Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose at High Point Panthers
Date: Saturday, January 18 at 7 p.m.  
Site: High Point, N.C. (Qubein Center)
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: Sidearmstats.com
 
PRESBYTERIAN
Record: 8-11, Big South: 1-3
Last Game: January 11, 2025 – UNC Asheville 96, Presbyterian 87
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell (Presbyterian, 2007)
Record at PC: 56-114 (6^th Season)
Career Record: Same

HIGH POINT
Record: 15-5, Big South: 3-2
Last Game: January 16, 2025 – Longwood 82, High Point 80
Head Coach: Alan Huss (Creighton, 2002)
Record at High Point: 42-14 (2nd Season)
Career Record: Same
 
LAST TIME OUT –  Presbyterian lost to UNC Asheville, 96-87, in the Templeton Center last Saturday afternoon. Triston Wilson scored a season-high 21 points while shooting 7-for-9 from the field. Jamahri Harvey scored 14 points while connecting three three-point field goals. Quadir Pettaway scored 12 points off the bench while connecting on three three-point field goals and dishing out four assists. Kory Mincy scored 12 points while dishing out four assists. Kaleb Scott scored 10 points. The Blue Hose bench outscored UNC Asheville's bench, 41-11.
 
BLUE HOSE BY THE NUMBERS – Presbyterian averages 76.5 points per game and 35.6 rebounds. The Blue Hose are shooting 47.3 percent from the field and 37.9 percent from beyond the three-point arc. Mincy leads the Blue Hose in scoring and assists at 14.7 points and 4.4 assists per game. Mincy has connected on a team-high 37 three-point field goals. Kobe Stewart is second on the team in scoring at 14.1 points per game. Stewart is closing in on 1,000 career points entering Saturday's game with 969 points. Jaylen Peterson leads the team in rebounding averaging 6.8 boards per game. Peterson leads the Big South in blocked shots with 26, averaging 1.4 blocks per game. Scott is third on the team in rebounding grabbing 5.6 boards per game while scoring 8.4 points per game. Carl Parrish is sixth on the team, scoring 7.5 points per game. Harvey, who has connected on 34 three-point field goals, averages 8.2 points per game.
 
THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE—Presbyterian leads the Big South and ranks 32nd in the NCAA in three-point field goal percentage at 37.9 percent (148-391). Presbyterian has had ten games this season shooting over 40 percent from beyond the three-point arc, including a season-best 50 percent (9-18) in the win over Wofford on November 13, at South Carolina (5-10) on December 30, and at home against UNC Asheville (11-22) on January 11.
 
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE - Presbyterian has had six games this season shooting at least 50 percent from the field. The Blue Hose are currently third in the Big South and 69th in the nation in field goal percentage at 47.3 percent (522-1104). The Blue Hose picked up right where they left off last season shooting 56.1 percent (32-57) from the field at Charlotte on November 4.  PC shot 62.3 percent (43-69) from the field in the win over Carolina Christian on Nov. 6. The Blue Hose shot 58.7 percent (37-63) from the field in the win over Columbia College on Dec. 11. Presbyterian shot 64.2 percent (43-67) in the win over Virginia Lynchburg (Dec. 18). PC shot 59.2 percent (29-49) against UNC Asheville (Jan. 11). Last season, Presbyterian had 12 games shooting 50 percent or higher from the field while leading the Big South in field goal percentage at 47.2 percent.
 
SCHOOL SCORING RECORD - Presbyterian scored a school Division I era record for points in a game with 120 in their season opening win over Carolina Christian (November 6). Presbyterian had six double-figure scorers and 12 PC players scored at least two points in the game. The Blue Hose scored 116 points in the win over Virginia Lynchburg (December 18) which is tied for the third most points scored by PC in the Division I era. Seven Blue Hose scored in double-figures and 10 PC players scored at least two points in the game.
 
REACHING THE CENTURY MARK - PC scored 120 points in the win over Carolina Christian (November 6) which set the program's record for the most points scored in a game in the Division I era. Presbyterian scored 116 points in the win over Virginia Lynchburg (December 18). In the Division I era, the Blue Hose have scored at least 100 points in a game 15 times, and PC is 15-0 in those games. In the 2018-19 season, Presbyterian scored 100 points five times. In the 2017-18, 2023-24, and now the 2024-25 seasons, PC reached the century mark twice. In the 2016-17, 2015-16, 2011-12, and 2007-08 seasons, PC recorded a one hundred point scoring game in each of those seasons.
 
AXE'EM CLASSIC TITLE – The Blue Hose won the Axe'Em Classic title at Stephen F. Austin, November 21-23 with wins over Stephen F. Austin, Youngstown State, and Monmouth. Stewart was named MVP of the Axe'Em Classic. This was the fourth straight season that the Blue Hose played in a tournament in November. The Axe'Em Classic was the 13th regular-season tournament PC has played in since moving to Division I in 2007-08. 
 
BIG SOUTH PLAYER OF THE WEEK - Mincy was named Big South Co-Player of the Week on November 11. Mincy was the 10th player in the program's history to earn Big South Player of the Week honors. Mincy earned the award after averaging 18.7 points and eight assists in Presbyterian's home game against Carolina Christian and road games at Charlotte and NC State.
 
DOUBLE-DOUBLES – The Blue Hose have had seven double-double performances this season. Against Charlotte (November 4), Mincy scored 17 points and dished out 10 assists. Against Carolina Christian (November 6) Mincy scored 11 points and tallied 10 assists. Against Wofford (November 13) Stewart recorded his first double-double of the season with 26 points and 10 rebounds.  Jonah Pierce had a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds at Kennesaw State (November 16). Pierce picked up his second double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds against Stephen F. Austin (November 21). Peterson recorded his first career double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds at Tennessee Tech (November 27). Peterson collected his second double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds in the win over Columbia College (December 11). Scott recorded his first double-double of the season with 16 points and 11 rebounds in the win over Virginia Lynchburg (December 18).
 
DOUBLE DIGIT ASSISTS - Mincy began the season with consecutive 10 assists games at Charlotte and at home against Carolina Christian. In both those games, he scored in double-figures as well.
 
PC COACH QUINTON FERRELL - Quinton Ferrell is in his sixth 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-HIGH POINT SERIES  - Saturday's game will be the 37^th meeting between Presbyterian and High Point, who leads the all-time series 25-11. High Point has won five straight in the series. Presbyterian's last win over High Point was a 71-56 victory at High Point on January 25, 2021. High Point beat Presbyterian, 78-68, at home in their most recent matchup on February 3, 2024.
 
HIGH POINT – The Panthers have won two of their last three games with wins over Charleston Southern and Gardner-Webb. On Thursday, High Point lost to Longwood, 82-80, on the road. The Panthers average 80.4 points and 35.6 rebounds per game. High Point leads the Big South in scoring defense limiting their opponents to 67.5 points per game. High Point has three players averaging double-figures points: graduate guard D'Maurian Williams (14.6 ppg), senior guard Kezza Giffa (14.3 ppg), and junior forward Kimani Hamilton (13.2 ppg). Sophomore forward Juslin Bodo leads the team in rebounding at 7.8 boards per game.