Game Information
Opponent: vs. USC Upstate
Date: Jan. 5, 2019
Site: Clinton, S.C. (Templeton Center)
Radio: WPCC (https://tunein.com/radio/Large-Time-Network-1410-s21875/)
Talent: Ryan Clary (PbP)
TV Broadcast: ESPN+ (http://www.espn.com/watch/_/id/4852f9fe-1a38-4efb-9e23-45fc71195a0c/usc-upstate-vs-presbyterian)
Talent: Tyler Shugart (PbP), Kenn Blankenship (Analyst
Live Stats: www.gobluehose.com (http://statb.us/b/238076)
Twitter: @BlueHoseSports
Series tied 13-13
last 2 meetings -
2016: USCU 76, PC 48
2015: PC 74, USCU 73
USC Upstate
Record: 5-10, 0-0
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Jan. 2, 2019, at Georgia Tech; L 63-79, in Atlanta, Ga.
Head Coach: Dave Dickerson
Career Record: 73-94 (6th year)
USCU Record: 5-10 (1st year)
vs. PC: 0-0
Presbyterian College
Record: 8-7, 0-0
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Jan. 2, 2019 at S.C. State; W 72-70, in Orangeburg, S.C.
Head Coach: Dustin Kerns
Career Record: 19-28 (2nd year)
PC Record: 19-28 (2nd year)
vs. USCU: 0-0
NOTES
Presbyterian College opens the Big South season Saturday, Jan. 5, with a 4 p.m., tilt against league newcomer USC Upstate ... Despite the relatively short distance between the two schools, the Spartans and Blue Hose have met just twice since PC moved to DI in 2007 ... PC won the 2015 meeting, 74-73, with USC Upstate earning the 76-47 win in 2016 ... Overall, the series is tied 13-13 ...
USC Upstate went 13-of-22 from the perimeter to lead the Spartans to the 76-48 win over the Blue Hose in the last meeting ...
The Spartans are 5-10 overall and enter Big South play coming off a 63-79 loss at Georgia Tech Jan. 2 ... Malik Moore leads USC Upstate with 17.1 points and 6.7 rebounds per game ...
Davon Bell's two baskets in the final two minutes, as well as Cory Hightower's layup and block, helped PC survive a late South Carolina State rally and come away with the 72-70 win Wednesday evening in its last game ... PC shot 50% from the field in that game ...
Three Blue Hose are averaging in double figures 14 games into the season, with Adam Flagler leading the way with 15.6 ... Francois Lewis has 14.6, with JC Younger in third with 10.1 ... Cory Hightower, who is close to double-figures with 9.2 ppg, is tops on the boards with 6.5 rebounds ...
After playing at home six of nine games, PC is now in a stretch where it has been on the road for six of seven games, including four in a row ... The Blue Hose host USC Upstate Jan. 5, before going back on the road for two more games ...
For the first time this season, the Blue Hose won despite being out-rebounded when they degeated 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. 2) ... Adam Flagler is 10th in scoring (15.6), Francois Lewis is 13th (14.6) ... Cory Hightower is sixth in rebounding (6.5), while Davon Bell is tops in assists with 5.9 ... Adam Flagler is second in three-pointers made (2.7), while JC Younger is fifth (2.5), Francois Lewis, ninth (2.2) ... The assist/turnover ratio belongs to Davon Bell, who is first with 3.4 ...
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 (80.2), 3-pt fg pct. (.394), rebounding (34.8), assists (15.9), FG pct. defense (.439), and scoring margin (8.7) ... PC is currently second in fg pct. (.454) ...
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 9.7 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 6.3 steals per game, as well as the 1.6 assist/turnover ratio would be season records as well ...
Davon Bell is averaging 5.9 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 398 ... Bell is also just 40 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 354th 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 ...
