Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose (7-6) at Wake Forest Demon Deacons (7-3)
Date: Thursday, December 21 at  3 p.m.
Site: Winston-Salem, N.C. (LJVM Coliseum)
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: Statbroadcast.com

PRESBYTERIAN
Record: 7-6
Last Game: December 19, 2023 – Furman 76, Presbyterian 61
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell (Presbyterian, 2007)
Record at PC: 41-90 (5^th Season)
Career Record: Same

WAKE FOREST
Record: 7-3
Last Game: December 18, 2023 – Wake Forest 88, Delaware State 59
Head Coach: Steve Forest (Southern Arkansas, 1988)
Record at Wake Forest: 57-43 (4th Season)
Career Record: 355-147 (16th Season)
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Blue Hose lost to the Furman Paladins (6-6), 76-61, on the road on Tuesday evening. Junior guard Marquis Barnett paced the Blue Hose with 14 points. Junior forward Jonah Pierce scored 11 points and grabbed six rebounds.
 
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 11.8 points per game while dishing out 3.3 assists per game. Teel has connected on a team-leading 16 three-point field goals. Pierce leads the team in rebounding averaging 5.5 boards per game while averaging 10.2 points per game. Senior forward Kobe Stewart is tied for second on the team in rebounding at 4.8 boards per game. Stewart chips in with 6.8 points per game. Junior guard Jamahri Harvey averages 8.3 points. Senior guard Crosby James has connected on 12 three-point field goals. Freshman guard Kory Mincy has knocked down 14 three-point field goals this season while averaging 7.2 points per game. Junior forward Kaleb Scott averages 7.1 points and 4.0 rebounds 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 12 made threes. As a team, PC is averaging 78.2 points per game while shooting Big South leading 50.2 percent from the field. The Blue Hose defense has limited their opponents to 71.2 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 - Scott and 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 a 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 31.2 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-WAKE FOREST SERIES
Thursday's game will be the fifth meeting between Presbyterian and Wake Forest, who leads the series, 3-1. Wake Forest defeated PC, 69-48, at home in their most recent game, November 15, 2013. Former Blue Hose stalwart Reggie Dillard led the Blue Hose with 20 points. Presbyterian defeated Wake Forest, 66-64, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on December 21, 2010. Current Blue Hose assistant coach Al'lonzo Coleman scored a game-high 20 points in the win.

SCOUTING WAKE FOREST
The Demon Deacons enter the game with a 7-3 record with wins over Elon, Towson, Charleston Southern, Florida, Rutgers, NJIT, and Delaware State. Junior guard Hunter Sallis leads four Wake Forest double-digit scorers averaging 17.8 points per game while connecting on a team-leading 22 three-point field goals. Wake Forest averages 79.9 points while limiting their opponents to 68.4 points per game.