Game Information
Opponent: Gardner-Webb
Date: Jan. 4, 2020
Site: Boiling Springs, N.C. (Paul Porter Arena)
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: www.GWUSports.com
Twitter: @BlueHoseSports

Gardner-Webb leads the series 28-21
Last 2 meetings:
2019: GWU 78, PC 70
2019: PC 103, GWU 101 (ot)

Gardner-Webb
Record: 5-8, 1-0
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Jan. 2, 2020, at Campbell, W 67-65, in Buies Creek, N.C.
Head Coach: Tim Craft
Career Record: 115-98 (7th year)
ASH Record: 115-98 (7th year)
vs. PC: 10-1

Presbyterian College
Record: 4-10, 1-0
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Jan. 2, 2020 vs UNC Asheville, W 79-77, in Clinton, S.C.
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell
Career Record: 4-10 (1st year)
PC Record: 4-10 (1st year)
vs. GWU: 0-0

NOTES
The Blue Hose head just up the road to Boiling Springs Saturday for a 3 p.m., contest at Gardner-Webb ... The Runnin' Bulldogs are 28-21 overall against the Blue Hose, with both teams taking home wins last season ... 

The Blue Hose outscored the Runnin' Bulldogs 24-13 during a 10-minute stretch in the second half to cut a double-digit deficit to just two with a couple of minutes to play, but Gardner-Webb used an 8-0 run to stop the rally and take the 78-70 win in the last meeting in Boiling Springs, N.C. ... Three Blue Hose scored in double-figures in that game, including JC Younger with his 14 points  ...

Gardner-Webb is 5-8 overall and 1-0 in the league after opening league play with a 67-65 win at Campbell ... Eric Jamison, Jr. leads the Runnin' Bulldogs with 15.1 points per game, with Jose Perez tops on the boards with 6.8 rebounds per game ... GWU is averaging 66.9 points, 34.2 rebounds and 12.3 assists per game, and has won its last two in a row ... 

PC, having won its last two in a row, is  4-10 overall and 1-0 in the conference ... The Blue Hose are coming off a 79-77 win against UNC Asheville and are led by Cory Hightower with 12.1 points, and 5.5 rebounds per game ... PC is averaging 63.9 points, 33.7 rebounds, and 12.4 assists per game ...

Chris Martin capped off an 11-5 run over the final two minutes with a layup with .2 seconds left to turn a four-point deficit to a two-point, 79-77, win for PC over UNC Asheville in the Big South opener Thursday night at Templeton Center ... Cory Hightower led the Blue Hose with 18 points and eight rebounds ... 

After its Big South Conference opening win against UNC Asheville Thursday, PC is looking to start 2-0 in the conference for the first time in it's Division I history when it takes on Gardner-Webb on Saturday ...

A young team in 2019-20, the Blue Hose have enlisted several new starters this season, including freshman Michael Isler who is averaging 27.6 minutes and has started 13 of 14 ... Ben Drake, a redshirt senior, saw limited action the last few seasons due to injury, has started all but two games, while freshmen Sean Jenkins and Zeb Jenkins have started the last two 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 sixth in scoring average (63.9), seventh in field goal percentage (.438), third in rebounding average (33.7), and second in assists average (12.4), third in steals average (6.5), and first in field goal percentage defense (.441) ...

JC Younger moved closer to first in the PC DI career record book ... He has 209 and is just five from taking over the top spot ... He is also only 71 points from 1,000 for his career, which would make him the fifth player in PC DI history to reach the historic plateau ... Cory Hightower has 497 points and is just three from 500 for his career ...

Several Blue Hose are showing up in the Big South stats ... Cory Hightower is 15th in scoring (12.1) and eighth in rebounds (5.5), while Ben Drake is ninth in rebounding (5.4) ... Chris Martin is fifth in assists (3.4), Hightower is tied for 10th (2.7) ... Martin is third in steals (1.9) ... JC Younger is ninth in three-pointers made (1.7) ... Martin is seventh in assist/turnover ratio (1.9), while Hightower is second in minutes played (33.0) ...

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 386 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 ...