Game Information
Opponent: UNC Asheville
Date: Jan. 2, 2020
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: Presbyterian.Statbroadcast.com
Twitter: @BlueHoseSports

UNC Asheville leads the series 22-10
Last 2 meetings:
2019: PC 106, ASH 59
2019: PC 71, ASH 55

UNC Asheville
Record: 6-5, 0-0
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Dec. 21, 2019, vs Chattanooga, L 64-68, in Asheville, N.C.
Head Coach: Mike Morrell
Career Record: 10-31 (2nd year)
ASH Record: 10-31 (2nd year)
vs. PC: 0-3

Presbyterian College
Record: 3-10, 0-0
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Dec. 29, 2019 vs Kentucky Christian, W 81-56, in Clinton, S.C.
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell
Career Record: 3-10 (1st year)
PC Record: 3-10 (1st year)
vs. ASH: 0-0

NOTES:
The Blue Hose open Big South play Jan. 2, with a 7 p.m., contest against UNC Asheville at the Templeton Center ... While the Bulldogs own the overall series record, 22-10, the Blue Hose have won the last three meetings, including a 106-59 decision in last season's league tournament first round game ...

PC hit 21 three-pointers, including a record 13 in the first half to open the 2019 Big South Tournament first round with a 106-59 win over UNC Ashevillein the last meeting between the two schools ... JC Younger led the Blue Hose with 24 points, all coming off an eight-of-14 effort from the perimeter ...

In that game against UNC Asheville the 13 first half three pointers are most in a half in PC DI history ... The 21 total three-pointers was second in the PC DI record book ... JC Younger's eight threes tied for third in the PC DI record book and was a league first round record ... The 106 points ranked sixth in the PC record book ...

UNC Asheville is 6-5 and has won its last two of three games, its first loss in three tries coming in a 64-68 decision against Chattanooga Dec. 21 .... DeVon Baker leads four Bulldogs in double-figures with 16.7 points per game ... Tajion Jones is not far behind at 16.2 ppg ... Pacing the team on the boards is LJ Thorpe with  5.6 a game ... Asheville is averaging 81.4 points, 32.8 rebounds, and 12.1 assists per game ...

PC is picked up its third win of the season (3-10) with an 81-56 win over Kentucky Christian Dec. 29 ... Cory Hightower leads the team with 11.6 points per game, with Ben Drake, who is averaging 102 ppg, is on top in rebounds with 5.6 a game ... The Blue Hose are averaging 62.7 points, 34.0 rebounds, and 12.0 assists per game ...

PC broke open a 10-point game at the half, outscoring Kentucky Christian, 41-26 in the second to take the 81-56 win in its last game, Dec. 29 ... Ben Drake led the Blue Hose with 14 points, with Owen McCormack pacing the team on the boards with nine rebounds ... Zeb Graham recorded a career-high 12 points and five assists, his six-of-nine effort from the field also a career-best ... Sean Jenkins pulled down a career-high seven rebounds, while McCormack tied his career-high with 11 points ... 

A young team in 2019-20, the Blue Hose have enlisted several new starters this season, including freshman Michael Isler who is averaging 27.7 minutes and has started 12 of 13 ... Ben Drake, a redshirt senior, saw limited action the last few seasons due to injury, has started all but one game, while Kody Shubert, who started three games as a freshman last season, has started the last four of five 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 second in rebounding average with 34.0 and in offensive rebound average with 9.6 ... PC is also third in steals average with 6.5, and first in field goal percentage defense with .440 ...

With two three-pointers against Kentucky Christian JC Younger moved closer to first in the PC DI career record book ... He has 209 and is just five from taking over the top spot ... He is also only 75 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 16th in scoring (11.6), while Ben Drake is ninth in rebounding (5.6) ... Chris Martin is fifth in assists (3.5), Hightower is 12th (2.6) ... Martin is second in steals (2.0) ... JC Younger is seventh in three-pointers made (1.8) ... Martin is seventh in assist/turnover ratio (1.5), 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 2-2 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 385 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 ...