Blue Hose Hit Road for Penultimate Regular Season Clash at USC Upstate

CLINTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College women's basketball team begins its final week of the regular season with a road trip to Spartanburg to battle USC Upstate on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. from the G.B. Hodge Center.

Matchup: Presbyterian (12-15, 8-8) at USC Upstate (9-18, 6-10)
Date: Wednesday, February 22
Time: 7 pm
Site: G.B. Hodge Center (Spartanburg, S.C.)
Live Video: ESPN+
Live Stats: Sidearm Stats
Twitter: @bluehosewbb

Notes

Opening Tip
- PC opens the final week of the regular season on Wednesday with a road trip to USC Upstate to battle the Spartans. The Blue Hose enter Wednesday's contest coming off of a 60-56 victory over Campbell on Saturday while the Spartans dropped a home decision to High Point 83-51.

Last Time Out
- The Presbyterian College women's basketball team withstood a fourth-quarter rally from Campbell as the Blue Hose picked up the 60-56 victory over the Fighting Camels on Saturday afternoon inside the Templeton Center. Mara Neira led the Blue Hose with 17 points as the sophomore connected on 5-of-6 three-pointers.

Last Time Out vs the Spartans
- The Presbyterian College women's basketball used a balanced attack on Wednesday to lead to an 82-53 victory over USC Upstate inside the Templeton Center. Freshman Aubrie Kierscht led all scorers with 18 points as she connected on four threes in the win. Bryanna Brady added 14 points as Christina Kline filled the stat sheet with 10 points, seven rebounds, and four assists.

Kierscht Nabs Big South Freshman of the Week Honors
- Freshman Aubrie Kierscht has been named the Big South Freshman of the Week following the Blue Hose wins over Longwood and UNC Asheville, as announced by the league office on Monday. The Salina, Kan. native tallied 12.5 points/per game while connecting on a team-high eight threes in Presbyterian's two wins over the Lancers and Bulldogs. She also pulled down seven rebounds over the two contests.

Blue Hose Closing in on Numerous Team Records
- As a team, the Blue Hose enter the final week of the regular season close to multiple team records on the 2022-23 season. PC has scored 1,759 points and needs just 122 points to break the DI record for a PC team. The Blue Hose have tallied 1,024 rebounds and 747 defensive rebounds on the season with needing 88 rebounds and 41 defensive boards to eclipse both milestones. The final milestone within reach is assists as the Blue Hose have totaled 391 on the year and need just 24 to surpass the team single-season DI record.

Blue Hose Set Single-Season Field Goal
Record
- In the third quarter on the road against High Point, Kierscht connected on the team's 651st field goal as a team setting a new DI single-season record for the Blue Hose for field goals made in a season. The previous high of 650 was set during the 2015-16 and 2021-22 seasons. Brady leads the way for PC with 148 field goals.

Blue Hose Filling Up the Basket in League Play
- In league play, the Blue Hose are third in points/game averaging 66.4 in 16 conference games this season. PC has eclipsed 66+ points in 10 conference games after the 76 points scored over UNC Asheville last Saturday. Bryanna Brady leads the offense with 14.2 points/game as Aubrie Kierscht is averaging 10.8 ppg and Tilda Sjökvist sits at 9.3 points per contest.

Scouting USC Upstate
- USC Upstate enters Wednesday's game with a 9-18 record following a 83-51 setback on Saturday against High Point in Spartanburg. The Spartans are led offensively by Rebekah Gordon who's scored 10.4 points/game on the season while Isabella Geraci is averaging 9.8 ppg. Geraci leads the Spartans with 30 threes and also is averaging a team-high 7.0 rebounds/game on the year. Trinity Johnson leads USC Upstate with 54 assists as she's scoring 8.9 points per game. On the year, USC Upstate is fourth in rebounds/game in the league led by Geraci with 7.0 per game and AC Markham with 5.5 per contest.

Single-Season & Career Record Watch
- Brady is second in the single-season record book with a 56.9% field-goal percentage... She's also tied for third in the single-season record book with 27 blocks thus far in the 2022-23 season... Sjökvist sits in eighth in the single-season DI record book with 99 assists on the season... Brady ranks in sixth in the single-season record book with 67 offensive rebounds thru the Blue Hose 27 games of the season... Kline ranks second in three-point percentage at 45.8% as Sjökvist is seventh with a 40.4% mark in three-point percentage... Brady sits fourth in the single-season record book with 13.3 points/game... Brady is also third in the single-season DI record book with 152 field goals on the season...
- In the Blue Hose career DI record book Brady sits atop the list in field goal percentage at 55.1% over her time with the Blue Hose...Brady enters Wednesday's action with 40 career blocks for PC which ranks in seventh in the career DI record book...

Head-to-Head vs. USC Upstate
- The Blue Hose and Spartans have met 15 times in PC's DI era with the Blue Hose moving past USC Upstate 8-7 in the all-time DI series with PC's win last month in Clinton. In the DI head-to-head series, PC is 5-3 against USC Upstate when the two teams have met in Spartanburg with the Spartans edging out PC last February 68-66.

Brady Filling Up the Basket in League
- Brady has scored double figures in 11 of 16 conference contests highlighted by a career-high 29-point performance against Gardner-Webb. Brady is averaging a team-high 13.9 points/game in league play. Brady has tallied 16 double-figure scoring games overall with 11 of those happening in league contests including 10 of the last 14 times the Blue Hose have taken the floor this season.

Kierscht Heating Up from Beyond the Arc
- The Blue Hose freshman continues to light it up from beyond the arc especially in conference play for PC as Kierscht has connected on 43 threes in league action highlighted by a season-high six against Winthrop. Kierscht has made a team-high 59 on the season which puts her in third in the Big South as she's connected on multiple threes in 13 contests this season.

Sjökvist Racking Up the Helpers
- The Huskvarna, Sweden native continues to rack up the assists throughout the 2022-23 season as Sjökvist has totaled 99 assists this season including 57 of those coming in league games. She sits second in the league in assists with her 99 helpers as she's also third in the conference with 3.8 assists/game. She's had eight games this season with 5+ assists.

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Players Mentioned

#14 Trinity Johnson: G; 5' 7"; Senior

#34 Bryanna Brady: C; 6' 3"; Fifth Year

#10 Mara Neira: G; 5' 7"; Sophomore

#00 Aubrie Kierscht: G; 5' 6"; Freshman

#5 Christina Kline: G; 5' 10"; Junior

Players Mentioned

#14 Trinity Johnson
: 5' 7"; Senior
: G

#34 Bryanna Brady
: 6' 3"; Fifth Year
: C

#10 Mara Neira
: 5' 7"; Sophomore
: G

#00 Aubrie Kierscht
: 5' 6"; Freshman
: G

#5 Christina Kline
: 5' 10"; Junior
: G