Game Information
Opponent: USC Upstate
Date: Jan. 30, 2020
Site: Clinton, S.C. (Templeton Center)
Radio: WPCC
Announcers: Ryan Clary (PbP)
TV Broadcast: ESPNU
Announcers: Matt Schick (PbP), Paul Biancardi (Analyst)
Live Stats: Presbyterian.Statbroadcast.com
Twitter: @BlueHoseSports

PC leads the series 15-13
Last 2 meetings:
2019: PC 68, UPST 59
2019: PC 64, UPST 61

USC Upstate
Record: 8-13, 3-5
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Jan. 25, 2020, vs UNC Asheville, W 80-63, in Sprtanburg, S.C.
Head Coach: Dave Dickerson
Career Record: 82-123 (7th year)
UPST Record: 14-39 (2nd year)
vs. PC: 0-2

Presbyterian College
Record: 8-13, 5-2
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Jan. 25, 2020 vs Winthrop, L 57-72, in Rock Hill, S.C.
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell
Career Record: 8-13 (1st year)
PC Record: 8-13 (1st year)
vs. WU: 0-0

NOTES
Presbyterian College returns home after a two-game road trek with a Thursday evening game against USC Upstate ... The Blue Hose own a 15-13 mark in the over all series and swept the regular-season series last year, including a 68-59 decision in the last meeting ... 

JC Younger hit six three-pointers, scoring 19 points to lead the team to the 68-59 win over USC Upstate in the last meeting ...

USC Upstate is 8-13 overall and 3-5 in the Big South after an 80-63 win over UNC Asheville in its last game ... Everette Hammond leads the Spartans with 14.7 points and 4.4 rebounds per game ... The team is averaging 68.6 points, 33.1 rebounds, and 11.8 assists per game  ...

PC is 8-13 overall and 5-3 in the Big South after a 57-72 loss at league-leading Winthrop in its last game ... Cory Hightower leads the team with 12.3 points, with Ben Drake tops in rebounds with 5.9 a game ... The Blue Hose are averaging 66.0 points, 33.9 rebounds, and 12.6 assists per game ... 

Winthrop outscored the Blue Hose 30-9 during a 10-minute stretch in the second half to pull away from a close contest and take the 72-57 win over PC in its last contest ... Chris Martin led the offense with 13 points, with CJ Melton pulling down a team-leading nine rebounds ... 

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 5-3 league record is the best in its Division I history ... Last year's team started 5-3 in the Big South as well ...

In league play the Blue Hose have been averaging 5.2 points more per game than out of conference, and are shooting .369 from the perimeter against league opponents, compared to .317 for other games ... Cory Hightower is scoring a pointer higher, freshman Zeb Graham is averaging just under four points more ... 

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 seven games four freshmen have started along with sophomore Cory Hightower ... Other starters are Michael Isler, who is averaging 26.3 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 fourth in scoring average (66.0), second in rebounding average (33.9), second in assists average (12.6), fourth in steals average (6.3), and first in field goal percentage defense (.435) ...

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 22 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 (586) ...

Several Blue Hose are showing up in the Big South stats ... Cory Hightower is 15th in scoring (12.3) and tied for 10th in rebounds (5.8), while Ben Drake is eighth in rebounding (5.8) ... Chris Martin is seventh in assists (3.1), Hightower is tied for 12th (2.7) ... Martin is 10th in steals (1.5) ... JC Younger is 10th in three-pointers made (1.8), while Michael Isler is 14th in blocks (0.5) ... Martin is eighth in assist/turnover ratio (1.4), while Hightower is sixth in minutes played (32.2) ...

In conference play the Blue Hose are in the top four in several categories, including third in scoring defense (71.0), fourth in scoring margin (+0.2), third in free throw percentage (.740), third in field goal percentage (.484), third in field goal percentage defense (.427), fourth in three-point field goal percentage (.369), and first in rebounding defense (30.4)

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 5-3 in Big South play ...

PC has made at least one three-pointer in the last 393 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 ...