Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose at Longwood Lancers
Date: Saturday, January 20 at 3 p.m.
Site: Farmville, Va. (Joan Perry Brock Center)
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: Sidearmstats.com
PRESBYTERIAN
Record: 9-11
Big South Record: 1-4
Last Game: Jan. 17, 2024 – High Point 86, Presbyterian 83
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell (Presbyterian, 2007)
Record at PC: 43-95 (5
th Season)
Career Record: Same
LONGWOOD
Record: 13-7
Big South Record: 1-4
Last Game: January 17, 2024 – USC Upstate 73, Longwood 71
Head Coach: Griff Aldrich (Hampden-Sydney, 1996)
Record at Longwood: 101-79 (6
th Season)
Career Record: Same
LAST TIME OUT
Presbyterian lost to High Point, 86-83, in the Templeton Center this past Wednesday. Junior guard
Marquis Barnett paced the Blue Hose with 25 points while grabbing six rebounds. Junior guard
Samage Teel scored 22 points. Senior guard
Trevon Reddish-Rhone scored 10 points and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds. The Blue Hose shot 55.6 percent (30-for-54) from the field.
BLUE HOSE BY THE NUMBER – Barnett leads the team in scoring averaging 14.3 points per game while grabbing 4.4 rebounds and distributing 2.7 assists per game. Barnett leads the Big South in steals with 39 averaging 2.0 steals per contest. Teel is second on the team in scoring averaging 12.4 points per game while dishing out 2.6 assists per game. Teel has connected on a team-leading 31 three-point field goals. Junior forward
Jonah Pierce leads the team in rebounding averaging 5.4 boards per game while averaging 8.9 points per game. Senior guard
Kobe Stewart is third on the team in rebounding at 4.5 boards per game. Stewart chips in with 7.6 points per game while connecting on 18 threes. Junior guard
Jamahri Harvey averages 9.0 points while connecting on 18 three-point field goals. Senior guard
Crosby James has connected on 20 three-point field goals. Freshman guard
Kory Mincy has knocked down 17 three-point field goals this season while averaging 6.5 points per game. Junior forward
Kaleb Scott averages 6.8 points and 4.1 rebounds per game. Reddish-Rhone is second on the team in rebounding averaging 4.6 boards per game while averaging 5.5 points per game. Freshman guard
Carl Parrish is one of seven PC players who have connected on double-figure three-point field goals with 12 made threes. As a team, PC is averaging 76.9 points per game.
BIG SOUTH LEADER IN FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE - Presbyterian leads the Big South Conference in field goal percentage shooting 48.4 percent (559-of-1154) from the field. This season, Presbyterian has had nine games shooting 50 percent or higher from the field. The Blue Hose shot a season-high 69.8 percent from the field in a win over Mid-Atlantic Christian on December 13. The Blue Hose shot 55.6 percent from the field against High Point on January 17.
BLUE HOSE DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORERS - In 20 games, Presbyterian has had ten different players score in double-figures.
Marquis Barnett (16 times),
Samage Teel (14 times),
Jamahri Harvey (nine times),
Jonah Pierce (eight times),
Kobe Stewart (six times),
Kory Mincy (five times),
Kaleb Scott (five times),
Trevon Reddish-Rhone (four times),
Crosby James (three times), and
Carl Parrish (twice) have all recorded double-digit scoring games this season.
BIG SOUTH WEEKLY AWARDS - Mincy has been named Big South Freshman of the Week three times (December 11, December 18, and January 15). Barnett garnered Big South Player of the Week honors (November 20).
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-LONGWOOD SERIES
Saturday's game is the 20
th meeting between Presbyterian and Longwood. The Blue Hose lead the series, 12-7 while winning six of the seven games between the two teams at Longwood. The Lancers beat Presbyterian, 66-46, in their previous meeting in Farmville, Virginia on February 8, 2023.
SCOUTING LONGWOOD
The Lancers enter the game having lost six of their last seven games. Longwood's win during that stretch was a 77-56 home victory over Charleston Southern. Longwood leads the Big South Conference in scoring defense limiting their opponents to 63.6 points per game. Longwood also leads the Big South in opponent field goal percentage limiting their opponents to 40.9 percent shooting. Longwood averages 75.2 points per game. Senior guard Walyn Napper leads four Lancers scoring in double-figures averaging 13.8 points per game. Graduate forward Michael Christmas leads the team in rebounding at 7.1 boards per game while averaging 11.1 points per game.