Be sure to arrive early as seniors Harrison Burton, Davon Bell, Francois Lewis, Maleek Catchings, and Ethan Kay will be honored before the start of the game.
Game Information
Opponent: vs Charleston Southern
Date: Mar. 2, 2019
Site: Clinton, S.C. (Templeton Center)
Radio: WPCC (https://tunein.com/radio/Large-Time-Network-1410-s21875/)
Talent: Ryan Clary (PbP)
TV Broadcast: ESPN+ (http://www.espn.com/watch/_/id/ee871633-d0f0-432e-a2d5-683856a254d7/charleston-southern-vs-presbyterian)
Talent: Tyler Shugart (PbP), Kenn Blankenship (Analyst)
Live Stats: www.GoBlueHose.com (http://statb.us/b/238083)
Twitter: @BlueHoseSports
Charleston Southern leads series 22-7
last 2 meetings:
2019: CSU 85, PC 84
2018: CSU 68, PC 51
Charleston Southern
Record: 14-11, 8-7
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Feb. 27, 2019, vs UNC Asheville; W 77-48 in Charleston, S.C.
Head Coach: Barclay Radebaugh
Career Record: 159-244 (15th year)
CSU Record: 138-236 (14th year)
vs. PC: 18-4
Presbyterian College
Record: 17-13, 9-6
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Feb. 23, 2019 vs Gardner-Webb; L 70-78, in Boiling Springs, N.C.
Head Coach: Dustin Kerns
Career Record: 28-34 (2nd year)
PC Record: 28-34 (2nd year)
vs. CSU: 1-3
NOTES
Presbyterian College returns home for the final time this regular season with a 4 p.m., contest Saturday against Charleston Southern ... The Bucs are 22-7 over the Blue Hose after getting the tight 85-84 win in the last meeting ...
In a close game that saw 10 lead changes and 31 total three-pointers, it was a three by the Bucs with 12 seconds left that sealed the heartbreaking 84-85 loss the last time the two teams met ... Francois Lewis led the Blue Hose with 25 points off a career-high five three-pointers ... Davon Bell secured his second straight double-double with 11 points and 12 assists ...
Charleston Southern is 14-14 overall and 8-7 in the league after picking up its third win in four games with a 77-48 decision over UNC Asheville in its last game ... CSU is led by Christian Keeling wiht 18.4 points and 7.1 rebounds per game ...
The Blue Hose outscored the Runnin' Bulldogs 24-13 during a 10-minute stretch in the second half to cut a double-digit deficit to just two with a couple of minutes to play, but Gardner-Webb used an 8-0 run to stop the rally and take the 78-70 win over in their last contest ... Three Blue Hose scored in double-figures with Adam Flagler leading the way with 16 ...
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 15.0 and Davon Bell with 10.8 ... Cory Hightower, who is averaging 9.3 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 475 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 6-11 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 (9-6) 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 (1/10), Radford (1/12), and Gardner-Webb (2/27) in the second half, marking the third, fourth and fifth 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. 27) ... Adam Flagler is 10th in scoring (15.8), Francois Lewis is 13th (15.0) ... 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 (.394) ... JC Younger is foutth 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 fifth in assist/turnover ratio (1.6), ninth in 3-pt field goals per game (10.8, fourth in three-pointers made (312), and 10th in turnovers per game (10.1) ... Davon Bell is fifth in assist/turnover ratio (3.5), 11th in assists per game (6.5), and 10th in total assists (188) ...
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 (78.5), rebounding average (34.3), assists avg. (15.7), and scoring margin (+6.0) ... PC is currently second in fg pct. (.451) ...
Adam Flagler, with his 93 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 369th 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 ...
