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Quinton Ferrell

Men's Basketball

Blue Hose Begin Two-Game Road Trip at High Point

Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.

Game Information
Opponent: High Point
Date: Feb. 20, 2020
Site: High Point, N.C. (Millis Center)
Radio: WPCC
Announcers: Ryan Clary (PbP) Kenn Blankenship (Analyst)
TV Broadcast: ESPN+
Live Stats: www.highpointpanthers.com
Twitter: @BlueHoseSports

HPU leads the series 18-10
Last meeting:
2020: PC 77, HPU 62
2019: HPU 74, PC 58

High Point
Record: 8-19, 5-9
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Feb. 15, 2020, vs. USC Upstate
W, 62-54, in High Point, N.C.
Head Coach: Tubby Smith
Career Record: 621-336 (29th year)
HPU Record: 24-29 (2nd year)
vs. PC: 1-2

Presbyterian College
Record: 9-18, 6-8
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Feb. 15, 2020 vs Radford
L 88-89 in Clinton, S.C.
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell
Career Record: 9-18 (1st year)
PC Record: 9-18 (1st year)
vs. HPU: 1-0

NOTES
Presbyterian College hits the road on Thursday for the first of two consecutive road games against High Point ... The game tips at 7 p.m. ... The game will be shown on ESPN+ on Thursday night ... The Panthers own an 18-10 record against the Blue Hose with PC taking the last meeting earlier this season, 77-62...

PC shot over 50% in the second half and broke open a five-point game at intermission, hitting six three-pointers in the final 20 minutes to take the 77-62 win over High Point in the last meeting. Zeb Graham led four Blue Hose in double-figures with a career-high 19 points, followed by JC Younger with 15.

High Point is 8-19 overall and 5-9 in league play following a 62-54 victory against USC Upstate on Saturday ... John-Michael Wright leads the Panthers with 14.2 points per game, while leading in rebounds with 5.3 per game ... High Point is averaging 65.3 points, 34.6 rebounds and 12.3 assists per game...

PC is 9-18 overall and 6-8 in the league, after falling at home vs Winthrop, 88-89, in its last game ... Cory Hightower leads the team in points (13.4), and rebounds (5.8) per game ... The Blue Hose are averaging 67.6 points, 33.5 rebounds, and 12.2 assists per game  ...

PC overcame a 12-point deficit early in the second half to take the lead but could not hang on down the stretch, as the Presbyterian College men's basketball team dropped a tight 89-88 decision against Winthrop in its last action ... Chris Martin led PC with a career-high 26 points, with Michael Isler leading the way on the glass with six rebounds.

With 13 points at Radford JC Younger hit the 1,000-point career plateau, which makes him the fifth player in PC DI history to reach the historic number ... He is now in the top five in PC DI career scoring ... With a three-pointer at Longwood JC also took over the top spot in the PC Division I career record book with 215, he now has 229 …

With 12 points against Gardner-Webb Cory Hightower eclipsed 500 career points (now at 671) ...

PC experienced a five-game winning streak earlier this season, 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 4.6 points higher, and are shooting .352 from the perimeter against league opponents, compared to .320 overall ... Cory Hightower is scoring 1.6 more points per game, while freshman Zeb Graham is averaging almost two more ...

Ben Drake's career-high 16 rebounds in the first meeting against 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 ... Nine times this season, four freshmen started along with sophomore Cory Hightower ... Other starters have been Michael Isler, who is averaging 26.4 minutes, as well as Zeb Graham, Sean Jenkins, and Owen McCormack, who are averaging over 15 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 second in scoring average (67.6), third in rebounding average (33.5), second in assists average (12.2), fourth in steals average (6.0), fifth in field goal percentage defense (.449), and second in rebounding margin (-0.4) ...

Several Blue Hose are showing up in the Big South stats ... Cory Hightower is 13th in scoring (13.4) and 10th in rebounds (5.8), while Ben Drake is 12th in rebounding (5.5) ... Chris Martin is 12th in assists (2.8), Hightower is 12th (2.7) ... Hightower is sixth in defensive rebounds (4.6) ... Martin is tied for seventh in steals (1.4) ... JC Younger is 12th in three-pointers made (1.7) ... Hightower is eighth in minutes played (32.7) ...

In conference play the Blue Hose are in the top five in several categories, including free throw percentage (.735 - 2nd), field goal percentage (.481 - 2nd), rebounding defense (31.1 - 1st), as well as rebounding margin (+1.9 - 3rd) ...

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 6-5 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 6-7 in Big South play ...

PC has made at least one three-pointer in the last 402 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 ...
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Players Mentioned

Ben Drake

#4 Ben Drake

F
6' 8"
Redshirt Senior
Zeb Graham

#5 Zeb Graham

G
6' 0"
Freshman
Cory Hightower

#12 Cory Hightower

F
6' 7"
Sophomore
Michael Isler

#22 Michael Isler

G
6' 4"
Freshman
Sean Jenkins

#10 Sean Jenkins

G
6' 4"
Freshman
Chris Martin

#0 Chris Martin

G
6' 0"
Sophomore
Owen McCormack

#15 Owen McCormack

F
6' 9"
Freshman
JC Younger

#25 JC Younger

G
6' 4"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Ben Drake

#4 Ben Drake

6' 8"
Redshirt Senior
F
Zeb Graham

#5 Zeb Graham

6' 0"
Freshman
G
Cory Hightower

#12 Cory Hightower

6' 7"
Sophomore
F
Michael Isler

#22 Michael Isler

6' 4"
Freshman
G
Sean Jenkins

#10 Sean Jenkins

6' 4"
Freshman
G
Chris Martin

#0 Chris Martin

6' 0"
Sophomore
G
Owen McCormack

#15 Owen McCormack

6' 9"
Freshman
F
JC Younger

#25 JC Younger

6' 4"
Senior
G