Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose vs. Winthrop Eagles
Date: Wednesday, January 10 at 7 p.m.
Site: Clinton, S.C. (Templeton Center)
Watch: ESPN+
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PRESBYTERIAN
Record: 9-8
Big South Record: 1-1
Last Game: January 6, 2024 – UNC Asheville 84, Presbyterian 80
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell (Presbyterian, 2007)
Record at PC: 43-92 (5^th Season)
Career Record: Same

WINTHROP
Record: 11-6
Big South Record: 2-0
Last Game: January 6, 2024 – Winthrop 82, USC Upstate 80 (OT)
Head Coach: Mark Prosser (Marist, 2002)
Record at Winthrop: 49-32 (3rd Season)
Career Record: 91-108 (7th Season)
 
LAST TIME OUT
Behind five double-figure scorers, the Presbyterian Blue Hose battled until the end but fell in a tightly contested game to the UNC Asheville Bulldogs, 84-80, in the Templeton Center last Saturday. Junior guard Marquis Barnett led the Blue Hose with 22 points and six assists. Junior guard Jamahri Harvey tallied 11 points. Senior guard Kobe Stewart scored 10 points and dished out four assists. Junior forward Jonah Pierce scored 10 points, grabbed five rebounds, and dished out three assists. Junior guard Samage Teel scored 10 points and dished out 10 assists.
 
BLUE HOSE BY THE NUMBER – Barnett leads the team in scoring averaging 13.8 points per game while grabbing 4.2 rebounds and distributing 3.0 assists per game. Barnett leads the Big South in steals with 33 averaging 1.94 steals per contest. Teel is second on the team in scoring averaging 11.7 points per game while dishing out 2.9 assists per game. Teel has connected on a team-leading 24 three-point field goals. Pierce leads the team in rebounding averaging 5.5 boards per game while averaging 9.3 points per game. Stewart is tied for second on the team in rebounding at 4.4 boards per game. Stewart chips in with 7.5 points per game while connecting on 15 threes. Harvey averages 9.1 points while connecting on 18 three-point field goals. Senior guard Crosby James has connected on 16 three-point field goals. Freshman guard Kory Mincy has knocked down 16 three-point field goals this season while averaging 6.8 points per game. Junior forward Kaleb Scott averages 7.4 points and 4.4 rebounds per game. Senior guard Trevon Reddish-Rhone averages 4.3 boards per game while averaging 5.4 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 77.8 points per game.
 
BIG SOUTH LEADER IN FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE - Presbyterian leads the Big South Conference in field goal percentage shooting 48.9 percent (486-for-994) from the field. This season, Presbyterian has had eight 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 50.9 percent from the field in their most recent game against UNC Asheville on January 6.
 
BLUE HOSE DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORERS - In 17 games, Presbyterian has had ten different players score in double-figures. Barnett (13 times), Teel (11 times), Harvey (nine times), Pierce (seven times), Stewart (six times), Mincy (five times), Scott (five times), Reddish-Rhone (three times), James (two 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 39.5 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 21 double-figure scoring games off the bench while averaging 30.5 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-WINTHROP SERIES
Wednesday's game will be the 46^th meeting between Presbyterian and Winthrop, who leads the all-time series 32-13. Winthrop beat Presbyterian, 76-58, in their last meeting in the Templeton Center on January 28, 2023. Barnett scored 15 points while grabbing four rebounds in the game.
 
SCOUTING WINTHROP
The Eagles enter the game on a three-game winning streak with wins over Toccoa Falls, Longwood, and a road win at USC Upstate. Winthrop has four players averaging double-digit points led by junior forward K. J. Doucet at 13.5 points per game. Senior forward Kelton Talford, who was a 2023 First-Team All-Big South selection, is second on the team averaging 12.8 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. Winthrop averages 78.5 points per game while limiting their opponents to 68.1 points per game.