Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose (8-9, Big South: 0-2) at Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs (8-7, Big South: 2-0)
Date/Time: Wednesday, January 12 at 7 p.m.
Site: Boiling Springs, N.C. (Paul Porter Arena)
TV Broadcast: ESPN3
Radio: Fox Sports Spartanburg (98.3 FM, 1400 AM) 97.1 WPCX (Ryan Clary - PxP)
Live Stats: Statbroadcast.com
Twitter: @BlueHoseHoops

BLUE HOSE BY THE NUMBERS

• Sophomore guard Rayshon Harrison, who scored 24 points in Presbyterian's last game, leads the Blue Hose and ranks second in the Big South Conference in scoring, averaging 17.0 points per game. Harrison averages 3.9 boards and leads the team in assists at 2.8 per game. Harrison leads the Big South in free throw percentage at 91.3 percent. 
• Senior forward Winston Hill is second on the team in scoring at 11.4 points per game, while leading the team and ranking second in the Big South in rebounding, averaging 6.6 boards per game.
• Junior guard Trevon Reddish-Rhone is third on the team in scoring averaging 9.2 points per game, while ranking second on the team in assists at 2.7 per game.
• Senior guard Brandon Younger, who scored 10 points against USC Upstate last Saturday, is fourth on the team in scoring, averaging 7.1 points per game.
• Sophomore guard Kobe Stewart averages 6.5 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.  Stewart is tied for sixth in the Big South averaging 1.5 steals per game.
• Junior forward Owen McCormack, who scored 10 points in Presbyterian's last game, averages 5.5 points and 3.1 rebounds per game.

 
OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS - Presbyterian is 14th in the nation in offensive rebounds per game, averaging 13.76 offensive boards per game. The Blue Hose have grabbed at least 17 offensive rebounds in a game seven times this season. Presbyterian collected a season-high 20 offensive rebounds in their first meeting with VMI, November 12.
 
REBOUNDS - Presbyterian is 21st in the nation in total rebounds with 621 boards this season.
 

PRESBYTERIAN-GARDNER-WEBB SERIES – Wednesday's game marks the 54^th meeting between Presbyterian and Gardner-Webb, who leads the all-time series, 30-23. Gardner-Webb won both games between the two teams last season. Reddish-Rhone scored 17 points, Harrison scored 15 points and Hill scored 14 points in the last Presbyterian-Gardner-Webb game which was played in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, February 5, 2021. The Blue Hose defeated Gardner-Webb, 65-61, in their last meeting in the Templeton Center, February 6, 2020.
 
SCOUTING GARDNER-WEBB – The Runnin' Bulldogs enter the game on a four-game winning streak with home wins over Converse and Hampton and road wins at Georgia and Charleston Southern.
 
Sophomore guard D'Maurian Williams leads Gardner-Webb in scoring, averaging 14.3 points per game. Junior guard Lance Terry is second on the team in scoring contributing 14.1 points per game to the Runnin' Bulldogs offensive attack. Junior forward Kareem Reid rounds out the double-figure scorers averaging 11.2 points per game.
Gardner-Webb averages 74.3 points per game while allowing their opponents to average 65.9 points per game.
 
Gardner-Webb coach Tim Craft is in his ninth season at the helm of the Runnin' Bulldogs program.

SPECTATOR POLICY - Due to different athletic departments' policies in regards to fans' attendance due to the increase in COVID cases. Please check the school's athletic website for their attendance policy before traveling to the game.  

UP NEXT – Presbyterian continues their two-game Big South Conference road swing at Hampton this Saturday, January 15 at 5:30 p.m.