Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose (5-24, BSC: 1-15) vs. USC Upstate Spartans (13-14, BSC: 8-8)
Date: Wednesday, February 22 at 7:00 p.m.
Site: Clinton, S.C. (Templeton Center)
Watch: ESPN+
Radio: WSPG (98.3, 1400 AM Fox Sports Spartanburg) Ryan Clary (PxP)
Live Stats: GoBlueHose.com
Twitter: @BlueHoseHoops

PRESBYTERIAN
Record: 5-24
Big South Record: 1-15
Last Game: February 18, 2023 – at Campbell – L, 74-57
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell
Career Record: 34-81 (4^th Season)
PC Record: Same
 
USC UPSTATE
Record: 13-14
Big South Record: 8-8
Last Game: February 18, 2023  – at High Point – L, 81-66
Head Coach: Dave Dickerson (Maryland, 1990)
Record at USC Upstate: 52-95 (5th Season)
Career Record: 120-179 (10th Season)

SENIOR NIGHT
Before the game, the Blue Hose will honor seniors Winston Hill, Owen McCormack, and Jack McMahon.
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Presbyterian Blue Hose fell on the road, 74-57, to the Campbell Camels on Saturday afternoon.
 
Kobe Stewart, Marquis Barnett, and Jalen Forrest each scored 13 points.
 
BLUE HOSE BY THE NUMBERS
Forrest, who leads all freshmen in the Big South in scoring, is Presbyterian's leading scorer averaging 11.3 points per game. Forrest leads the Blue Hose in free throws made (88) and attempted (118). Crosby James, who has scored in double-figures 13 times, is second on the team in scoring averaging 9.2 points per game. James has connected on a team-leading 37 three-point field goals made. Barnett averages 9.1 points per game and is second on the team in rebounding averaging 5.0 boards per game. Terrell Ard, Jr. leads the Blue Hose in rebounding averaging 5.6 boards per game. Ard averages 7.2 points per game. Trevon Reddish-Rhone averages 6.6 points while dishing out a team-leading 2.2 assists per game. Stewart averages 7.3 points while grabbing 4.6 rebounds per game. McCormack averages 7.7 points and 3.9 rebounds per game while connecting on 36 three-point field goals.
 
 
NOTES
FORREST BIG SOUTH FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK FOUR TIMES - Freshman guard Jalen Forrest has been named Big South Freshman of the Week four times (November 28, January 9, January 16 and January 30). He is the fourth player in the program's history to earn at least four Big South Freshman of the Week awards.
 
DOUBLE-DOUBLES - The Blue Hose have had four double-doubles this season. Marquis Barnett has tallied two double-doubles: vs. Campbell (December 29) with 11 points and 12 rebounds and at USC Upstate (January 18) with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Terrell Ard, Jr. recorded his first career double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds at UNC Asheville (January 25). Kobe Stewart tallied his first career double-double with 12 points and 15 rebounds against High Point (February 15).
 
BENCH POINTS - Presbyterian behind the double-figure scoring performances from Forrest, Stewart, Houston Jones, and Quadir Pettaway, off the bench in the win over Allen (December 19, 2022), the Blue Hose scored a season-high 58 bench points. This marked the most bench points scored by the Blue Hose since tallying 67 bench points in a home win over UNC Asheville on March 5, 2019. In the 2018-19 season, the Blue Hose recorded four games with at least 51 bench points.

This season, Presbyterian has had 23 double-figure scoring games off the bench.
Presbyterian has had three games with at least two double-figure scorers off the bench. The Blue Hose average 20.5 points per game off the bench this season.
 
OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS - This season, Presbyterian averages 10.55 offensive boards per game. The Blue Hose have recorded 15 double-figure offensive rebounds games (Carolina University - November 7, at The Citadel - November 10, at East Carolina - November 12, at UAB, November 16, vs. Bucknell - November 21, VMI - November 29, Elon - December 15, Allen - December 19, Campbell - December 29, January 4, at Winthrop, Charleston Southern - January 7, at USC Upstate - January 18, at UNC Asheville - January 25, Radford - February 1 and High Point - February 15). The Blue Hose grabbed a season-high 20 offensive boards at Winthrop, January 4, 2023.
 
COACH FERRELL - Quinton Ferrell is in his fourth 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 52 coaches in the NCAA Division I ranks that are coaching their alma maters.
 
PRESBYTERIAN-USC UPSTATE SERIES
Wednesday's game will be the 35^th meeting between Presbyterian and USC Upstate, who leads the all-time series 18-16. The Spartans have won the last four games between the two teams including a 61-60 win at home earlier this season on January 18. Forrest scored a game-high 18 points, while Barnett recorded a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds in the game.
 
SCOUTING USC UPSTATE
The Spartans have won four of their last five games. Sophomore guard Jordan Gainey leads the Spartans in scoring, averaging 15.2 points per game. Guards redshirt sophomore Trae Broadnax and freshman Justin Bailey are tied for second on the team in scoring at 10.7 points per game. .
 
USC Upstate averages 69 points per game while allowing their opponents to average 70 points per game.