (12-17) ...
The 4-2 conference mark is the best six-game start for PC in its DI history, the previous mark was 3-3 in 2008-09 ...
PC had two 20-point scorers against Hampton, marking the second game this season the Blue Hose have had multiple players with over 20 points ...
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 16 contests 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 9-2 ...
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 …
PC pulled down 54 rebounds against Trinity Baptist, which ranked third in the PC DI record book ... This season the Blue Hose are 9-2 when out-rebounding their opponent, the two losses against Dayton and Radford ...
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 Hampton was the seventh of nine this season against a new opponent ... 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. 21) ... Adam Flagler is 11th in scoring (15.2), Francois Lewis is 16th (13.9) ... Cory Hightower is sixth in rebounding (6.4), while Davon Bell is third in assists with 5.5 ... Adam Flagler is second in three-pointers made (2.8) and percentage (.392) ... The assist/turnover ratio belongs to Davon Bell, who is first with 2.9 ...
In the NCAA national statistics PC is seventh in 3-pt field goal attempts (579), 14th in 3-pt field goals per game (10.4), fifth in 3-ptrs made (218), 18th in turnover margin (4.0), and ninth in turnovers per game (10.2) ... Davon Bell is 17th in total assists (115) ...
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 (77.4), 3-pt fg pct. (.377), rebounding (35.0), assists (14.8), and scoring margin (+7.0) ... 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 56 games with double-digit three-pointers, which includes a 15-game mark in 2007-08, and a 10-game mark last season ... PC has 13 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 10.2 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 and was set last season, Coach Kerns' first season ... It dropped 3.1 points from the 2016-17 season ... The 6.2 steals per game, as well as the 1.4 assist/turnover ratio would be season records as well ...
Davon Bell is averaging 5.5 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 ...
With 11 assists against SFC Davon Bell moved into first in career assists at PC with 355 ... He now has 421 ... Bell is also just 34 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 360th 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 ...
