Game Information
Opponent: St. Francis Brooklyn
Date: Dec. 10, 2019
Site: Brooklyn Heights, N.Y.
Radio: WPCC (https://tunein.com/radio/Large-Time-Network-1410-s21875/) 
Announcers: Ryan Clary (PbP), Kenn Blankenship (Analyst)
TV Broadcast: NEC Front Row (http://necfrontrow.com/webcast.php/SFNY-6935/)
Live Stats: www.SFCAthletics.com
Twitter: @BlueHoseSports

SFC leads the series, 1-0
Last meeting:
2018: SFC 90, PC 86

St. Francis Brooklyn
Record: 3-6
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Dec. 7, 2019, at UMASS Lowell, L 63-94, in Lowell, Mass.
Head Coach: GLenn Braica
Career Record: 135-158 (10th year)
SFC Record: 135-158 (10th year)
vs. PC: 1-0

Presbyterian College
Record: 2-7
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Dec. 7, 2019 vs. SC State, L 68-80, in Orangeburg, S.C.
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell
Career Record: 2-7 (1st year)
PC Record: 2-7 (1st year)
vs. SFC: 0-0

NOTES
The Blue Hose travel to St. Francis Brooklyn for a 3 p.m., contest at the Pope Center ... The Terriers won the only other meeting, 90-86, in Clinton last season  ...

In the last meeting, St. Francis broke open an 81-81 deadlock with just over a minute to play with a pair of threes to take the 90-86 win ... Francois Lewis scored 35 points in that game, which ranked fourth in the PC Division I era ... Current Blue Hose Corey Hightower recorded a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds ... 

St. Francis is 3-6 after a 63-94 loss to UMASS Lowell Dec. 7 ... Chauncey Hawkins, who scored 27 against PC in the last game, leads the team with 15.2 points per game this season, with Deniz Celen pacing the squad on the boards with 6.7 per game  ...

PC is 2-7 after a 68-80 loss at South Carolina State Dec. 7 ... Cory Hightower leads PC with 13.2 points and 2.8 assists per game ... Ben Drake is tops on the boards with 7.1 a game ... He is also second in ppg with 10.8 ...

The team shot over 50% in the second half to cut the SC State lead to single digits on several occasions but the Bulldogs held on down the stretch to take the 80-68 win over the Blue Hose in the last game ... Chris Martin led PC with a career-high 19 points, with freshman Owen McCormack pulling down a career-best 10 rebounds ... Michael Isler was strong as well, posting a season-best 16 points ...

A young team in 2019-20, the Blue Hose have enlisted three new starters the last nine 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 is second in rebounding average with 34.4 in defensive rebounds with 24.3, in assists average with 12.7, and first in steals average with 7.1 ... 

JC Younger is third in the PC Di record book in three-pointers made with 202 ... He is just five from second and 13 from taking over the top spot ... He is also just 101 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 seven of eight contests, including 23 against VMI and 21 against Toccoa Falls ... 

Several Blue Hose are showing up in the Big South stats ... Cory Hightower is eighth in scoring (13.2), while Ben Drake is second in rebounding (7.1) ... Hightower is also ninth in FG% (.409) ... Chris Martin is fifth in assists (3.9), Hightower is tied for 11th (3.0) ... Martin is fourth in steals (2.0) ... JC Younger is seventh in three-pointers made (1.9) ... Martin is sixth in assist/turnover ratio (1.8), while Hightower is second in minutes played (34.2) ...

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 Goldbach 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 1-6 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 381 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 ...