Game Information
Opponent: vs UNC Asheville
Date: Feb. 7, 2019
Site: Clinton, S.C. (Templeton Center)
Radio: WPCC
Talent: Ryan Clary (PbP)
TV Broadcast: ESPN+ (http://www.espn.com/watch/_/id/3c8bdc9d-740f-4444-a6b3-5a2ebb586774/unc-asheville-vs-presbyterian)
Talent: Tyler Shugart (PbP), Kenn Blankenship (Analyst)
Live Stats: www.gobluehose.com (http://statb.us/b/238080)
Twitter: @BlueHoseSports
UNC Asheville leads series 23-7
last 2 meetings:
2018: ASH 75, PC 61
2018: ASH 76, PC 5
UNC Asheville
Record: 3-20, 1-8
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Feb. 2, 2019, at Gardner-Webb; L (ot) 81-82, in Boling Springs, N.C.
Head Coach: Mike Morrell
Career Record: 3-20 (1st year)
ASH Record: 3-20 (1st year)
vs. PC: 0-0
Presbyterian College
Record: 13-11, 5-4
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Jan. 30, 2019 at Charleston Southern; L 84-85, in Charleston, S.C.
Head Coach: Dustin Kerns
Career Record: 24-32 (2nd year)
PC Record: 24-32 (2nd year)
vs. ASH: 0-2
NOTES
PC opens a two-game home stand with a Thursday night tilt against UNC Asheville ... The Bulldogs own a 23-7 mark over the Blue Hose ...
UNC Asheville shot 50%, including 55.2% in the second half, to hold off the Blue Hose in the last meeting between the two schools ... Reggie Dillard lead a group of four Blue Hose in double figures with 14 points ...
The Bulldogs are 3-20 overall and 1-8 in the league after dropping an 81-82 decision in overtime at Gardner-Webb in their last game ... DeVon Baker leads UNC Asheville with 1.7 points per game, with Cress Worthy tops on the boards with 3.9 a game ...
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 for PC at Charleston Southern in its last contest ... 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 ...
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 ...
Three Blue Hose are averaging in double-digits with Adam Flagler on top with 15.7 points per game ... He is followed by Francois Lewis with 14.5 and Davon Bell with 10.5 ... Cory Hightower, who is averaging 8.9 ppg, paces the team on the boards with 6.1 a game ...
The Blue Hose are 8-2 at home ... The eight wins at home are the second most in its DI history ... PC was 9-2 at home in 2008-09 ...
The Blue Hose are 5-9 on the road so far this season ... The five wins is fourth 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 13 wins so far by the Blue Hose are the most since 14 wins in 2011-12 (14-15), and tied for second most in DI history ... PC won 13, in 2010-11 (13-18), and 12 in 2008-09 (12-17) ...
Adam Flagler picked up his third Big South Freshman-of-the-Week honors Jan. 28 ... Davon Bell also earned Player-of-the-Week, marking the first time in it's DI history that PC has swept the league weekly honor ...
Davon Bell shattered the PC DI record book with his career-high 15 assists against Winthrop …
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 …
Davon Bell added his second straight double-double against Charleston Southern, with 11 points and 12 assists ...
PC had two 20-point scorers against Winthrop, marking the third game this season the Blue Hose have had multiple players with over 20 points ...
The 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 22 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 ...
The game against Hampton was the seventh of nine this season against a new opponent ... 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. 2) ... Adam Flagler is 11th in scoring (15.7), Francois Lewis is 13th (14.5) ... Cory Hightower is sixth in rebounding (6.1), while Davon Bell is first in assists with 6.2 ... Adam Flagler is second in three-pointers made (3.0) and first in percentage (.410) ... The assist/turnover ratio belongs to Davon Bell, who is first with 3.3 ...
In the NCAA national statistics PC is 10th in 3-pt field goal attempts (664), ninth in assist/turnover ration (1.52). ninth in 3-pt field goals per game (10.7), fourth in 3-ptrs made (257), and eighth in turnovers per game (10.1) ... Davon Bell is ninth in total assists (149), 20th in assists per game (6.2), and 11th in assist/turnover ratio (3.31) ...
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 (78.4), rebounding average (34.7), assists avg. (15.3), and scoring margin (+6.2) ... PC is currently second in fg pct. (.451) ...
Adam Flagler, with his 71 three-pointers made so far, is just 12 from breaking the PC season record ... Davon Bell needs just 17 assists to break that season mark ...
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 57 games with double-digit three-pointers, which includes a 15-game mark in 2007-08, and a 10-game mark last season ... PC has 16 double-digit three-pointer games already this season ...
The Blue Hose had a three-game winning streak snapped at Marquette ... The streak was the longest since a five-game mark early last season ... During the three-game stretch, which included wins over Tennessee Tech, Welch, and Boyce, PC averaged 97.0 points, shot 50.7 pct. from the field, and averaged 44.3 rebounds per game ...
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 1.5 assist/turnover ratio would be season records as well ...
Davon Bell is averaging 6.2 assists per game, should he increase that to 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 458 ... Bell is also just 29 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 363rd 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 ...
