Game Information
Opponent: Radford
Date: Jan. 18, 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: Tyler Shugart (PbP), Matt Castillo (Analyst)
Live Stats: Presbyterian.Statbroadcast.com
Twitter: @BlueHoseSports

Radford leads the series 16-7
Last 2 meetings:
2019: RU 84, PC 76
2018: RU 79, PC 77

Radford
Record: 9-7, 4-0
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Jan. 16, 2020, at USC Upstate, W 63-59, in Spartanburg, S.C.
Head Coach: Mike Jones
Career Record: 147-134 (9th year)
RU Record: 147-134 (9th year)
vs. PC: 11-4

Presbyterian College
Record: 7-10, 4-0
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Jan. 16, 2020 at Longwood, W 74-67, in Farmville, Va.
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell
Career Record: 7-10 (1st year)
PC Record: 7-10 (1st year)
vs. HPU: 0-0

NOTES
Presbyterian College hosts Radford Saturday at 4 p.m., in a contest between two league unbeatens, as both teams sport a 4-0 league mark, for second in the Big South standings ... The Highlanders are 16-7 over the Blue Hose and took an 84-76 decision in the quarterfinals of last season's Big South tournament ... Radford squeaked a 79-77 win in the last regular season meeting ...

After falling behind by 13 points midway through the second half, #7-Seed PC rallied to within three, but #2-Seed Radford came back with a late run to seal the 84-76 win in last year's Big South Quarterfinal action in Buies Creek, N.C.

Radford is 9-7 overall and 4-0 in the Big South ... The Highlanders have won six in a row, including a 63-59 win at USC Upstate Jan. 16 ... Radford is led by Carlik Jones with 18.9 points per game ... Devine Eke is tops on the boards with 6.7 ... The Highlanders are averaging 69.9 points, 35.5 rebounds, and 12.6 assists per game  ... 

PC, which has won five in a row, is  7-10 overall and 4-0 in the conference ... The Blue Hose are coming off a 74-67 win at Longwood this past Thursday ... Cory Hightower is tops for PC in scoring with 12.4 points and 6.1 rebounds per game ... PC is averaging 65.5 points, 34.5 rebounds, and 12.7 assists per game ...

PC shot almost 60% from the field, tied a season-high with 10 three-pointers, and survived a late Lancer run, to win its record fourth Big South game in a row in a 74-67 win at Longwood this past Thursday in Farmville, Va. ... Cory Hightower led the team with 16 points, eight rebounds, and six assists. ... 

The Blue Hose have won five in a row, ties for 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 ... 

PC has started 4-0 in league play for the first time in its 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 ...

A young team in 2019-20, the Blue Hose have enlisted several new starters this season, including freshman Michael Isler who is averaging 27.2 minutes and has started 16 of 17 games ... Ben Drake, a redshirt senior, saw limited action the last few seasons due to injury, has started all but five games, while freshmen Sean Jenkins and Zeb Jenkins have started the last five 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 fourth in scoring average (65.5), second in rebounding average (34.5), second in assists average (12.6), fourth in steals average (6.2), and first in field goal percentage defense (.423) ...

With a three-pointer at Longwood JC Younger took over the top spot with 215 … He is also now 43 from hitting the 1,000-point plateau, which would make him the fifth player in PC DI history to reach the historic plateau ... With his 957 points he is only nine from moving into the top five in PC DI career scoring ... 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 15th in scoring (12.4) and sixth in rebounds (6.1), while Ben Drake is tied for eighth in rebounding (5.9) ... Chris Martin is fifth in assists (3.1), Hightower is tied for sixth (3.0) ... Martin is ninth in steals (1.6) ... JC Younger is ninth in three-pointers made (1.8), while Michael Isler is 11th in blocks (0.6) ... Martin is seventh in assist/turnover ratio (1.4), while Hightower is second in minutes played (32.9) ...

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 4-0 in Big South play ...

PC has made at least one three-pointer in the last 389 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 ...