Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose (5-1) vs. Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (1-4)
Date: Wednesday, November 22 at 2 p.m.
Site: Clinton, S.C. (Templeton Center)
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: GoBlueHose.com
Tickets: GoBlueHose.com

PRESBYTERIAN
Record: 5-1
Last Game: November 18, 2023 – Presbyterian 78, Northwestern State 75
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell
Record at PC: 39-85 (5^th Season)
Career Record: Same


TENNESSEE TECH
Record: 1-4
Last Game: November 19, 2023 – Chattanooga 68, Tennessee Tech 63
Head Coach: John Pelphrey (Kentucky, 1992)
Record at Tennessee Tech: 42-86 (5th Season)
Career Record: 191-212 (14th Season)
 
LAST TIME OUT
Behind four double-figure scorers and a block from junior forward Jonah Pierce in the closing seconds, the Presbyterian Blue Hose (5-1) defeated the Northwestern State Demons (1-5), 78-75, in their final game of the First Coast Classic at the University of North Florida last Saturday. Junior guard Marquis Barnett paced the Blue Hose with 18 points while dishing out three assists. Junior guard Samage Teel with a solid all-around performance with 16 points, six rebounds, and four assists. Freshman guard Kory Mincy recorded his first career double-digit scoring game with 13 points off the bench. Mincy connected on three three-point field goals in the game. Senior guard Kobe Stewart rounded out the Blue Hose double-figure scorers with 11 points while grabbing eight rebounds
 
BEST START IN DIVISION I ERA - Presbyterian began the season 4-0 which is best start in the school's Division I era. Presbyterian began the 2006-07 season, 4-0, which is the last time that PC won their first four games of the season. The 2006-07 season was PC's last season as a member of  Division II.
 
BLOCKED SHOTS - Presbyterian has already tallied 28 blocked shots and are averaging 4.7 blocks per game as a team. Marquis Barnett has recorded 12 blocks this season to rank among the nation's leaders at 2.0 blocks per game. In Presbyterian's win over The Citadel (November 13), he tallied five blocked shots  which is tied for the fourth most blocks in a game in the program's Division I era.
 
BIG SOUTH WEEKLY AWARDS - Barnett garnered Big South Player of the Week honors this week (November 20). Barnett is the eighth different Blue Hose player to earn the Big South Men's Basketball Player of the Week award in the program's history. For the week, he averaged 14.5 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 2.3 blocks per game in helping lead the Blue Hose to a 3-1 record last week with a home win over The Citadel, a road win at North Florida, and a neutral site win over Northwestern State.
 
BLUE HOSE DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORERS - Over the first six games, Presbyterian has already had ten different players score in double-figures. Teel (five times), Barnett (four times), Kaleb Scott (two times), Crosby James (two times), Jamahri Harvey (two times), Trevon Reddish-Rhone (two times) , Carl Parrish (once), Pierce (once), Stewart (once) and Mincy (once) have all tallied double digit scoring games this season.
 
FIVE WINS ALREADY - The Presbyterian Blue Hose have already tied last season's win total with five wins over their first six games.
 
REGULAR-SEASON TOURNAMENT - The Presbyterian Blue Hose won two games with wins over host North Florida and Northwestern State in the three-game First Coast Classic at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Fla., November 16-18. This marked the third consecutive season that the Blue Hose have played in a tournament in November. The First Coast Classic was the 12th regular-season tournament that PC has played in since moving to Division I in 2007-08. In the 2021-22 season, the Blue Hose claimed the University of New Orleans Classic title with wins over New Orleans, VMI, and Central Arkansas.
 
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.
 
REACHING THE CENTURY MARK - Presbyterian scored 100 points in their 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.
 
PC 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.
 
PRESBYTERIAN-TENNESSEE TECH SERIES
Tuesday's game will be the second-ever meeting between the two teams. Presbyterian defeated Tennessee Tech, 80-65, on the road in their previous game on November 10, 2018.  
 
SCOUTING TENNESSEE TECH
The Golden Eagles enter the game with a 1-4 record with a win over Midway and losses to No. 8 Tennessee, Murray State, Lipscomb, and Chattanooga. Tennessee Tech averages 64.8 points and 32.4 rebounds per game. Their five opponents have averaged 78.4 points and 37.6 rebounds per game. Junior forward Rodney Johnson, Jr. leads three Tennessee Tech double-figure scorers averaging 13 points per game. Sophomore guard Josiah Davis averages 11 points and a team-leading 5.8 rebounds per game.