Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose (8-8, Big South: 0-1) vs. USC Upstate Spartans (3-10, Big South: 0-1)
Date/Time: Saturday, January 8 at 4 p.m.
Site: Clinton, S.C. (Templeton Center)
TV Broadcast: ESPN+
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 leads Presbyterian and ranks third in the Big South Conference in scoring, averaging 16.6 points per game. Harrison averages 4.1 boards and is second on the team in assists at 2.6 per game. Harrison leads the Big South in free throw percentage at 91.2 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 6.7 boards per game.
• Junior guard Trevon Reddish-Rhone is third on the team in scoring averaging 9.3 points per game while leading 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 6.5 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.  Stewart is tied for sixth in the Big South averaging 1.6 steals per game.
• Junior forward Owen McCormack averages 5.2 points and 3.2 rebounds per game.

OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS - Presbyterian is 12th in the nation in offensive rebounds per game, averaging 14.06 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 seventh in the nation in total rebounds with 597 boards this season.
 
AT HOME AT TEMPLETON - Presbyterian defeated VMI, 73-72, in overtime in their home opener on Friday, November 12. With the 74-70 double-overtime win over The Citadel, a 90-61 win over Bob Jones (Dec. 3), and the 98-33 win over Carver (Dec. 15), the Blue Hose won their first four home games for the first time since the 2017-18 season. The Blue Hose won their first six home games in the 2017-18 season. The Blue Hose are 5-1 at home this season. Presbyterian plays eight more home games in the Templeton Center.
 
PRESBYTERIAN-USC UPSTATE SERIES – Saturday's game will be the 32^nd meeting between Presbyterian and USC Upstate. The Blue Hose lead the all-time series, 16-15. The two teams split their two meetings last season. USC Upstate defeated Presbyterian, 65-51, in their last meeting at the Templeton Center, February 18, 2021. Harrison (20 points), Hill (12 points), and McCormack (11 points) all scored in double-figures in that game. The Blue Hose defeated the Spartans in their first meeting last season, 75-65, in the Templeton Center, February 15, 2021. Reddish-Rhone scored 23 points and Harrison scored 22 points in Presbyterian's win.
 
SCOUTING USC UPSTATE – The Spartans enter the game with wins over St. Andrews, South Carolina State, and Converse. USC Upstate is led in scoring by senior guard Bryson Mozone who averages 13.9 points per game. Freshman guard Jordan Gainey is second on the team in scoring averaging 10.2 points per game. Senior guard Josh Aldrich leads the Spartans in rebounding averaging 5.2 boards per game.
 
USC Upstate averages 68.5 points per game while allowing their opponents to average 72.5 points per game.
 
Coach Dave Dickerson is in his fourth season at the helm of the Spartans program.

UP NEXT - Presbyterian plays Gardner-Webb on the road in Boiling Springs, North Carolina next Wednesday, January 12 at 7 p.m.