Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose (1-6) vs. VMI Keydets (2-5)
Date: Tuesday, November 29, at 7:00 p.m.
Site: Clinton, S.C. (Templeton Center)
Watch: ESPN+
Radio: WSPG (98.3, 1400 AM Fox Sports Spartanburg) Ryan Clary (PxP)
Live Stats: GoBlueHose.com
Twitter: @BlueHoseHoops

PRESBYTERIAN
Record: 1-6
Last Game: November 26, 2022, at Charlotte – L, 69-42
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell
Career Record: 30-63 (4^th year)
PC Record: Same

VMI
Record: 2-5
Last Game: November 26, 2022, Regent – W, 108-58
Head Coach: Andrew Wilson
Record at VMI: 2-5 (1^st Season)
Career Record: Same

LAST TIME OUT
The Blue Hose lost to the Charlotte 49ers, 69-42, on the road this past Saturday. Marquis Barnett and Houston Jones led Presbyterian with 10 points each. Barnett also grabbed eight rebounds. Jalen Forrest scored eight points.
 
BLUE HOSE BY THE NUMBERS
Winston Hill, who played in his first three games of the season this past week after recovering from an injury, leads the Blue Hose in scoring at 11.7 points and rebounding at 6.0 boards. Crosby James, who has scored in double-figures in four of Presbyterian's seven games, is second on the team averaging 9.6 points per game. Barnett averages 9.1 points per game. Terrell Ard, Jr. and Barnett are tied for the team lead in rebounding, averaging 5.3 boards per game. Forrest, who has tallied three double-figure scoring games off the bench this season, leads the Blue Hose in free throws made (20) and free throw attempts (29).
 
NOTES
OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS - This season, Presbyterian ranks 39th in the nation averaging 13.1 offensive boards per game. The Blue Hose have recorded five double-figure offensive rebounds games (Carolina University - November 7, at The Citadel - November 10, at East Carolina - November 12, and at UAB, November 16, and vs. Bucknell - November 21). The Blue Hose grabbed a season-high 18 offensive boards against Carolina University (November 7).
 
Last season, Presbyterian finished 24th in the nation and first in the Big South Conference in offensive rebounds per game, averaging 12.38 offensive boards per game.

SAME STARTING FIVE - Presbyterian has used the same starting lineup in each of its first seven games. Guards Barnett, James, Trevon Reddish-Rhone, and forwards Ard, Jr. and Owen McCormack have been the Blue Hose's starting lineup in each game this season.
 
DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORERS – Eight Presbyterian players have recorded at least one double-figure scoring game this season. Reddish-Rhone, McCormack, James, Forrest, Barnett, Hill, Ard, Jr., and Jones have all tallied at least one double-figure scoring game this season.
 
COACH FERRELL - Quinton Ferrell is in his fourth season as the head coach of his alma mater, Presbyterian College. Ferrell, a former Blue Hose team captain and a 2007 PC graduate, is one of 52 coaches in the NCAA Division I ranks that are coaching their alma maters.
 
PRESBYTERIAN-VMI SERIES
Tuesday's game marks the 17^th meeting between Presbyterian and VMI. The Blue Hose have won the last four games to lead the series, 9-7. Presbyterian defeated VMI in both of their meetings last season with one of them in Templeton and the other game in the New Orleans Classic. Hill recorded a double-double with 22 points and 12 rebounds in Presbyterian's 73-72 overtime win over VMI in the Templeton Center last season, November 12, 2021.

SCOUTING VMI
This season, the Keydets enter the game after a 108-58 home win over Regent this past Saturday. Freshman guard Asher Woods leads VMI in scoring averaging 14.6 points per game. Senior guard Sean Conway has connected on a team-leading 19 three-point field goals while averaging 13.4 points per game. Freshman guard Tony Felder rounds out the Keydets double-figure scorers averaging 12.6 points per game. As a team, VMI is averaging 77.3 points per game while their opponents have averaged 76.6 points per game. VMI ranks 15^th in the nation in three-point field goals made per game averaging 10.9 threes per game.