Game Information
Opponent: High Point
Date: Jan. 11, 2020
Site: Clinton, S.C. (Templeton Center)
Radio: WPCC (https://tunein.com/radio/Large-Time-Network-1410-s21875/)
Announcers: Ryan Clary (PbP)
TV Broadcast: ESPN+ (plus.espn.com)
Announcers: Taylor Travis (PbP), Kenn Blankenship (Analyst)
Live Stats: Presbyterian.Statbroadcast.com
Twitter: @BlueHoseSports

High Point leads the series 18-9
Last 2 meetings:
2019: HPU 74, PC 58
2018: PC 69, HPU 62

High Point
Record: 3-12, 0-2
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Jan. 8, 2020, vs. Winthrop, L 57-79, in High Point, N.C.
Head Coach: Tubby Smith
Career Record: 616-329 (29th year)
HPU Record: 19-27 (2nd year)
vs. PC: 1-0

Presbyterian College
Record: 5-10, 2-0
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Jan. 4, 2020 at Gardner-Webb. W 68-62, in Clinton, S.C.
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell
Career Record: 5-10 (1st year)
PC Record: 5-10 (1st year)
vs. GWU: 0-0

NOTES:
Presbyterian College is home Saturday after a week off, with a 4 p.m., contest against High Point ... The Panthers are 18-9 in the overall series, with the two teams splitting the last two meetings ... HPU and PC played just once in 2018-29 with High Point earning a 74-58 win ... 

PC outscored High Point in the second but could not overcome a double-digit halftime deficit, dropping a 74-58 decision on the road in the last meeting ... Current players making contributions included Cory Hightower with a team-leading seven rebounds and Chris Martin with seven points and four rebounds ...

High Point is 3-12 overall and 0-2 in the league after a 57-79 loss to Winthrop in its last game ... Curtis Holland, III, leads the team in scoring with 13.5 ppg, with John-Michael Wright behind with 12.9 points, and a team-leading 5.1 rebounds per game ... The Panthers average 64.3 points, 34.1 rebounds, and 12.1 assists per game  ... 

PC, has won its last three in a row, is  5-10 overall and 2-0 in the conference ... The Blue Hose are coming off a 68-62 win at Gardner-Webb this past Saturday ... Cory Hightower is tops for PC in scoring with 12.1 points per game, followed by Ben Drake with 6.1 rebounds per game ... PC is averaging 64.1 points, 34.9 rebounds, and 12.2 assists per game ...

The men's basketball team pulled down 52 rebounds, including 36 on the defensive end, to hold Gardner-Webb to just 10 second chance points and come away with the 68-62 Big South win on the road last Saturday in Boiling Springs, N.C. ... Cory Hightower led the scoring with 12 points, and also added 10 rebounds ... Ben Drake, who posted 10 points, pulled down a career-high 16 rebounds in the winning effort ... 

Ben Drake's career-high 16 rebounds at Gardner-Webb tied for fifth in the PC DI record book ... The team's 52 rebounds that same game tied for sixth in the PC DI record book ...

After its Big South Conference win at Gardner-Webb, PC has started 2-0 in league play for the first time in it's Division I history ...

A young team in 2019-20, the Blue Hose have enlisted several new starters this season, including freshman Michael Isler who is averaging 26.9 minutes and has started 14 of 15 games ... Ben Drake, a redshirt senior, saw limited action the last few seasons due to injury, has started all but three games, while freshmen Sean Jenkins and Zeb Jenkins have started the last three contests ... 

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 first in rebounding average (34.9), second in assists average (12.2), third in steals average (6.3), and first in field goal percentage defense (.430) ...

JC Younger moved closer to first in the PC DI career record book in three-pointers made ... He has 210 and is just five from taking over the top spot ... He is also only 63 points from 1,000 for his career, which would make him the fifth player in PC DI history to reach the historic plateau ... With 12 points against Gardner-Webb Cory Hightower eclipsed 500 career points (509) ...

Several Blue Hose are showing up in the Big South stats ... Cory Hightower is 14th in scoring (12.1) and ninth in rebounds (5.8), while Ben Drake is tied for fifth in rebounding (6.1) ... Chris Martin is fifth in assists (3.2), Hightower is 11th (2.6) ... Martin is tied for sixth in steals (1.8) ... JC Younger is 10th in three-pointers made (1.7) ... Martin is seventh in assist/turnover ratio (1.3), while Hightower is second in minutes played (33.3) ...

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 3-2 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 387 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 ...