CLINTON, S.C.  – Fourteen Presbyterian players scored led by a career-high 19 points from Kobe Stewart as the Blue Hose (7-5) cruised past the Carver College Cougars (0-15), 98-33, at the Templeton Center.
 
Stewart's 19 points came on 8-for-10 shooting from the field. Owen McCormack scored 12 points off the bench while shooting 5-for-6 from the field. Trevon Reddish-Rhone tallied 11 points on 5-for-7 shooting from the field. Brandon Younger rounded out the Blue Hose double-figure scorers with 10 points while shooting 4-for-6 from the field.
 
Presbyterian shot 62.7 (37-for-59) percent from the field. While Presbyterian's defense limited Carver to 20.4 percent shooting from the field (10-for-49) and 15.4 percent shooting (2-for-13) from beyond the three-point arc.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST HALF – With Presbyterian leading 4-3 two and a half minutes into the game, the Blue Hose went on an 18-2 run over the next seven minutes taking a 22-5 lead when Terrell Ard, Jr. scored on a fast-break layup. The Blue Hose maintained a lead of 13-17 points until Reddish-Rhone scored on a fast-break layup pushing Presbyterian's lead to 34-13 with 4:04 on the clock. Presbyterian scored 10 of the half's final 12 points taking a 44-15 halftime lead.
 
SECOND HALF – Presbyterian scored the first four points of the half pushing their lead to 33 points, Carver College was not able to get any closer to the Presbyterian.
 
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"I was proud of our guys tonight," Presbyterian coach Quinton Ferrell said. "I was proud of our effort tonight. I thought we came out with the right mentality defensively."
 

NOTES

• Stewart's 19 points marked his third double-figure scoring game of the season.
• McCormack's 12 points marked his 18^th career double-digit scoring game.
• Reddish Rhone recorded his 16^th career double-figure scoring game with his 11 points.
• Younger tallied his seventh career double-figure scoring game with his 10 points.
• All fourteen Presbyterian players who played in the game scored at least two points including the first career three-point basket from junior forward Jack McMahon.
• Presbyterian finished the game with a 58-14 advantage on points in the paint. The Blue Hose tallied 33 fast break points. The Blue Hose bench contributed 46 points to the Blue Hose win.
• With the win, Presbyterian improved to 4-0 at home.

 
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