Game Information
Opponent: Hampton
Date: Feb. 1, 2020
Site: Hampon, Va. (Convocation Center)
Radio: WPCC
Announcers: Ryan Clary (PbP), Kenn Blankenship (Analyst)
TV Broadcast: ESPN+
Live Stats: www.HamptonPirates.com
Twitter: @BlueHoseSports

PC leads the series 1-0
Last meeting:
2019: PC 85, HU 70

Hampton
Record: 9-11, 4-3
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Jan. 25, 2020, at Radford, L 79-83, in Radford, Va.
Head Coach: Edward Joyner, Jr.
Career Record: 180-167 (11th year)
HAMP Record: 180-167 (11th year)
vs. PC: 0-1

Presbyterian College
Record: 8-14, 5-4
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Jan. 30, 2020 vs USC Upstate, L 74-77, in Clinton, S.C.
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell
Career Record: 8-14 (1st year)
PC Record: 8-14 (1st year)
vs. HAM: 0-0

NOTES
Presbyterian College heads to Hampton, Va., Feb. 1, with a 4 p.m., contest against Hampton ... The Blue Hose and Pirates have played just once, with PC taking the 85-70 decision last season ... 

Two Blue Hose scored over 20 points to lead PC to the 85-70 win over Hampton in the last meeting, in Clinton, S.C. ... PC shot 48.3% from the field, and finished with 10 three-pointers ...

Hampton is 9-11 overall and 4-3 in the Big South ... The Pirates last played on Jan. 25, falling at Radford, 79-83 ... Two players are averaging over 20 points, with Jermaine Morrow tops with 24.7 ppg, and Ben Stanley right behind with 22.1 ... Stanley is also first rebounding with 7.5 rebounds per game ... The Pirates average 78.2 points, 36.5 rebounds, and 15.0 assists per game ...

PC is 8-14 overall and 5-4 in the Big South after a tight 74-77 loss to USC Upstate Jan. 30 ... Cory Hightower leads the Blue Hose with 12.6 points and 5.9 rebounds per game ... PC averages 66.3 points, 34.0 rebounds, and 12.4 assists per game ... 

USC Upstate's Everette Hammond connected on a three-pointer as time expired to lead the Spartans to a 77-74 victory over PC this past Thursday night ... Cory Hightower led the offense with 19 points, while also pulling down a team-leading seven rebounds ... Michael Isler recorded a career-high 17 points, off a career-best seven field goals ... 

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 ... 

In league play the Blue Hose have been averaging 5.3 points higher, and are shooting .363 from the perimeter against league opponents, compared to .317 overall ... Cory Hightower is scoring 1.4 more points per game, while 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 eight games four freshmen have started along with sophomore Cory Hightower ... Other starters are Michael Isler, who is averaging 26.6 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 (66.3), second in rebounding average (34.0), second in assists average (12.4), fourth in steals average (6.2), and first in field goal percentage defense (.441) and rebounding margin (0.1) ...

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 (605) ...

Several Blue Hose are showing up in the Big South stats ... Cory Hightower is 16th in scoring (12.6) and eighth in rebounds (5.9), while Ben Drake is ninth in rebounding (5.8) ... Chris Martin is eighth in assists (3.0), Hightower is 12th (2.6) ... Martin is 12th in steals (1.4) ... JC Younger is 12th in three-pointers made (1.7), while Michael Isler is tied for 13th in blocks (0.5) ... Martin is seventh in assist/turnover ratio (1.4), while Hightower is sixth in minutes played (32.3) ...

In conference play the Blue Hose are in the top five in several categories, including scoring (71.6 - 5th), scoring defense (71.7 - t4th), scoring margin (-0.1 - 5th), free throw percentage (.739 - 3rd), field goal percentage (.486 - 2nd), field goal percentage defense (.444 - 5th), three-point field goal percentage (.363 - 4th), as well as rebounding margin (+4.7 - 2nd) ...

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 5-4 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 5-4 in Big South play ...

PC has made at least one three-pointer in the last 394 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 ...