Blue Hose Kickoff Second Half of League Play at Winthrop on Saturday

CLINTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College women's basketball team opens the second half of conference play with a trip to Rock Hill to battle Winthrop on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m… The Blue Hose are looking to sweep the Eagles after defeating Winthrop 66-47 in Clinton January 4th.

Matchup: Presbyterian (9-11, 5-4) at Winthrop (3-16, 1-7)
Date: Saturday, January 28
Time: 2 pm
Site: Winthrop Coliseum (Rock Hill, S.C.)
Live Video: ESPN+
Live Stats: Statbroadcast
Twitter: @bluehosewbb

Notes

Opening Tip
- The Blue Hose begin the second half of league play on Saturday with a trip to Rock Hill to battle Winthrop in Big South action. The Eagles and Blue Hose met on January 4th in Clinton with PC earning a 66-47 victory over Winthrop to improve to 2-1 in league play at the time.

Last Time Out
- The Presbyterian College women's basketball team got back in the win column on Wednesday night with a 67-53 victory over UNC Asheville inside the Templeton Center. The Blue Hose were led offensively by Mara Neira with 17 points, as Núria Cunill led PC on the boards with 13 rebounds in the win over the Bulldogs.

Last Time Out vs the Eagles
- Following a tie score at the half, the Presbyterian College women's basketball team used a 15-3 run to begin the second half en route to the 66-47 victory on Wednesday night inside the Templeton Center. Aubrie Kierscht led the Blue Hose offense with a career-high 18 points as she connected on six threes, as Bryanna Brady added 15 points and six rebounds.

Blue Hose Filling Up the Basket in League Play
- The Blue Hose have continued to the fill the basket up throughout the first half of league play as one of only two teams averaging 70+ points/game with 71.8 ppg thru nine league games. PC has scored at least 66 points/game in eight of nine league games with three games eclipsing the 80 point plateau. The Blue Hose have been led in league play by Brady who's averaging 14.3 points/game while freshman Kierscht sits at 11.9 points per game and Tilda Sjökvist has scored 10.7 ppg.

Scouting the Eagles
- Winthrop enters Saturday's action with a 3-16 record following a 53-49 setback against CSU on Wednesday night in Charleston. The Eagles are led offensively by Paige Powell who's averaging 11.6 points/game and has pulled down a team-high 7.3 rebounds per game. Shamyjha Price has scored 9.9 ppg for the Eagles. Leonor Paisana leads Winthrop in the assist category with 53 helpers. In the first meeting between the two teams, Powell led the Eagles with 23 points and eight rebounds as she went 8-of-12 from the floor in Winthrop's 66-47 setback on Jan. 4th. In league play, Powell is tied with Brady in points/game at 14.3 over eight league contests.

Single-Season & Career Record Watch
- Sjökvist enters Saturday's game contest second in the single-season Blue Hose DI record book with a 41.7% three-point percentage. Kierscht sits sixth on the same list at 40.7%... Brady is third in the same single-season record book with a 54.9% field-goal percentage... She's also sixth in the single-season record book with 24 blocks thus far in the 2022-23 season... With her three assists on Wednesday, Sjökvist is tied for 11th in the single-season DI record book with 83 assists this season.
- In the Blue Hose career DI record book Brady ranks second in field goal percentage at 53.5% over her time with the Blue Hose...Brady enters Wednesday's action with 37 career blocks for PC which ranks in a tie for seventh in the career DI record book...

Head-to-Head vs. the Eagles
- Winthrop sits with a 16-15 edge in the all-time DI series against the Blue Hose with PC earning wins in six of the last eight meetings against Winthrop which included earlier this season in Clinton. Winthrop defeated the Blue Hose in the last head-to-head meeting that took place in Rock Hill with a 58-42 win on February 1, 2022.

Brady Filling Up the Basket in League
- Brady has scored double figures in six of nine conference contests highlighted by a career-high 29-point performance against Gardner-Webb. Brady is averaging a team-high 14.3 points/game in league play which ranks in a tie for sixth in the league. Brady has tallied 11 double-figure scoring games overall with six of those happening in league contests including five of the last seven times the Blue Hose have taken the floor this season.

Kierscht Heating Up from Beyond the Arc
- The Blue Hose freshman continues to light it up from beyond the arc especially in conference play for PC as Kierscht has connected on 28 threes in league action highlighted by a season-high six against Winthrop. Kierscht has made a team-high 44 on the season which puts her third in the Big South as she sits in the top spot in the Big South with her three-point percentage at 40.7% thus far in the 2022-23 season. She's connected on multiple threes in 10 contests this season.

Sjökvist Racking Up the Helpers
- The Huskvarna, Sweden native continues to rack up the assists throughout the 2022-23 season as Sjökvist has totaled 83 assists this season including 41 of those coming in first half of league play. She sits second in the league and in the top 70 in the nation in assists with her 80 helpers as she's also second in the conference with 4.2 assists/game. She's had eight games this season with 5+ assists.

Blue Hose in the Ranks
- Brady enters play on Saturday at the fifth spot in the league with 13.3 points/game... she also maintains the top spot in the league as the lone qualified player in the Big South shooting over 50% at 54.9% in the Blue Hose 20 games... Kierscht ranks third in the conference with 44 threes and is averaging 2.2 triples per contest... Sjökvist and Neira are tied for sixth in the league with 30 threes on the season... Sjökvist sits second in the Big South with 83 assists and is averaging 4.2 per contest which also puts her second in the league... Brady places second with 24 blocks... As a team, the Blue Hose are second in points/game with 67.1, second in field goal percentage at 43.7%, tied for first in three-point percentage at 34.6%, second in three pointers, second in rebounds/game at 39.6, second in assists 304...

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Players Mentioned

#34 Bryanna Brady: C; 6' 3"; Fifth Year

#4 Tilda Sjökvist: G; 5' 5"; Freshman

#10 Mara Neira: G; 5' 7"; Sophomore

#00 Aubrie Kierscht: G; 5' 6"; Freshman

#22 Núria Cunill: F; 6' 1"; Junior

Players Mentioned

#34 Bryanna Brady
: 6' 3"; Fifth Year
: C

#4 Tilda Sjökvist
: 5' 5"; Freshman
: G

#10 Mara Neira
: 5' 7"; Sophomore
: G

#00 Aubrie Kierscht
: 5' 6"; Freshman
: G

#22 Núria Cunill
: 6' 1"; Junior
: F