Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose (11-15, Big South: 3-8) at Winthrop Eagles (16-8, Big South: 9-2)
Date/Time: Saturday, February 12 at 4:30 p.m.
Site: Rock Hill, S.C. (Winthrop Coliseum)
TV Broadcast: ESPN+
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 recorded his third straight 20-points scoring game with 24 points against High Point, leads the Blue Hose and ranks second in the Big South Conference in scoring averaging 17.5 points per game. Harrison averages 3.9 boards and is second on the team in assists at 2.7 per game.
- Senior forward Winston Hill, who scored 17 points and grabbed five rebounds against High Point, is second on the team in scoring at 11.0 points per game while leading the team and ranking third in the Big South in rebounding averaging 6.5 boards per game.
- Junior guard Trevon Reddish-Rhone, who scored 11 points on 5-for-5 shooting from the field. is third on the team in scoring averaging 9.1 points per game while leading the team in assists at 2.9 per game.
- Senior guard Brandon Younger is fourth on the team in scoring averaging 6.2 points per game. Younger scored nine points and grabbed seven rebounds against High Point on Wednesday evening.
- Sophomore guard Kobe Stewart averages 5.6 points and 3.5 rebounds per game. Stewart ranks in the top 12 in the Big South in steals averaging 1.3 per game.
- Junior forward Owen McCormack averages 5.0 points.
- Freshman guard Marquis Barnett averages 7.7 points per game in Big South Conference play.
- Redshirt freshman forward Terrell Ard, Jr. has started Presbyterian's last eight games.
- Sophomore guard Kirshon Thrash scored 10 points off the bench at Hampton.
OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS - Presbyterian ranks 30th in the nation in offensive rebounds per game, averaging 12.58 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 has recorded double-figure offensive rebounds in 19 games this season.
HARRISON AMONG NATION'S LEADERS IN FREE THROW PERCENTAGE - Harrison ranks 33rd in the nation and first in the Big South in free throw percentage shooting 88.0 percent from the line.
PRESBYTERIAN-WINTHROP SERIES – Saturday's game marks the 43
rd meeting between Presbyterian and Winthrop, who leads the all-time series which dates back to 1979, 29-13. The Eagles have won the last five meetings between the two teams. The last meeting, Winthrop beat Presbyterian in a tightly contested game, 60-58, at Presbyterian on January 20. Barnett led the Blue Hose with 14 points in that game. Hill scored 11 points and Harrison scored 10 points and grabbed seven rebounds in the previous meeting.
SCOUTING WINTHROP
- The Eagles enter the game on a three-game winning streak with home wins over North Carolina A&T and Radford and a road win at Hampton.
- Winthrop has three double-figure scorers: redshirt sophomore forward D.J. Burns, Jr. leads the team in scoring at 15.8 points per game, junior forward Cory Hightower averages 11.0 points and redshirt junior guard Patrick Good averages 10.8 points. Hightower is Winthrop's leading rebounder at 6.0 boards per game.
- Winthrop is the second highest-scoring offense in the Big South averaging 74.8 points per game while shooting a league-best 48.2 percent from the field.
- Mark Prosser is in his first season at the helm of the Winthrop Eagles program.
UP NEXT – The Blue Hose travel to Spartanburg, South Carolina to play USC Upstate next Wednesday, February 16 at 6 p.m.