Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose (8-10, Big South: 0-3) vs. Winthrop Eagles (10-6, Big South: 3-0)
Date/Time: Thursday, January 20 at 6 p.m.
Site: Clinton, S.C. (Templeton Center)
TV Broadcast: ESPN3
Radio: Fox Sports Spartanburg (98.3 FM, 1400 AM) 97.1 WPCX (Ryan Clary - PxP)
Live Stats: GoBlueHose.com
Twitter: @BlueHoseHoops


BLUE HOSE BY THE NUMBERS

• Sophomore guard Rayshon Harrison, who scored 21 points in Presbyterian's last game, leads the Blue Hose and ranks second in the Big South Conference in scoring, averaging 17.2 points per game. Harrison averages 3.9 boards and leads the team in assists at 2.9 per game. Harrison leads the Big South in free throw percentage at 89.7 percent. 
• Senior forward Winston Hill is second on the team in scoring at 11.3 points per game, while leading the team and ranking second in the Big South in rebounding, averaging 6.7 boards per game.
• Junior guard Trevon Reddish-Rhone is third on the team in scoring averaging 8.8 points per game while ranking second on the team in assists at 2.8 per game.
• Senior guard Brandon Younger is fourth on the team in scoring, averaging 6.9 points per game.
• Sophomore guard Kobe Stewart averages 6.3 points and 3.9 rebounds per game.  Stewart is tied for seventh in the Big South averaging 1.4 steals per game.
• Junior forward Owen McCormack averages 5.4 points and 3.0 rebounds per game.
• Freshman guard Marquis Barnett recorded his first career double-figure scoring game with 13 points in Presbyterian's last game at Gardner-Webb.

 
OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS - Presbyterian is tied for 16th in the nation in offensive rebounds per game, averaging 13.50 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.
 
PRESBYTERIAN-WINTHROP SERIES – Thursday's game marks the 42 meeting between Presbyterian and Winthrop, who leads the all-time series which dates back to 1979, 28-13. The Eagles have won the last five meetings between the two teams. Winthrop beat Presbyterian, 78-66, in the Templeton Center in their last meeting, January 20, 2021. Harrison led the Blue Hose with 16 points. Kirshon Thrash, McCormack, and Reddish-Rhone each tallied 11 points apiece in that game.
 
SCOUTING WINTHROP – The Eagles enter the game on a four-game winning streak with home wins over Converse, Campbell, and UNC Asheville and a road win at Charleston Southern.
 
Winthrop has three double-figure scorers: redshirt sophomore forward D.J. Burns, Jr. leads the team in scoring at 16. 3 points per game, redshirt junior guard Patrick Good averages 11.3 points, and junior forward Cory Hightower averages 10.7 points. Hightower is Winthrop's leading rebounder at 6.5 boards per game.
 
Winthrop is the second highest-scoring offense in the Big South averaging 77.5 points per game while shooting a league-best 48.3 percent from the field.
 
Mark Prosser is in his first season at the helm of the Winthrop Eagles program.
 
UP NEXT – Presbyterian concludes their two-game homestand against Longwood at the Templeton Center this Saturday, January 22 at 3 p.m.