Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose vs. Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs
Date: Friday, March 7 at 8:00 p.m.
Site: High Point, N.C. (Qubein Center)
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: Statbroadcast.com
Tickets: BigSouthSports.com
 
PRESBYTERIAN
Record: 14-17
Big South Record: 6-10
Last Game: March 2, 2024 – Presbyterian 72, Charleston Southern 65
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell (Presbyterian, 2007)
Record at PC: 48-101 (5^th Season)
Career Record: Same

GARDNER-WEBB
Record: 16-15
Big South Record: 11-5
Last Game: March 2, 2024 – Gardner-Webb 65, Winthrop 64
Head Coach: Tim Craft (Florida, 2000)
Record at Gardner-Webb: 187-165 (11^th Season))
Career Record: Same
 
LAST TIME OUT
Behind three-double-figure scorers, the Presbyterian Blue Hose topped the Charleston Southern Buccaneers, 72-65, on senior day in the Templeton Center last Saturday afternoon. Junior guard Samage Teel scored 18 points and grabbed six rebounds with three assists. Senior guard Trevon Reddish-Rhone scored 16 points on 6-for-6 shooting from the field. Senior guard Kobe Stewart scored 15 points. Presbyterian finished the game with 42 points in the paint.  
 
BLUE HOSE BY THE NUMBER – Junior guard Marquis Barnett leads the team in scoring averaging 15.0 points per game while grabbing 4.5 rebounds and distributing 2.6 assists per game. Barnett leads the Big South and ranks 57th in the nation in steals per game averaging 1.9 steals per contest with 58 steals. Teel is second on the team in scoring averaging 13.2 points per game while dishing out 2.4 assists per game. Teel has connected on a team-leading 49 three-point field goals. Junior forward Jonah Pierce leads the team in rebounding averaging 4.9 boards per game while averaging 7.4 points per game. Stewart is third on the team in rebounding at 4.6 boards per game. Stewart chips in with 8.0 points per game while connecting on 30 threes. Junior guard Jamahri Harvey averages 8.0 points while connecting on 19 three-point field goals. Senior guard Crosby James has connected on 29 three-point field goals. Freshman guard Kory Mincy has knocked down 27 three-point field goals this season while averaging 6.0 points per game. Junior forward Kaleb Scott averages 7.1 points and 4.7 rebounds per game, which ranks him second in the team in boards per game. Reddish-Rhone averages 4.4 boards per game while averaging 7.2 points per game. Freshman guard Carl Parrish is one of seven PC players who have connected on double-figure three-point field goals with 14 made threes. As a team, PC is averaging 75.2 points per game. Presbyterian ranks 29^th in the nation in bench points averaging 27.4 points per game from the bench and 53rd in the nation averaging 12.8 fastbreak points per game.
 
ALL-BIG SOUTH HONORS - Barnett was named Second Team All-Big South. Mincy was a Big South All-Freshman team selection. Reddish-Rhone earned Big South All-Academic Team honors.

BIG SOUTH LEADER IN FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE - Presbyterian leads the Big South Conference and ranks 37th in the nation in field goal percentage shooting 47.6 percent (842-1779) from the field. This season, Presbyterian has had 12 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 52.5 percent from the field in the win at Winthrop (February 21).
 
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 – GARDNER-WEBB SERIES
Friday's game will be the 60^th meeting between Presbyterian and Gardner-Webb, who leads the series 35-24.  The Blue Hose defeated the Runnin' Bulldogs, 77-75, in their last meeting at PC on February 7, 2024. Scott led the four Blue Hose double-figure scorers with 17 points. Stewart nearly recorded a double-double with 14 points and nine rebounds.

SCOUTING GARDNER-WEBB
Gardner-Webb enters Friday's game with three straight wins with victories over UNC Asheville, Longwood, and Winthrop. Senior guard Caleb Robinson, who was a Second Team  All-Big South selection, leads the Runnin' Bulldogs in scoring and rebounding averaging 13.2 points and 6.6 rebounds per game.