Game Information
Opponent: Toccoa Falls
Date: Nov. 30, 2019
Site: Clinton, S.C. (Templeton Center)
Radio: WPCC
Announcers:
Ryan Clary (PbP), Kenn Blankenship (Analyst)
TV Broadcast: ESPN +
Announcers: Tyler Shugart (PbP), Kenn Blankenship (Analyst)
Live Stats: www.GoBobcats..com
Twitter: @BlueHoseSports
PC leads the series, 5-0
Last 2 meetings:
2017: PC 104, TFC 35
2015: PC 116, TFC 75
Toccoa Falls
Record: 3-9
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Nov. 26, 2019, vs Truett McConnell, L 63-69, in Toccoa Falls, Ga.
Head Coach: Kevin Hall
Career Record: 11-44 (3rd year)
ND Record: 11-44 (3rd year)
vs. PC: 0-1
Presbyterian College
Record: 1-6
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Nov. 24, 2019 vs. Albany, L 60-65, in Hamden, Conn.
Head Coach:
Quinton Ferrell
Career Record: 1-6 (1st year)
PC Record: 1-6 (1st year)
vs. TFC: 0-0
NOTES
The Blue Hose host Toccoa Falls Saturday at 4 p.m. ... PC leads the overall series 5-0, the last meeting a 104-35 win at Templeton Center Dec. 14, 2017 ...
In the win against Toccoa Falls in the last meeting two players scored over 20 points with
JC Younger recording a career-high 28 points and
Ethan Kay with a career-best 27 points ... All but 10 of the 55 points came off a combined 15 three-pointers ... The nine three-pointers by Kay were a PC Division I record ...
Toccoa Falls is 3-9 after a 63-69 loss against over Truett McConnell this past Tuesday ... The Eagles are led by Michael West with 14.9 points per game, and 4.0 rebounds per game ... TFC is averaging 73.8 points and 31.8 rebounds per game ...
PC is 1-6 after a 60-65 loss against Albany in the final game of the Bobcat Invitational in Hamden, Conn. ... The Blue Hose are led by
Cory Hightower with 12.9 points per game, and
Ben Drake with 6.3 rebounds per game ... PC is averaging 59.1 points and 33.3 rebounds per game ... Â
Albany scored 10 of the final 13 points of the game to erase a two-point deficit and quell the late Blue Hose rally in the 65-60 win ...
Ben Drake led the team with 18 points and 10 rebounds, for his second career double-double. ...Â
A young team in 2019-20, the Blue Hose have enlisted three new starters the last seven games, including freshman
Michael Isler who is averaging 29.7 minutes ...
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 Â is third in rebounding average with 33.3, fourth in defensive rebounds with 24.5, second in assists average with 12.9, and second in steals average with 6.7 ...Â
JC Younger is third in the PC Di record book in three-pointers made with 200 ... He is just seven from second and 15 from taking over the top spot ... He is also just 108 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 six contests, including 23 against VMI and 16 against Quinnipiac ...Â
Several Blue Hose are showing up in the Big South stats ...
Cory Hightower is tied for ninth in scoring (12.9), while
Ben Drake is tied for sixth in rebounding (6.3) ... Hightower is also eighth in FG% (.387) ...
Chris Martin is tied for seventh in assists (3.7), Hightower is ninth (3.3) ... Martin is ninth in steals (1.6) ...
JC Younger is fourth in three-pointers made (2.1) ... Martin is fifth in assist/turnover ratio (1.9), while Hightower leads the league in minutes played (35.9) ...
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 ...Â
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 1-5 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 ...Â
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 ...Â
PC has made at least one three-pointer in the last 379 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 ...
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