CLINTON, S.C.  – Junior forward Kaleb Scott recorded his first career double-double to lead the Presbyterian Blue Hose (8-7) to a 91-67 win over the Johnson & Wales Wildcats in their final non-conference game at the Templeton Center on Saturday afternoon.

Scott scored 22 points on 10-for-12 shooting from the field while grabbing 12 rebounds. Junior guard Marquis Barnett scored 18 points and grabbed six rebounds. Senior guard Kobe Stewart scored 14 points on 5-for-7 shooting from the field off the bench for the Blue Hose. Junior guard Jamahri Harvey rounded out Presbyterian's double-figure scorers with 10 points.
 
The Blue Hose scored a season-high 60 points in the paint.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST HALF –  Presbyterian's Samage Teel started the scoring off after converting on a driving layup. The lead exchanged hands a couple of times. With Johnson & Wales leading 7-6, Barnett completed a three-point play giving the Blue Hose the lead for good. With PC leading 20-14, the Blue Hose went on a 7-0 run behind five points from Stewart to take a 27-14 lead with 8:26 on the clock.  After a basket from Johnson & Wales, the Blue Hose went on another long scoring run with an 11-0 scoring outburst pushing their lead to 38-16 after a steal and fastbreak dunk from Barnett with 3:51 on the clock. Stewart, Scott, and Harvey also scored during the run. The Blue Hose enjoyed a 46-21 halftime lead.  
 

SECOND HALF – Johnson & Wales scored seven straight points to start the half cutting PC's lead to 46-28 but that would be as close as Wildcats would get to the Blue Hose the rest of the game. After two free throws from Stewart with 14:45 on the clock, Presbyterian had their largest lead of the game of 29 points, 61-32. Presbyterian would hold a lead of 29 points three other times while maintaining a lead of at least 22 points the rest of the way.
 
NOTES

• Scott's double-double was PC's second of the season. Scott's 22 points and 12 rebounds marked career-high totals.
• Barnett's 18 points was his 11^th double-digit scoring game of the season and the 30^th of his career.
• Stewart's 14 points was his fifth double-figure scoring game of the season and the 14^th of his career.
• Harvey posted his seventh double-figure scoring game of the season with his 10 points.
• Sixty points in the paint is the fifth game this season that the Blue Hose have scored at least 50 points in the paint.
• Ten Presbyterian players scored in the win.
• Presbyterian's defense held Johnson & Wales to 21 points and 33 percent shooting from the field in the first half.

 

NEXT GAME
Presbyterian begins Big South Conference play on the road at Charleston Southern this Wednesday, January 3 at 7 p.m.