Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose (5-18, Big South: 1-9) vs. Radford Highlanders (14-9, Big South: 8-2)
Date: Wednesday, February 1 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: 5-18
Big South Record: 1-9
Last Game: January 28, 2023 – Winthrop – L, 76-58
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell
Record at Presbyterian: Same
Career Record: 34-75 (4^th Season)

RADFORD
Record: 14-9
Big South Record: 8-2
Last Game: January 28, 2023 – at USC Upstate – W, 55-52
Head Coach: Darris Nichols  
Record at Radford:  25-26 (2^nd Season)
Career Record: Same

LAST TIME OUT
The Blue Hose lost to the Winthrop Eagles, 76-58, at the Templeton Center on Saturday afternoon.
 
Terrell Ard, Jr. and Marquis Barnett scored 15 points apiece.
 
BLUE HOSE BY THE NUMBERS
Jalen Forrest, who leads all freshmen in the Big South in scoring, is Presbyterian's leading scorer averaging 12.6 points per game. Forrest leads the Blue Hose in free throws made (73) and attempted (96). Crosby James, who has scored in double-figures 11 times, is second on the team in scoring averaging 10.3 points per game. James has connected on a team-leading 33 three-point field goals made. Barnett averages 8.8 points per game and is second on the team in rebounding averaging 5.1 boards per game. Ard leads the Blue Hose in rebounding averaging 5.5 rebounds per game. Ard averages 7.2 points per game. Trevon Reddish-Rhone averages 6.8 points while dishing out a team-leading 2.3 assists per game. Kobe Stewart averages 6.9 points while grabbing 4.1 rebounds per game. Owen McCormack averages 7.4 points and 3.8 rebounds per game while connecting on 29 three-point field goals.
 
NOTES
FORREST FOUR-TIME BIG SOUTH FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK - Forrest has been named Big South Freshman of the Week four times (November 28, January 9, January 16, and January 30).
 
DOUBLE-DOUBLES - The Blue Hose have had three double-doubles this season. Barnett has tallied two double-doubles: vs. Campbell (December 29) with 11 points and 12 rebounds and at USC Upstate (January 18) with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Ard recorded his first career double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds at UNC Asheville (January 25).
 
BENCH POINTS - Presbyterian behind the double-figure scoring performances from Forrest, Stewart, Houston Jones, and Quadir Pettaway off the bench in the win over Allen (December 19, 2022), the Blue Hose scored a season-high 58 bench points. This marked the most bench points scored by the Blue Hose since tallying 67 bench points in a home win over UNC Asheville on March 5, 2019. In the 2018-19 season, the Blue Hose recorded four games with at least 51 bench points.

This season, Presbyterian has had 17 double-figure scoring games off the bench. The Blue Hose average 20.9 points per game off the bench this season.
 
OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS - This season, Presbyterian averages 11.43 offensive boards per game, which ranks the Blue Hose 84th in the nation in offensive rebounds per game. The Blue Hose have recorded 13 double-figure offensive rebounds games (Carolina University - November 7, at The Citadel - November 10, at East Carolina - November 12, at UAB, November 16, vs. Bucknell - November 21, VMI - November 29, Elon - December 15, Allen - December 19, Campbell - December 29, January 4, at Winthrop, Charleston Southern - January 7, USC Upstate - January 18, and UNC Asheville - January 25). The Blue Hose grabbed a season-high 20 offensive boards at Winthrop on January 4, 2023.
 
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-RADFORD SERIES
Wednesday's game is the 30^th meeting between Presbyterian and Radford, who leads the all-time series 20-9. Presbyterian has won two of the last three games between the two teams including a 65-63 win in their last game at the Templeton Center on December 31, 2020. Radford defeated Presbyterian, 69-51, in their first game this season at Radford on December 31, 2022.
 
SCOUTING RADFORD
The Highlanders are on a seven-game winning streak. Redshirt junior guard DaQuan Smith leads the Highlanders in scoring averaging 12.9 points per game. Sophomore forward Justin Archer leads Radford in rebounding averaging 7.0 boards per game while chipping in with 8.1 points per game. Radford averages 70.9 per game while limiting their opponents to 64.1 points per game, which leads the Big South in scoring defense.