Game Information
Opponent: Longwood
Date: Jan. 16, 2020
Site: Farmville, Va. (Willett Hall)
Radio: WPCC (https://tunein.com/radio/Large-Time-Network-1410-s21875/)
Announcers: Ryan Clary (PbP), Kenn Blankenship (Analyst)
TV Broadcast: ESPN+ (plus.espn.com)
Live Stats: LongwoodLancers.com (https://longwoodlancers.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary)
Twitter: @BlueHoseSports

PC leads the series 9-3
Last 2 meetings:
2019: PC 71, LWU 64
2018: PC 67, LWU 62

Longwood
Record: 6-11, 1-3
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Jan. 11, 2020, at Hampton, L 80-83, in Hampton, Va.
Head Coach: Griff Aldrich
Career Record: 22-29 (2nd year)
LWU Record: 22-29 (2nd year)
vs. PC: 0-1

Presbyterian College
Record: 6-10, 3-0
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Jan. 11, 2020 vs High Point, W 77-62, in Clinton, S.C.
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell
Career Record: 6-10 (1st year)
PC Record: 6-10 (1st year)
vs. HPU: 0-0

Notes
Presbyterian College begins a stretch of three games in five days with a road trip to Longwood Thursday, Jan. 16 ... Tip-off is slated for 7 p.m., and will be air live on ESPN+ and WPCC ... The Blue Hose own a 9-3 record in the overall series, and have won the last four in a row, including a 71-64 decision this past season ...

The Blue Hose capitalized on a 12-0 run late in the second half to pull away in a close battle and then hold on through a late Lancer rally team came away with a 71-64 win over Longwood in the last game ... Cory Hightower posted his second double-double of the season with 11 points and 12 rebounds ...

Longwood is 6-11 overall and 1-3 in the conference after an 80-83 loss at Hampton in its last game ... The Lancers are led by Shabooty Phillips with 10.9 points, with Jordan Cintron pacing the team in rebounds with 5.9 a game ... Longwood averages 68.6 points, 35.4 rebounds, and 10.4 assists per game  ... 

PC, which has won four in a row, is  6-10 overall and 3-0 in the conference ... The Blue Hose are coming off a 77-62 win against High Point this past Saturday ... Cory Hightower is tops for PC in scoring with 12.1 points per game, followed by Ben Drake with 6.3 rebounds per game ... PC is averaging 64.9 points, 34.7 rebounds, and 12.3 assists per game ...

PC shot over 50% in the second half and broke open a five-point game at intermission, hitting six three-pointers in the final 20 minutes to take the 77-62 win over High Point in its last game ... Zeb Graham led four Blue Hose in double-figures with a career-high 19 points, followed by JC Younger with 15 ... 

The Blue Hose have won four in a row, marking the longest winning streak since the 2017 season when the team picked up five straight ... The Blue Hose have won at least four games in a row just twice in their Division I history ... 

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 against High Point, PC has started 3-0 in league play for the first time in its 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 26.8 minutes and has started 15 of 16 games ... Ben Drake, a redshirt senior, saw limited action the last few seasons due to injury, has started all but four games, while freshmen Sean Jenkins and Zeb Jenkins have started the last four 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 (34.7), second in assists average (12.3), fourth in steals average (6.3), and first in field goal percentage defense (.428) ...

With four three-pointers at Gardner-Webb, JC Younger is now tied for the top spot at 214 … He is also now 48 from hitting the 1,000-point plateau, 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 (522) ...

Several Blue Hose are showing up in the Big South stats ... Cory Hightower is 16th in scoring (12.1) and eighth in rebounds (6.0), while Ben Drake is tied for sixth in rebounding (6.3) ... Chris Martin is tied for sixth in assists (3.1), Hightower is 11th (2.8) ... Martin is seventh in steals (1.7) ... JC Younger is ninth in three-pointers made (1.8), while Michael Isler is ninth in blocks (0.7) ... Martin is eighth in assist/turnover ratio (1.4), 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 4-2 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 ... The team is currently 3-0 in Big South play ...

PC has made at least one three-pointer in the last 388 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 ...