Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose vs. Radford
Date: Saturday, February 10 at 4:30 p.m.
Site: Clinton, S.C. (Templeton Center)
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: GoBlueHose.com
Tickets: GoBlueHose.com
PROMOTIONS
Doubleheader – The Presbyterian women's basketball team as part of Saturday's doubleheader plays Radford at 2 p.m. before the men's basketball game.
Letterwinners Day – Former Presbyterian Blue Hose men's and women's basketball players will be recognized at halftime of the games.
Blackout Game – The Blue Hose men's basketball team will wear their black uniforms. We encourage fans to wear black.
Game Sponsor – The doubleheader is sponsored by the Laurens County Development Corporation.
PRESBYTERIAN
Record: 11-14
Big South Record: 3-7
Last Game: February 7, 2024 – Presbyterian 77, Gardner-Webb 75
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell (Presbyterian, 2007)
Record at PC: 45-98 (5
th Season)
Career Record: Same
RADFORD
Record: 13-11
Big South Record: 3-6
Last Game: February 3, 2024 – USC Upstate 78, Presbyterian 69
Head Coach: Darris Nichols (West Virginia, 2008)
Record at Radford: 45-44 (3rd Season)
Career Record: Same
LAST TIME OUT
Behind four double-figure scorers and timely free throw shooting, the Blue Hose defeated the Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs, 77-75, at the Templeton Center last Wednesday. With the win, the Blue Hose ended Gardner-Webb's six-game winning streak. Junior forward
Kaleb Scott paced the Blue Hose with 17 points while grabbing six rebounds. Senior guard
Kobe Stewart nearly recorded a double-double with 14 points and nine rebounds. Junior guard
Samage Teel scored 12 points and dished out four assists. Senior guard
Crosby James scored 11 points. Presbyterian shot 24-for-30 from the free-throw line.
BLUE HOSE BY THE NUMBER – Junior guard
Marquis Barnett leads the team in scoring averaging 14.4 points per game while grabbing 4.3 rebounds and distributing 2.6 assists per game. Barnett leads the Big South in steals with 45 averaging 1.8 steals per contest. Teel is second on the team in scoring averaging 12.7 points per game while dishing out 2.6 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 5.0 boards per game while averaging 8.1 points per game. Stewart is second on the team in rebounding at 4.9 boards per game. Stewart chips in with 7.8 points per game while connecting on 25 threes. Junior guard
Jamahri Harvey averages 9.0 points while connecting on 18 three-point field goals. James has connected on 27 three-point field goals. Freshman guard
Kory Mincy has knocked down 17 three-point field goals this season while averaging 5.6 points per game. Scott averages 7.1 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. Senior guard
Trevon Reddish-Rhone averages 4.1 boards per game while averaging 6.3 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 75.6 points per game.
BIG SOUTH LEADER IN FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE - Presbyterian leads the Big South Conference in field goal percentage shooting 47.6 percent (682-of-1433) from the field. This season, Presbyterian has had ten 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 57.4 percent in the win over USC Upstate on January 31.
BLUE HOSE DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORERS - In 25 games, Presbyterian has had ten different players score in double-figures. Barnett (19 times), Teel (18 times), Harvey (nine times), Pierce (eight times), Stewart (eight times), Reddish-Rhone (seven times), Scott (seven times), Mincy (five times), James (five times), and Parrish (twice) have all recorded double digit scoring games this season.
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-RADFORD SERIES
Saturday's game is the 32
nd meeting between Presbyterian and Radford, who leads the series 22-9. Radford defeated Presbyterian, 73-58 at home in their first meeting of the season on January 27. Teel led the Blue Hose with 17 points while connecting on four three-point field goals in the game.
SCOUTING RADFORD
The Highlanders enter Saturday's game having lost three of their last four games with the lone win during that stretch coming over the Blue Hose a couple of weeks ago. Sophomore guard Kenyon Giles leads four Radford double-figure scorers averaging 14.4 points per game. He is one of three Radford players with 40 three-point field goals made with 40. Junior forward Justin Archer leads Radford in rebounding averaging 7.9 boards per game while averaging 7.7 points per game. Radford averages 72.3 points per game while their opponents average 69.9 points per game.