Game Information
Opponent: at Notre Dame
Date: Nov. 18, 2019
Site: South Bend Ind. (Purcell Pavilion)
Radio: WPCC (https://tunein.com/radio/Large-Time-Network-1410-s21875/)
Announcers: Ryan Clary (PbP), Kenn Blankenship (Analyst)
TV Broadcast: ACC Network Extra
Live Stats: www.UND.com
Twitter: @BlueHoseSports

First Meeting 

Notre Dame
Record: 3-1
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Nov. 15, 2019, vs MarShall, W 74-64, in South Bend, Ind.
Head Coach: Mike Brey
Career Record: 519-274 (25th year)
ND Record: 420-222 (20th year)
vs. PC: 0-0

Presbyterian College
Record: 1-2
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Nov. 14, 2019 vs. Morehead State, L 55-77, in Clinton, S.C.
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell
Career Record: 1-2 (1st year)
PC Record: 1-2 (1st year)
vs. ND: 0-0

NOTES
The Blue Hose travel to Notre Dame Monday evening in a 7 p.m., contest ... This is the first meeting between the two schools ...

The trip to South Bend marks the first of four contest on the road, with the Blue Hose continuing the trek north to Hamden, Conn, for the Bobcat Invitational at Quinnipiac Nov. 22-24 . PC faces Sacred Heart on Friday, Quinnipiac on Saturday, and Albany on Sunday ... It is the first meeting for the Blue Hose against the three teams in the tournament ...

Notre Dame is 3-1 after a 74-64 win against Marshal Nov. 16 ... The Fighting Irish are led by John Mooney with his 16.5 points per game, with TJ Gibbs close behind at 13.0 ppg ... Nate Laszewski is pulling down a team-leading 6.5 rebounds per game ... ND is averaging 77.5 points and 42.8 rebounds per game ... 

PC is 1-2 and coming off a 55-77 loss to Morehead State in its season-opener Nov. 14 .... Owen McCormack led the team with a career-high 11 points, nine of which came off a three-for-four effort from the three-point arc ... 

The Blue Hose are led by Cory Hightower with 11.7 points, and Ben Drake with 11..3 points per game ... The rebound edge is controlled by Drake with his 7.7 boards per game ...  PC is averaging 60.0 points and 34.3 rebounds per game ...

A young team in 2019-20, the Blue Hose have enlisted three new starters the last three games, including freshman Michael Isler who is averaging just over 28 minutes ... 

The contest at Clemson marked the first of three games against schools from the power five conferences ... The other two schools are ACC Notre Dame (Nov. 18) and Big Ten Michigan (Dec. 21) ...

The Blue Hose are making marks in the PC DI season stats record book ... Currently PC  is second in rebounding average with 34.3, defensive rebounds with 24.3, and steals average with 6.7 ... The team is fourth in blocks with 2.7

A new season brings a new coaching staff with the addition of 2007 PC alumn Quinton Ferrell ... An integral member of the basketball team as a student-athlete he served as an assistant coach from graduation to 2012 ... After stops at The Citadel and Army, he settled at College of Charleston for five seasons from 2014-19 ... In his fourth season the Cougars made a memorable run that included the program's second-straight 25-win campaign, an impressive 26-8 overall record and 14-4 mark in CAA play ... The co-regular-season champions won the CAA Men's Basketball Championship and earned their first trip to the NCAA Tournament since 1999 ...

Ferrell brought with him a new staff with the additions of Ben Korren, Trey Meyer, Nick Lagroone as assistant coaches, Trey Johnson as Director of Basketball Operations, and Erik Goldback as Video Coordinator ... 

Presbyterian College is entering the 2019-20 season after a historical 2018-19 season which saw the Blue Hose finish with 20 wins and a trip to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament Quarterfinals ...

The Blue Hose played in their first Division I postseason tournament this past season, taking part in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament ... The Blue Hose earned wins over Seattle and Robert Morris, advancing all the way to the tournament quarterfinals ... 

The 2018-19 team broke several PC DI season records, including scoring, rebounding, assists, and scoring margin ... The Blue Hose led the league in assists, assist/turnover ratio, and were third in scoring and scoring margin ... In the national statistics PC finished top 10 in assist/turnover ratio, three-pointers per game, three-pointers made, and in turnovers ...

Before PC's appearance in the CIT, the last time the Blue Hose played in a postseason tournament was in 2005-06, as a Division II member ... PC went 1-1 in the NCAA Division II South Atlantic Regional, finishing 25-10 on the season ... In program history, the Blue Hose have competed in three postseason tournaments, and hold a 4-3 mark ...

The Blue Hose are looking for another strong season at the Templeton Center in 2019-20, after finishing 12-3 at home last season ... The 12 wins at home was the most in its DI history ...

The Blue Hose also had a record-breaking road record this past season, finishing 8-13 ... The eight wins was most in their DI history ...

The 20 wins in 2018-19 by the Blue Hose were most in PC DI history ... The Blue Hose recorded 14 wins in 2011-12 (14-15) ... The record for most wins all-time is 27, set in 92-93 and 2002-03 ... The last time the Blue Hose won at least 20 games was in 2006-07, the final year of Division II, the team went 20-9 ... 

Last season PC posted nine conference wins (9-7), which was tied for the most in its DI history ... The Blue Hose were 9-9 in 2008-09 ... 

In 2018-19 the Blue Hose broke several PC Division I season records, including scoring (78.2), rebounding average (34.7), assists avg. (15.7), and scoring margin (+5.8) ... PC was also second in fg pct. (.449) ...

PC has made at least one three-pointer in the last 376 games ... 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 ...

Coach Ferrell recently announced the signing of point guard Ambaka Le Gregam (Nairobi, Kenya) and wing players Kobe Stewart (Augusta, Ga.) and Kirson Thrash (McDonough, Ga.) to join the Blue Hose in the fall of 2020 ... Le Gregam Came over from France to play junior and senior seasons in the United States … Played junior season at Freedom Christian Academy in Fayetteville, N.C. … Was a starter who averaged 14.0 points, 5.0 assists and 5.0 rebounds per game … Playing senior season at Concord First Assembly in Concord, N.C. … Team is one of the favorites to win a State Championship … Played AAU with PSB Elite of the Under Armour Circuit ... Stewart was an All-Region 3-AAAA First Team and All-State 4A selection in 2018-19 … Team made run to the Elite 8 and finished as region runner-up … Finished ranked inside the GHSA top-100 … Selected to the Monterey Christmas Tournament All-Tournament Team … Named co-MVP and Offensive Player of the Year … In 2017-18, was named to the All-Region 3-AAAA First Team and named Offensive Player of the Year … Won a JV Championship and was named Freshman of the year in 2016-17 … Selected to the Monterey Christmas Tournament All-Tournament Team … Scholar-Athlete with a 3.4 GPA ... Thrash is ranked as the No. 33 recruit in the state of Georgia … A jack-of-all trades who averaged 14.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 6.0 assists in 2018-19 … Helped Eagle's Landing to a 27-4 record, Region 4-AAAAA Championship and 5A Sweet Sixteen appearance … Region 4-AAAAA Honorable Mention selection … Played AAU for the Georgia Knights … Finished AAU career with a 44-1 record while averaging 18.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game … Logged 16 double-doubles and 10 triple-doubles during the 2018-19 AAU Circuit.