Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose (7-5) at Furman Paladins (5-6)
Date: Tuesday, December 19 at  7 p.m.
Site: Greenville, S.C. (Timmons Arena)
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: Statbroadcast.com

PRESBYTERIAN
Record: 7-5
Last Game: December 16, 2023 – Kennesaw State 94, Presbyterian 84
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell (Presbyterian, 2007)
Record at PC: 41-89 (5^th Season)
Career Record: Same

FURMAN
Record: 5-6
Last Game: December 9, 2023 - Kennesaw State 84, USC Upstate 77
Head Coach: Bob Richey (North Greenville, 2006)
Record at Furman: 144-60 (7^th Season)
Career Record: Same

LAST TIME OUT
Three Blue Hose players scored in double-figures, but Presbyterian lost to the Kennesaw State Owls, 94-84, in the Templeton Center on Saturday afternoon. Junior guard Marquis Barnett scored a career-high 27 points while grabbing five rebounds. Junior guard Jamahri Harvey scored 14 points and also grabbed five rebounds. Freshman guard Kory Mincy scored 13 points while dishing out seven assists. Presbyterian finished the game with 52 points in the paint.
 
BLUE HOSE BY THE NUMBER – Barnett leads the team in scoring averaging 13.8 points per game while distributing 3.0 assists per game. Junior guard Samage Teel is second on the team in scoring averaging 12.2 points per game while dishing out 3.4 assists per game. Teel has connected on a team-leading 16 three-point field goals. Junior forward Jonah Pierce leads the team in rebounding averaging 5.4 boards per game while averaging 10.1 points per game. Senior forward Kobe Stewart is second on the team in rebounding at 4.9 boards per game. Stewart chips in with 7.3 points per game. Harvey averages 8.8 points. Senior guard Crosby James has connected on 11 three-point field goals. Mincy has knocked down 14 three-point field goals this season while averaging 7.4 points per game. Junior forward Kaleb Scott averages 7.3 points per game. Senior guard Trevon Reddish-Rhone averages 6.0 points per game while grabbing 4.8 boards per game. Freshman guard Carl Parrish is one of five PC players who have connected on double-figure three-point field goals with 10 made threes. As a team, PC is averaging 79.6 points per game while shooting Big South leading 50.2 percent from the field. The Blue Hose defense has limited their opponents to 70.6 points per game.
 
BIG SOUTH WEEKLY AWARDS - Mincy has been named Big South Freshman of the Week twice (December 11 and December 18). He earned his first Big South Freshman of the Week award on December 11, Mincy scored 11 points, dished out three assists and grabbed two rebounds against Florida A&M (December 6). He claimed his second Big South Freshman of the Week award on December 18. For the week, he averaged 12 points while shooting 50 percent from the field (9-for-18). He averaged 4.5 assists, two steals, and two rebounds in the two games. He scored 11 points (shooting 4-for-5 from the field) with three rebounds, two assists, and two steals in Presbyterian's win over Mid-Atlantic Christian on December 13. In his first career start, he scored 13 points while dishing out seven assists with two steals against Kennesaw State on December 16. 

Barnett garnered Big South Player of the Week honors (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.
 
PERFECT FROM THE FIELD - Juniors forward Kaleb Scott and guard Jamahri Harvey shot 100 percent from the field in PC's win over Mid-Atlantic Christian (December 13). Scott was 7-for-7 while Harvey was 6-for-6 from the field and 3-for-3 beyond the three-point arc.
 
PAINT TOUCHES - Presbyterian recorded their fourth 50-plus points in the paint scoring game with 52 points in the paint against Kennesaw State (December 16). PC collected their third 50-plus points in the paint scoring output of the season with a season-high 58 points in the paint in the win over Mid-Atlantic Christian (December 13). The Blue Hose scored 56 points in the paint at Elon (November 27). PC scored 50 points in the paint against CIU (November 9). The Blue Hose average 39.5 points per game in the paint. The 58 points in the paint against Mid-Atlantic Christian marked the most points in the paint in a single-game by the Blue Hose since scoring 60 points in the paint at UNC Asheville (February 26, 2022).
 
REACHING THE CENTURY MARK - PC scored 118 points in the win over Mid-Atlantic Christian (December 13) which set the program's record for the most points scored in a game in the Division I era. Earlier this season, 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 before the CIU game that Presbyterian scored 100 points was in a 106-59 win over UNC Asheville on March 5, 2019. In the Division I era, the Blue Hose have scored at least 100 points in a game 13 times, and PC is 13-0 in those games. In the 2018-19 season, Presbyterian scored 100 points five times. In the 2017-18 and this season, PC has reached the century mark twice. In the 2016-17, 2015-16, 2011-12, and 2007-08 seasons, PC recorded one one hundred point scoring game in each of those seasons.
 
BENCH POINTS - The Blue Hose behind three double-figure scorers off the bench in the win over Mid-Atlantic Christian (December 13) tallied 55 bench points. The 55 bench points are the most scored by PC since recording 58 points in the win over Allen last season, December 19, 2022. Presbyterian averages 31.3 bench points.
 
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-FURMAN SERIES
Tuesday's game is the 77^th meeting between Presbyterian and Furman, who leads the all-time series 59-17. Furman won the last meeting between the two teams at home, 75-61, on December 21, 2021.

SCOUTING FURMAN
Furman, who advanced to the round of 32 in the 2023 NCAA Tournament, enters the game with a 5-6 record with wins over North Greenville, Belmont, Coastal Carolina, South Carolina State, and Bob Jones. Senior guard Marcus Foster leads four Furman double-figure scorers averaging 19.8 points per game. He also leads the team in rebounding at 5.5 boards per game. Junior guard JP Pegues averages 18.1 points while connecting on a team-leading 29 three-point field goals. Furman averages 86.5 points and 10.6 three-point field goals made per game this season.