Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose (2-0) vs. The Citadel Bulldogs (0-2)
Date: Monday, November 13 at 7 p.m.
Site: Clinton, S.C. (Templeton Center)
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: GoBlueHose.com
Tickets: GoBlueHose.com

PRESBYTERIAN
Record: 2-0
Last Game: November 9, 2023 – Presbyterian 100, CIU 58
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell
Record at PC: 36-84 (5^th Season)
Career Record: Same

THE CITADEL
Record: 0-2
Last Game: November 10, 2023 – Boston College 75, The Citadel 71
Head Coach: Ed Conroy
Record at The Citadel: 59-100 (6^th Season)
Career Record: 192-243 (15^th Season)

PROMOTION
PC Employee Night – All Presbyterian employees (faculty and staff) and their families have free admission to the game, courtesy of game sponsor McGriff Insurance.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Presbyterian ran past CIU, 100-58, in their home opener on Thursday, November 9. The Blue Hose shot 55.4 percent from the field while limiting CIU to 36.8 percent shooting. Presbyterian scored 50 points in the paint. Junior guard Samage Teel, who transferred from Winston-Salem State, recorded his first double-figure scoring game at PC with 22 points. Junior guard Marquis Barnett scored 16 points. Senior guard Trevon Reddish-Rhone scored 10 points. Freshman guard Carl Parrish scored 15 points off the bench for the Blue Hose.  

REACHING THE CENTURY MARK - Presbyterian scored 100 points in their last game a 100-58 win over CIU (November 9). What is even more remarkable about that is the Blue Hose scored 91 points over the final 30 minutes of the game. The last time Presbyterian scored 100 points was in a 106-59 win over UNC Asheville on March 5, 2019.

HOME OPENER – With the 100-58 win over CIU, Presbyterian moved to 15-1 in their home opening game while a member of Division I

PRESBYTERIAN COACH QUINTON FERRELL - Quinton Ferrell is in his fifth 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 50 coaches in the NCAA Division I ranks who are coaching their alma maters.

WINNING SEASON OPENER – With the 68-62 win over Vanderbilt, the Blue Hose have now won their season-opening game for the second straight season and for the fourth time in Presbyterian's Division I era. The Blue Hose won their season-opening game in the 2011-12, 2016-17, 2022-23, and 2023-24 seasons.

POWER FIVE WINS - Presbyterian began the season with a 68-62 win over SEC foe Vanderbilt on the road (November 7). This marks the third time in the program's history that Presbyterian has defeated a Power Five team. In the 2010-11 season, Presbyterian defeated Auburn (December 18), 62-59, and Wake Forest (December 21), 66-64.  In the 2011-12 season, Presbyterian defeated Cincinnati (November 19), 56-54, on the road. Cincinnati is now a member of the Big 12 but when the Blue Hose defeated them in the 2011-12 season, the Bearcats were not a member of a Power Five league.

ITALY TRIP – This summer, Presbyterian took a nine-day trip to Italy, August 1-9,. The Blue Hose visited Rome, Florence, and Milan while playing a couple of exhibition games. During the trip, the Blue Hose visited several historic sites: the Vatican and the Sistine Chapel, the Colosseum in Rome; and the David statue in the Accademia Gallery in Florence. While today was the first official practice for the 2023-24 season, in preparation for the trip to Italy, Presbyterian was allowed to have 10 full-team practices leading up to the team's departure.

PRESBYTERIAN-THE CITADEL SERIES
Monday's game marks the 76^th meeting between Presbyterian and The Citadel, who leads the all-time series 50-25. The Citadel also holds a narrow 17-16 lead in the series when the game is played at PC. The Citadel defeated Presbyterian at home, 70-58, in their previous game on November 10, 2022. Senior guard Crosby James scored 21 points in that game and Barnett tallied 17 points and nine rebounds. Presbyterian defeated The Citadel, 74-70, in double overtime in their last game at the Templeton Center on November 15, 2021. Reddish-Rhone scored 14 points in that game.
 
SCOUTING THE CITADEL
The Bulldogs began the season with two games against ACC foes with a 72-59 road loss at NC State on November 6 and a 75-71 home loss to Boston College on November 10. Sophomore guard A.J. Smith leads the Bulldogs in scoring averaging 14.5 points per game. Forward Winston Hill, who transferred to The Citadel after graduating from Presbyterian last spring, averages 6.0 points and 5.5 rebounds this season. In his three seasons at Presbyterian, Hill scored 645 points and grabbed 330 rebounds.