Game Information
Opponent: at Bobcat Invitational
Date: Nov. 22-24, 2019
Site: Hamden, Conn. (People's United Center)
Radio: NONE
Announcers: Ryan Clary (PbP), Kenn Blankenship (Analyst)
TV Broadcast: ESPN + (for Quinnipiac contest only)
Live Stats: www.GoBobcats..com
Twitter: @BlueHoseSports

Presbyterian College
Record: 1-3
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Nov. 18, 2019 vs. Notre Dame, L 53-63, in South Bend, Ind.
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell
Career Record: 1-3 (1st year)
PC Record: 1-3 (1st year)

NOTES
The Blue Hose travel to Quinnipiac Nov. 22-24, to take part in the Bobcat Invitational in Hamden, Conn. ... PC faces Sacred Heart on Friday at 5 pm, Quinnipiac on Saturday at 6:30 pm, and Albany on Sunday at 1 p.m. ... It is the first meeting for the Blue Hose against the three teams in the tournament ...

Sacred Heart is 1-3 after picking up an  84-63 win over Brown in its last game .... The Pioneers are led by Koreem Ozier with 13.5 points and EJ Anosike with 10.5 rebounds per game ...

Quinnipiac is 0-2 and led by Matt Balanc with 11.5 points per game, and Kevin Marfo with his 13.5 rebounds per game ... 

Albany is 2-2 after taking a 78-52 win over SUNY Potsdam in its last contest ... The Great Danes are led by Cameron Healy and Malachi de Soussa with 16.3 points and 6.3 rebounds per game, respectively ...

PC is 1-3 after a 53-63 loss at Notre Dame ... Cory Hightower averages 12.5 points per game, while Ben Drake is averaging 11.3 points and a team-leading 7.3 rebounds per game ... 

Down by double-digits in the second half, Blue Hose cut the Notre Dame lead to just two in the closing minutes but the Fighting Irish used a late run to push back for the 63-53 win in the last game for PC ... Cory Hightower led the team with 15 points and eight rebounds ... 

A young team in 2019-20, the Blue Hose have enlisted three new starters the last four games, including freshman Michael Isler who is averaging 30.0 minutes ... Also seeing significant minutes are freshmen Sean Jenkins (13.0 mpg) and Owen McCormack (10.5 mpg) ...

PC plays three games against schools from the power five conferences ACC's Clemson (Nov. 7), 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 34.0, defensive rebounds with 24.5, third in steals average with 6.5 ... The team is fourth in blocks with 2.5 ...

JC Younger is third in the PC Di record book in three-pointers made with 192 ... He is just 15 from second and 23 from taking over the top spot ... He is also just 135 points from 1,000 for his career, which would make him the fifth player in PC Di history to reach the historic plateau ...

After scoring just two points at Clemson Cory Hightower has quickly turned it around, posting double-digits in the last three contests, including 23 against VMI and 15 at Notre Dame ... 

Several Blue Hose are showing up in the Big South stats ... Cory Hightower is tied for ninth in scoring (12.5), while Ben Drake is second in rebounding (7.3) ... Drake is also fourth in FG% (.568) ... Chris Martin is tied for sixth in assists (3.8) and steals (2.0) ... JC Younger is tied for ninth in three-pointers made (1.8)

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 ... 

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 ... PC is 0-1 at home so far this season ...

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 ... PC is currently 1-2 on the road ...

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 ... 

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 ...