Game Information
Opponent: Kentucky Christian
Date: Dec. 29, 2019
Site: Clinton, S.C. (Templeton Center)
Radio: WPCC (https://tunein.com/radio/Large-Time-Network-1410-s21875/)
Announcers: Ryan Clary (PbP), Kenn Blankenship (Analyst)
TV Broadcast: ESPN+ (plus.espn.com)
Announcers: Tyler Shugert (PbP), Matt Castio (Analyst)
Live Stats: www.GoBlueHose.com (http://statb.us/b/284896)
Twitter: @BlueHoseSports

Series Record:
First meeting between the two schools

Kentucky Christian
Record: 3-13
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Dec. 17, 2019, at West Virginia State, L 99-133 in Institute, W. Va.
Head Coach: Akeem Scott
Career Record: 23-54 (3rd year)
KCU Record: 23-54 (1st year)
vs. PC: 0-0

Presbyterian College
Record: 2-10
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Dec. 21, 2019 at #14/15 Michigan, L 44-86, in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell
Career Record: 2-10 (1st year)
PC Record: 2-10 (1st year)
vs. KCU: 0-0

NOTES
In their final non-conference matchup of the season, the Blue Hose host Kentucky Christian Dec. 29, in a 2 p.m., contest ... The two teams have never met ...

Kentucky Christian is 3-13 overall and coming off a 99-133 loss to West Virginia State Dec. 17 ... It was the Knight's first loss in three games Noah Black leads PC with 13.7 points per game, with Cole Gilliland tops in rebounds with 8.1 a game ...

PC is 2-10 after dropping a 44-86 decision at #14/15 Michigan Dec. 21 ... Cory Hightower leads the Blue Hose with 11.6 points per game ... Ben Drake is tops in rebounds with 5.7 a game ...

The men's basketball team could not dig out of an early hole, falling 86-44 at 14th-ranked Michigan Dec. 21, in Ann Arbor, Mich ... Owen McCormack paced the Blue Hose with 10 points, to lead the team in scoring for the second time this season ...

Chris Martin is starting to find his touch this season, after recording double-digits in two of his first seven games, he has posted double-figures in his last four of five, including two- career-high 19 point games ... He was six-of-nine for .667 percent against Jacksonville, which tied his career-high in field goals made ...

A young team in 2019-20, the Blue Hose have enlisted several new starters this season, including freshman Michael Isler who is averaging 27.4 minutes and has started 11 of 12 ... Ben Drake, a redshirt senior, saw limited action the last few seasons due to injury, has started every game, while Kody Shubert, who started three games as a freshman last season, has started the last four games ... 

Michigan was the third and final team that PC played this season from one of the Power 5 conferences ... The Blue Hose faced ACC's Clemson on Nov. 7 and Notre Dame Nov. 18 ... Michigan was the only ranked opponent, sitting 14th/15th ...

The Blue Hose are making marks in the PC DI season stats record book ... ... Currently PC is third in rebounding average with 33.2 and in offensive rebound average with 9.6 ... PC is also third in steals average with 6.4 ...

With two three-pointers against Jacksonville JC Younger moved into second in the PC DI record book 207 for his career ... He is just eight from taking over the top spot ... He is also just 83 points from 1,000 for his career, which would make him the fifth player in PC DI history to reach the historic plateau ... Cory Hightower has 479 points and is just 21 from 500 for his career ...

Several Blue Hose are showing up in the Big South stats ... Cory Hightower is 15th in scoring (11.6), while Ben Drake is tied for seventh in rebounding (5.7) ... Chris Martin is sixth in assists (3.5), Hightower is 11th (2.6) ... Martin is first in steals (1.9) ... JC Younger is tied for seventh in three-pointers made (1.8) ... Martin is seventh in assist/turnover ratio (1.4), while Hightower is second in minutes played (33.0) ...

A new season brings a new coaching staff with the addition of 2007 PC alum 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 1-2 at home so far this season ...

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 384 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 ...