Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose vs. USC Upstate Spartans
Date: Wednesday, January 31 at 7 p.m.
Site: Clinton, S.C. (Templeton Center)
Watch: ESPN+
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PRESBYTERIAN
Record: 9-13
Big South Record: 1-6
Last Game: January 27, 2024 – Radford 73, Presbyterian 58
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell (Presbyterian, 2007)
Record at PC: 43-97 (5^th Season)
Career Record: Same

USC UPSTATE
Record: 6-14
Big South Record: 1-6
Last Game: January 27, 2024 – Gardner-Webb 75, USC Upstate 70
Head Coach: Dave Dickerson (Maryland, 1990)
Record at USC Upstate: 61-111 (6th Season)
Career Record: 129-195 (11th Season)
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Presbyterian Blue Hose lost 73-58 on the road at the Radford Highlanders last Saturday afternoon. Samage Teel paced the Blue Hose with 17 points. Trevon Reddish-Rhone tallied 13 points for Presbyterian.  
  
BLUE HOSE BY THE NUMBER – Junior guard Marquis Barnett leads the team in scoring averaging 14.0 points per game while grabbing 4.3 rebounds and distributing 2.7 assists per game. Barnett leads the Big South in steals with 39 averaging 1.8 steals per contest. Teel is second on the team in scoring averaging 13.1 points per game while dishing out 2.4 assists per game. Teel has connected on a team-leading 38 three-point field goals. Junior forward Jonah Pierce leads the team in rebounding averaging 5.2 boards per game while averaging 8.3 points per game. Senior guard Kobe Stewart is second on the team in rebounding at 4.7 boards per game. Stewart chips in with 7.7 points per game while connecting on 21 threes. Junior guard Jamahri Harvey averages 9.0 points while connecting on 18 three-point field goals. Senior guard Crosby James has connected on 22 three-point field goals. Freshman guard Kory Mincy has knocked down 17 three-point field goals this season while averaging 5.9 points per game. Junior forward Kaleb Scott averages 6.6 points and 4.1 rebounds per game. Reddish-Rhone is third on the team in rebounding averaging 4.5 boards per game while averaging 6.0 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 75.7 points per game.
 
BIG SOUTH LEADER IN FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE - Presbyterian leads the Big South Conference in field goal percentage shooting 47.9 percent (604-of-1262) 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 22 games, Presbyterian has had ten different players score in double-figures. Barnett (17 times), Teel (16 times), Harvey (nine times), Pierce (eight times), Stewart (seven times), Reddish-Rhone (six times), Mincy (five times), Scott (five times), James (three times), and Parrish (twice) have all recorded double-digit scoring games this season.
 
PAINT TOUCHES - Presbyterian recorded their fifth 50-plus points in the paint scoring game with 60 points in the paint in the win over Johnson & Wales (December 3). The 60 points in the paint against Johnson & Wales 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). The Blue Hose posted their fourth 50-plus points in the paint scoring game with 52 points in the paint against Kennesaw State (December 16). PC collected their third 50-plus points in the paint scoring output of the season with a season-high 58 points in the paint in the win over Mid-Atlantic Christian (December 13). The Blue Hose scored 56 points in the paint at Elon (November 27). PC scored 50 points in the paint against CIU (November 9). The Blue Hose average 37.0 points per game in the paint.
 
BENCH POINTS - The Blue Hose behind three double-figure scorers off the bench in the win over Mid-Atlantic Christian (December 13) tallied 55 bench points. The 55 bench points are the most scored by PC since recording 58 points in the win over Allen last season, December 19, 2022. Presbyterian has had 26 double-figure scoring games off the bench while averaging 30.1 bench points per game.
 
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-USC UPSTATE SERIES
Wednesday's game will be the 36^th meeting between Presbyterian and USC Upstate, who leads the series 19-16. Presbyterian has won 11 of the 21 previous meetings in the Templeton Center between the two teams. USC Upstate defeated PC, 59-57, in their last contest which came in Spartanburg, S.C. on February 22, 2023. Reddish-Rhone led the Blue Hose with 16 points and eight rebounds in that game.
 
SCOUTING USC UPSTATE
USC Upstate averages 71.4 points per game while their opponents average 72.5 points. USC Upstate leads the Big South in steals per game at 7.60. Junior guard Trae Broadnax, who was a Second Team Preseason All-Big South selection, leads the Spartans in scoring averaging 14 points per game. Sophomore guard Justin Bailey, a 2023 Big South All-Freshman team honoree, ranks second on the team in scoring averaging 11.0 points per game.