Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose vs. Longwood
Date: Saturday, February 17 at 2:00 p.m.
Site: Clinton, S.C. (Templeton Center)
Watch: ESPN+
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PRESBYTERIAN
Record: 12-15
Big South Record: 4-8
Last Game: February 14, 2024 – UNC Asheville 71, Presbyterian 69
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell (Presbyterian, 2007)
Record at PC: 46-99 (5^th Season)
Career Record: Same

LONGWOOD
Record: 15-11
Big South Record: 3-8
Last Game: February 10, 2024 – Longwood 84, Winthrop 74
Head Coach: Griff Aldrich (Hampden-Sydney, 1996)
Record at Longwood: 103-83 (6th Season)
Career Record: Same
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Blue Hose lost to the UNC Asheville Bulldog, 71-69, on the road this past Wednesday. Marquis Barnett led all scorers with 20 points while grabbing eight rebounds. Kaleb Scott scored 14 points and grabbed eight rebounds. Kobe Stewart scored 11 points while connecting on three three-point field goals. Samage Teel rounded out the Blue Hose double-figure scorers with 10 points. Presbyterian connected on 10 three-point field goals in the game
 
BLUE HOSE BY THE NUMBER – Barnett leads the team in scoring averaging 14.7 points per game while grabbing 4.5 rebounds and distributing 2.6 assists per game. Barnett leads the Big South and ranks 33^rd in the nation in steals per game averaging 1.9 steals per contest with 51 steals. Teel is second on the team in scoring averaging 12.8 points per game while dishing out 2.5 assists per game. Teel has connected on a team-leading 44 three-point field goals. Junior forward Jonah Pierce leads the team in rebounding averaging 4.9 boards per game while averaging 7.7 points per game. Stewart is second on the team in rebounding at 4.7 boards per game. Stewart chips in with 7.8 points per game while connecting on 29 threes. Junior guard Jamahri Harvey averages 8.5 points while connecting on 18 three-point field goals. Senior guard Crosby James has connected on 28 three-point field goals. Freshman guard Kory Mincy has knocked down 20 three-point field goals this season while averaging 5.7 points per game. Scott averages 7.4 points and 4.5 rebounds per game. Reddish-Rhone averages 4.0 boards per game while averaging 6.5 points per game. Freshman guard Carl Parrish is one of seven PC players who have connected on double-figure three-point field goals with 13 made threes. As a team, PC is averaging 75.4 points per game. Presbyterian ranks 50^th in the nation averaging 13.2 fastbreak points per game. 
 
BIG SOUTH LEADER IN FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE - Presbyterian leads the Big South Conference and ranks 34th in the nation in field goal percentage shooting 47.8 percent (733-of-1535) from the field. This season, Presbyterian has had 11 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 54.9 percent from the field in the win over Radford (February 10).
 
BLUE HOSE DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORERS - In 27 games, Presbyterian has had ten different players score in double-figures. Barnett (22 times), Teel (20 times), Harvey (nine times), Stewart (nine times), Pierce (eight times), Reddish-Rhone (eight times), Scott (eight times), Mincy (five times), James (five 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 36.4 points per game in the paint.
 
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 will be the 21^st meeting between Presbyterian and Longwood. The Blue Hose have won 12 of the previous 20 meetings. Longwood defeated Presbyterian, 80-70, in their first contest this season at home on January 20. Teel scored a game-high 23 points.
 
SCOUTING LONGWOOD
The Lancers did not play a mid-week game and they return to the hardwood after an 84-74 home win over Winthrop last Saturday. Longwood leads the Big South in scoring defense limiting their opponents to 66.8 points per game. Longwood averages 74.9 points per game. The Lancers also lead the Big South in offensive rebounds averaging 14.3 offensive caroms per contest. Senior guard Walyn Napper, who is from Columbia, South Carolina, leads four Lancers averaging double-figure points at 13.8 points per game. Graduate forward Michael Christmas averages a team-best 6.7 rebounds per game while scoring 11.7 points per game.