Game Information
Opponent: Charleston Southern
Date: Jan. 23, 2020
Site: Charleston, S.C. (Buccaneer Field House)
Radio: WPCC
Announcers: Ryan Clary (PbP), Kenn Blankenship
TV Broadcast: ESPN+
Live Stats: CSUSports.com
Twitter: @BlueHoseSports

Charleston Southern leads the series 23-7
Last 2 meetings:
2019: CSU 75, PC 62
2019: CSU 85, PC 84

Charleston Southern
Record: 9-9, 3-3
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Jan. 18, 2020, at High Point, W 79-60, in High Point, N.C.
Head Coach: Barclay Radebaugh
Career Record: 172-254 (16th year)
CSU Record: 152-246 (15th year)
vs. PC: 12-4

Presbyterian College
Record: 8-11, 5-1
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Jan. 20, 2020 vs Campbell, W 85-79, in Clinton, S.C.
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell
Career Record: 8-11 (1st year)
PC Record: 8-11 (1st year)
vs. CSU: 0-0

NOTES
Presbyterian College heads on the road for a two-game stretch with a Jan. 23, stop at Charleston Southern ... The Buccaneers hold a 23-7 record in the overall series, including a 72-65 decision last season  ...

Trailing by eight early in the second half, Charleston Southern out-scored PC 32-14, over a 15-minute span to rally to the 72-65 win and spoil senior day in the last meeting ... Four Blue Hose finished in double-figures ...

Charleston Southern is  9-9 overall and 3-3 in the Big South after a 79-60 win at High Point this past Saturday ... Dontrell Shuler leads CSU wit h17.9 points per game, with Phlandrous Fleming paces the team in rebounds with 8.1 ... The Bucs average 69.1 points, 33.2 rebounds, and 13.1 assists per game ... 

PC is 8-11 overall and 5-1 in the Big South after an 85-79 win against Campbell in its last game ... Cory Hightower leads the team with 12.7 points and 5.9 rebounds per game ... Ben Drake is leading with 5.9 rpg as well ... The Blue Hose are averaging 66.4 points, 34.1 rebounds, and 12.9 assists per game ...

The Blue Hose, behind two 20-point scorers, used a 17-7 run midway through the second half to build a double-digit lead and held on with clutch free throw shooting during a late Camel rally, to take the 85-79 win over Campbell in their last game ... Zeb Graham led the team with a career-high 22 points, followed by Ben Drake with 20 ... 

PC experienced a five-game winning streak, which tied 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's 5-1 league record is the best 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 ... In the last six games four freshmen have started along with sophomore Cory Hightower ... Other starters are Michael Isler, who is averaging 26.8 minutes, as well as Zeb Graham, Sean Jenkins, and Owen McCormack, who are averaging over 14 minutes a game ... 

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 third in scoring average (66.4), second in rebounding average (34.1), second in assists average (12.9), fourth in steals average (6.1), and first in field goal percentage defense (.433) ...

With a three-pointer at Longwood JC Younger took over the top spot in the PC Division I career record book with 215 … He is also now 34 from hitting the 1,000-point plateau, which would make him the fifth player in PC DI history to reach the historic plateau ... He is now in the top five in PC DI career scoring ... With 12 points against Gardner-Webb Cory Hightower eclipsed 500 career points (569) ...

Several Blue Hose are showing up in the Big South stats ... Cory Hightower is 13th in scoring (12.7) and ninth in rebounds (5.9), while Ben Drake is 10th in rebounding (5.9) ... Chris Martin is fifth in assists (3.2), Hightower is tied for eighth (2.9) ... Martin is 10th in steals (1.5) ... JC Younger is 10th in three-pointers made (1.7), while Michael Isler is tied for 12th in blocks (0.6) ... Martin is sixth in assist/turnover ratio (1.5), 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 5-3 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 5-1 in Big South play ...

PC has made at least one three-pointer in the last 391 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 ...