Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose (6-3) vs. Florida A&M Rattlers (0-5)
Date: Wednesday, December 6 at 7 p.m.
Site: Clinton, S.C. (Templeton Center)
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: GoBlueHose.com
Tickets: GoBlueHose.com

PRESBYTERIAN
Record: 6-3
Last Game: December 2, 2023 – Presbyterian 75, VMI 71
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell (Presbyterian, 2007)
Record at PC: 40-87 (5^th Season)
Career Record: Same


FLORIDA A&M
Record: 0-5
Last Game: November 29, 2023 – Albany State 92, Florida A&M 85
Head Coach: Robert McCullum (Birmingham Southern, 1976)
Record at FAMU: 61-115 (7th Season)
Career Record: 145-236 (14th Season)
 
LAST TIME OUT
Behind six double-figure scorers, the Presbyterian Blue Hose defeated the VMI Keydets, 75-71, on the road on Saturday afternoon. Senior guard Trevon Reddish-Rhone paced the Blue Hose with 14 points (shot 2-for-3 from beyond the three-point arc) and seven rebounds. Junior guard Marquis Barnett chipped in with 13 points. Junior forward Jonah Pierce scored 11 points and grabbed six rebounds. Junior guard Samage Teel scored 11 points while connecting on three three-point field goals. Senior guard Kobe Stewart scored 10 points (shot 2-for-3 from beyond the three-point arc). Freshman guard Kory Mincy also scored 10 points while knocking down two of his three three-point field goal attempts.
 

BLUE HOSE BY THE NUMBER – Teel leads the Blue Hose in scoring averaging 13.7 points per game while dishing out 3.2 assists per game. Teel has connected on a team-leading 14 three-point field goals. Barnett is second on the team contributing 13.3 points per game while distributing 3.2 assists per game. Pierce leads the Blue Hose in rebounding averaging 5.9 boards per game while averaging 10.1 points per game. Senior guard Crosby James has connected on 10 three-point field goals. Mincy has knocked down 11 three-point field goals this season. As a team, PC is averaging 77.0 points per game while shooting 48.2 percent from the field. The Blue Hose defense has limited their opponents to 71.1 points per game and 40.3 percent shooting from the field.
 
BEST START IN DIVISION I ERA - Presbyterian began the season 4-0 which is the best start in the school's Division I era. Presbyterian  began the 2006-07 season, 4-0, which was 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 34 blocked shots and are averaging 3.8 blocks per game as a team. Marquis Barnett has recorded 13 blocks this season while averaging 1.4 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 (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.
 
PAINT TOUCHES - Presbyterian recorded their second 50-plus points in the paint scoring output with a season-high 56 points in the paint at Elon (November 27). PC scored 50 points against CIU (November 9). The Blue Hose average 38 points per game in the paint. The 56 points in the paint game at Elon 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).
 
BLUE HOSE DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORERS - Over the first  nine games, Presbyterian has already had ten different players score in double-figures. Samage Teel (seven times), Marquis Barnett (six times), Kaleb Scott (two times), Crosby James (two times), Jamahri Harvey (two times), Trevon Reddish-Rhone (three times), Jonah Pierce (three times), Kobe Stewart (three times), Kory Mincy (two times) and Carl Parrish (once) have all tallied double digit scoring games this season.
 
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-FLORIDA A&M SERIES
Wednesday's game marks the first-ever meeting between Presbyterian and Florida A&M.
 
SCOUTING FLORIDA A&M
The Rattlers have played Creighton, Nebraska, Florida, Oregon, and Albany State this season. Senior forward Keith Lamar leads the FAMU in scoring at 15.2 points per game and rebounding at 6.4 boards per game. Senior guard Love Bettis averages 13 points per game. Freshman guard K'Jei Parker rounds out the Rattlers' double-figure scorers averaging 10.8 points per game. Florida A&M averages 63 points per game while their opponents average 86.8 points per game.