Game Information
Opponent: High Point
Date: Jan. 24-25, 2021
Site: Millis Center (High Point, N.C.) 
Radio: WPCC
Announcers: Ryan Clary (PbP)
TV Broadcast: ESPN+
Live Stats: www.HighPointPanthers.com
Twitter: @BlueHoseSports

HPU leads the series 19-10
Last 3 meetings:
2020: HPU 82, PC 70
2020: PC 77, HPU 62
2019: HPU 74, PC 58

High Point
Record: 3-8, 1-5
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Jan. 20, 2021, at Longwood; L 54-67, in Farmville, Va.
Head Coach: Tubby Smith
Career Record: 625-348 (30th year)
HPU Record: 28-46 (3rd year)
vs. PC: 1-2

Presbyterian College
Record: 3-7, 1-5
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Jan 20, 2020 vs Winthrop; L 66-78, in Clinton, S.C.
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell
Career Record: 13-28 (2nd year)
PC Record: 13-27 (2nd year)
vs. HPU: 1-1

NOTES
Presbyterian College is in its 108th season of basketball in 2020-21 ... This season will go down as one of the more unique ones in history, with the COVID-19 Pandemic changing sports schedules around the country ... The Big South Conference created a 20-team round robin this season, with teams playing each other in back-to-back days ... The Blue Hose had eight games canceled, and three conference series against Gardner-Webb, UNC Asheville, and USC Upstate postponed ... PC did  pick up a game against Carver Dec. 14 ...

The Blue Hose head on the road for a two-game set at High Point Jan. 24-25 ... Both games will air live on ESPN+ and over the radio on WPCC ... 

High Point leads the overall series, 19-10, with the series split last season ... PC won at home, 77-62, while High Point won at its place, 82-70 ... 

The High Point Panthers are 3-8 overall and 1-5 in the league and are led by John-Michael Wright with 20.0 points per game, with Lydell Elmore pulling down a team-leading 5.8 rebounds per game ... HPU is averaging 67.6 points, 32.1 rebounds, and 12.5 assists per game ... 

Rayshon Harrison leads the Blue Hose with 16.3 points per game, while Winston Hill is tops on the boards with 6.8 a game ... PC averages 64.5points, 33.8 rebounds, and 10.2 assists per game ...

PC is coming off a two-game loss with Winthrop in its last Big South series ...

Game One Recap (WIN 72, PC 58)
A 15-4 run to end the first half, and a 13-5 run early in the second by Winthrop broke open a close game as the Eagles took the 72-58 win over PC in the first game ... Rayshon Harrison led the Blue Hose with 17 points ...

Game Two Recap (WIN 78, PC 66)
Winthrop had an answer for several Blue Hose rallies in the second half to come away with the 78-66 win over PC in the second game of the series ... Rayshon Harrison led PC with 16 points, followed by three others with 11 points apiece. Kirshon Thrash and Owen McCormack paced the team on the boards with seven rebounds each ...

Due to changes in NCAA transfer rules for this season, Trevon Reddish (CofC), and Brandon Younger (UNCC) are now eligible ... Winston Hill (FMU) became eligible as well, and made an immediate impact with a double-double in his PC debut (12 pts., 12 rbds) ...

With 10 players gone from last season and just four returners, youth is a theme for the season ... Gone from last year is 85% of the scoring, 76% of the rebounding, and 79% of the assist getters ... 

The Blue Hose youth are stepping up ... After 10 games, newcomers are accounting for the top three scorers, top three rebounders, and two of the top four assists leaders ...

Rayshon Harrison has been honored as Big South Freshman of the week three times this season ... In his first collegiate game, against Jacksonville, Rayshon Harrison scored 17 points and pulled down nine rebounds, which earned him the season's first Big South Freshman-of-the-Week honors ... He earned is second after leading the team in scoring against Carver and SC State, averaging 17.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game in two contest ... His third honor came after posting his second 20-point game against The Citadel ...

Early in the season the Blue Hose are already tops in a couple of PC DI season record books ... PC is second in rebounding average (33.8) and steals per game (6.7), and first in rebounding margin (1.5) ...

Signing last season and looking to make an immediate impact were point guard Ambaka Le Gregam (Nairobi, Kenya) and wing players Kobe Stewart (Augusta, Ga.) and Kirshon Thrash (McDonough, Ga.) ... The middle of April brought in the signing of guard Rayshon Harrison (Greenville, S.C.), forward Giancarlo Sanchez (Sharpsburg, Ga.), and center Will Ferguson (Yulee, Fla.) ... Coach Ferrell announced at the end of April the addition of forward Winston Hill (Columbia, S.C.) transferred in from Francis Marion ... Joining the Blue Hose the end of April and the beginning of May were transfers Brandon Younger (Marietta, Ga.), a guard who played last season for the Charlotte 49ers, and College of Charleston transfer guard Trevon Reddish ... Hill will sit out for the season due to NCAA transfer rules ... Guard Will Garvey (Acworth, Ga.) joined the team in the fall as a walk-on, rounding out the 10 newcomers for this season ...

The Blue Hose added international flair with the addition of Giancarlo Sanchez, who currently lives is Sharpsburg, Ga. ... He hails from Dominican Republic ... From Nairobi, Kenya, is newcomer Ambaka Le Gregam, who also lives in Concord, N.C. ... They join Sophomore Sean Jenkins, who moved to Spartanburg, S.C., from Cork, Ireland during high school ...