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Men's Basketball Travels To Asheville For Saturday Afternoon Tilt

Game Information
Opponent: UNC Asheville
Date: Feb. 22, 2020
Site: Kimmel Arena (Asheville, N.C.) 
Radio: WPCC
Announcers: Ryan Clary (PbP) Kenn Blankenship (Analyst)
TV Broadcast: ESPN3
Live Stats: www.uncabulldogs.com
Twitter: @BlueHoseSports

AVL leads the series 22-11
Last meeting:
2020: PC 79, AVL 77
2019: PC 106, AVL 59

UNC Asheville
Record: 12-14, 6-9
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Feb. 20, 2020, at Radford
    L, 64-79 at Radford    
Head Coach: Mike Morrell
Career Record: 16-41 (2nd year)
AVL Record: 16-41 (2nd year)
vs. PC: 0-4

Presbyterian College
Record: 9-19, 6-9
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Feb. 20, 2020 at High Point 
    L, 70-82 at High Point
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell
Career Record: 9-19 (1st year)
PC Record: 9-19 (1st year)
vs. AVL: 1-0

NOTES
Presbyterian College hits the road for the final time during the 2019-20 regular season on Saturday at UNC Asheville ... The game is slated for a 4:30 p.m. tip at Kimmel Arena in Asheville ... The game will be shown on ESPN3 on Saturday ... The Bulldogs hold a 22-11 all-time record against Presbyterian with PC taking the matchup in January by the score of 79-77 ...  

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 the Presbyterian College men's basketball team over UNC Asheville in the team's last meeting.  Cory Hightower led the Blue Hose with 18 points and eight rebounds.

UNC Asheville is 12-14 overall and 6-9 in conference play following a 79-64 loss against Radford on Thursday ... DeVon Baker leads the Bulldogs with 16.5 points per game, while LJ Thorpe paces UNC Asheville on the boards at 6.3 a contest ... UNC Asheville is averaging 75.7 points, 31.0 rebounds and 11.4 assists a game ... 

PC is 9-19 overall and 6-9 in the league, after falling to High Point, 82-70 in its last action ... Cory Hightower leads the team in points (13.2), and rebounds (5.7) per game ... The Blue Hose are averaging 67.7 points, 33.3 rebounds, and 12.3 assists per game  ... 

High Point shot almost 70% in the second half and used the hot shooting to earn an 82-70 league victory over the Presbyterian College men's basketball team on Thursday night inside the Millis Center in High Point, N.C. Ben Drake led the Blue Hose with 15 points and 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 232 …

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 4.4 points higher, and are shooting .351 from the perimeter against league opponents, compared to .320 overall ... Cory Hightower is scoring 1.3 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 (67.7), third in rebounding average (33.3), second in assists average (12.3), fourth in steals average (6.0), fifth in field goal percentage defense (..452), and second in rebounding margin (-0.4) ...

Several Blue Hose are showing up in the Big South stats ... Cory Hightower is 13th in scoring (13.2) and 11th in rebounds (5.7), while Ben Drake is 12th in rebounding (5.5) ... Chris Martin is 12th in assists (2.7), Hightower is 15th (2.5) ... Hightower is eighth in defensive rebounds (4.6) ... Martin is tied for ninth in steals (1.4) ... JC Younger is 12th in three-pointers made (1.7) ... Hightower is 10th in minutes played (32.3) ...

In conference play the Blue Hose are in the top five in several categories, including free throw percentage (.732 - 2nd), field goal percentage (.482 - 2nd), rebounding defense (30.7 - 1st), as well as rebounding margin (+1.9 - 4th) ... 

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 6-9 in Big South play ...

PC has made at least one three-pointer in the last 403 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