Game Information
Opponent: at Gardner-Webb
Date: Feb. 27, 2019
Site: Boiling Springs, N.C. (Porter Arena)
Radio: WPCC (https://tunein.com/radio/Large-Time-Network-1410-s21875/)
Talent: Ryan Clary (PbP), Kenn Blankenship (Analyst)
TV Broadcast: ESPN+ (http://www.espn.com/watch/_/id/098a6cdf-7563-404c-b2f2-5779b228ca5b/presbyterian-vs-gardnerwebb)
Live Stats: www.GWUSports.com (http://statb.us/v/psby/242724)
Twitter: @BlueHoseSports
Gardner-Webb leads series 27-21
last 2 meetings:
2019: PC 103, GWU 101
2018: GWU 78, PC 63
Gardner-Webb
Record: 18-11, 8-6
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Feb. 23, 2019, vs High Point; L 79-87 in High Point, N.C.
Head Coach: Tim Craft
Career Record: 106-89 (6th year)
GWU Record: 106-89 (6th year)
vs. PC: 9-1
Presbyterian College
Record: 17-12, 9-5
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Feb. 23, 2019 vs UNC Asheville; W 71-55 in Asheville, N.C.
Head Coach: Dustin Kerns
Career Record: 28-33 (2nd year)
PC Record: 28-33 (2nd year)
vs. GWU: 1-2
NOTES
Presbyterian College takes its final road trip of the regular season when it faces Gardner-Webb in Boiling Springs, Wednesday, Feb. 27 ... Tip-off is slated for 7 p.m. ... The Runnin' Bulldogs own the overall series, 27-21, but it was PC that took the last meeting, a 103-101 overtime decision in the last meeting ...
Down by four with 30 seconds remaining in overtime, Francois Lewis hit a three-pointer with 23 second left, Chris Martin stole the subsequent inbounds pass and threw it to Lewis, who was fouled on the shot attempt ... He then converted three free throws with less than a second left to seal the 103-101 thrilling Big South win over Gardner-Webb in the last game ... Lewis led the team with 29 points, with Davon Bell close behind with 21 ...
Gardner-Webb is 18-11 overall and 8-6 in the Big South after a 79-87 loss at High Point in its last contest ... It was its first loss in four games ... The Runnin' Bulldogs are led by David Efianayi with 18.7 points per game, and DJ Laster with his 5.5 rebounds per game ...
Behind 20-point games from Adam Flagler and Francois Lewis, PC out-scored UNC Asheville, 42-25, in the second half to erase a halftime deficit and come away with the 71-55 win in its last game ... Lewis led PC with 22 points, followed by Flagler with 21 ... Flagler led with 10 rebounds as well, for his first career double-double ...
Three Blue Hose are averaging in double-digits with Adam Flagler on top with 15.8 points per game ... He is followed by Francois Lewis with 15.1 and Davon Bell with 10.8 ... Cory Hightower, who is averaging 9.4 ppg, paces the team on the boards with 6.2 a game ...
With 11 points in the first game against UNC Asheville Adam Flagler became PC's Division I highest scoring freshman, surpassing Jake Troyli, who had 383 ... Troyli was a redshirt Freshman that in 2009-2010 ... True Freshman Reggie Dillard had 364 in 2013-14 ... Flagler now has 456 points ...
The Blue Hose are 11-2 at home ... The 11 wins at home is the most in its DI history ... PC was 9-2 at home in 2008-09 ...
The Blue Hose are 6-10 on the road so far this season ... The six wins is tied for second most in their DI history ... The Blue Hose won seven in 2011-12 (7-7), and six in 2010-11 (6-12) and 2016-17 (6-17) ...
The 17 wins so far by the Blue Hose are most in PC DI history ... The Blue Hose recorded 14 wins in 2011-12 (14-15) ... PC won 13, in 2010-11 (13-18), and 12 in 2008-09 (12-17) ...
PC has nine conference wins (9-5) this season, which is tied for the most in its DI history ... The Blue Hose were 9-9 in 2008-09 ...
The first Gardner-Webb game of the season was the first overtime contest since Feb. 18, 2018, and first ot win since a 52-49 decision at Radford, Feb. 15, 2011 …
Adam Flagler picked up his fifth Big South Freshman-of-the-Week honors Feb. 25, for his second in a row ... He and Davon Bell also earned Player-of-the-Week Jan. 28, marking the first time in it's DI history that PC has swept the league weekly honor ... Flagler has been named FOTW five times this year, tying a PC record ... DeSean Murray was honored five times in 2013-14 ...
The one-point loss at Charleston Southern marked the first time since 2015-16, the Blue Hose have had a game decided by one-point ... In 2015-16, PC had four and held a 3-1 mark ...
Davon Bell shattered the PC DI record book with his career-high 15 assists in the first meeting against Winthrop … He recorded 13 in the second game against the Eagles ...
Francois Lewis and Davon Bell each recorded a double-double against Winthrop, marking the sixth time in the PC DI history two players have had double-doubles in a single game, the last was in 2014-15 …
PC had two 20-point scorers at UNC Asheville, in both games against Winthrop, and against Gardner-Webb, marking the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth game this season the Blue Hose have had multiple players with over 20 points ...
The home Winthrop game marked the third time this season five different players have scored in double-figures, the last coming against Boyce and Radford … PC has had at least three players score in double-figures in 25 contests this year …
PC outscored High Point and Radford in the second half, marking the third and fourth games of the season it has won the second-half battle but lost the game, the other games being UCLA and Dayton …
PC pulled down 54 rebounds against Trinity Baptist, which ranked third in the PC DI record book ... This season the Blue Hose are 9-2 when out-rebounding their opponent, the two losses against Dayton and Radford ...
The 35 points for Francois Lewis against St. Francis ranked fourth in the PC record book, his 12 made field goals tying for second ... Davon Bell's 11 assists ranked second as well ... JC Younger's 30 points against VMI tied for ninth, his nine three-pointers also a record ...
For the first time in its Division I history, the Blue Hose faced two back to back top 25 teams with Marquette (11/17) ranking 24th, and UCLA (11/19) sitting at 17th ...
PC played nine new opponents this season ... If you count teams since Presbyterian joined the ranks of Division I than that number moves to 10, with the last meeting between the Blue Hose and CofC Cougars occurring when PC was in Division II ...
Several Blue Hose are showing up in the Big South statistics (as of Feb. 23) ... Adam Flagler is 11th in scoring (15.8), Francois Lewis is 13th (15.1) ... Cory Hightower is seventh in rebounding (6.2), while Davon Bell is first in assists with 6.5 ... Adam Flagler is second in three-pointers made (3.1) and first in percentage (.398) ... JC Younger is fifth in three-pointers made (2.4) ... The assist/turnover ratio belongs to Davon Bell, who is first with 3.5 ...
In the NCAA national statistics PC is ninth in 3-pt field goal attempts (813), fifth in assist/turnover ratio (1.56), ninth in 3-pt field goals per game (10.8), fourth in 3-ptrs made (312), and 10th in turnovers per game (10.1) ... Davon Bell is 10th in total assists (188), and fifth in assist/turnover ratio (3.5) ...
The six steals by the Blue Hose against Marquette were a PC Division I record ...
Should these numbers hold this year's team will break several PC Division I season records, including scoring (78.8), rebounding average (34.2), assists avg. (15.8), and scoring margin (+6.5) ... PC is currently second in fg pct. (.452) ...
Adam Flagler, with his 90 three-pointers made so far, is a PC season record ... Davon Bell broke the season mark in assists with 13 against Winthrop, he now has 188 ...
The 27 assists and 18 three-pointers against VMI ranked for third in the PC record book ... The 103 points tied for seventh ... Adam Flagler's 10 free throws tied for 11th in the PC DI record book, his 1.000 pct. tied for first ... The Blue Hose shot .667 from the perimeter, also a PC DI mark ...
Until it hit five against Jacksonville PC had hit at least 10 three-pointers seven games in a row, including 16 against Welch ... That snapped the previous record, a five-game streak that opened the 2007-08 season ... In its DI history the Blue Hose have just 58 games with double-digit three-pointers, which includes a 15-game mark in 2007-08, and a 10-game mark last season ... PC has 21 double-digit three-pointer games already this season ...
Should the 10.1 turnovers per game hold up for the year, it will break the PC Division I record for turnovers per game ... The record was 11.9 and was set last season, Coach Kerns' first season ... It dropped 3.1 points from the 2016-17 season ... The 1.6 assist/turnover ratio would be season records as well ...
Davon Bell is averaging 6.5 assists per game, should he take that above 6.5 he will eclipse the Division I record for assists average in a season ...
When PC turned the ball over just five times against Boyce it tied for the Blue Hose Division I record ...
With 11 assists against SFC Davon Bell moved into first in career assists at PC with 355 ... He now has 497 ... Bell is also just 22 steals from taking over the top career spot of 155 ...
PC announced Nov. 14 the signing of forward Owen McCormack (Advance, N.C.), guard CJ Melton (Hoover, Ala.), and forward RJ Wilson (Raleigh, N.C.) to join the Blue Hose in the fall of 2019 ... According to Coach Kerns McCormack has a very high basketball IQ and is extremely skilled and stretches the floor with his ability to shoot the ball from 3pt ... He is an excellent student and fits the way they like to play with his skill set, but also has some toughness and ability to rebound the ball ... Melton has very high ceiling and can play multiple positions on the offensive end and provides some great length on the defensive end with his long wingspan... He is a worker and has a great passion to play and develop ... Wilson is a skilled big who is versatile and gives us some additional help in the front court ... He has great size combined with the skill set of a guard with his ability to pass and handle the ball ...
PC has made at least one three-pointer in every game this season, marking the 368th game in a row the Blue Hose have hit at least one three-pointer in a game ... 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 ...
