Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose vs. Charleston Southern Buccaneers
Date: Wednesday, January 22 at 7:30 p.m. (DH with women's basketball team)  
Site: Clinton, S.C. (Templeton Center)
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: GoBlueHose.com
Tickets: GoBlueHose.com
 
PRESBYTERIAN
Record: 8-12, Big South: 1-4
Last Game: January 18, 2025 – High Point 77, Presbyterian 66
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell (Presbyterian, 2007)
Record at PC: 56-115 (6^th Season)
Career Record: Same

CHARLESTON SOUTHERN
Record: 6-14, Big South: 2-3
Last Game: January 18, 2025 – Charleston Southern 58, Radford 54
Head Coach: Saah Nimley (Charleston Southern, 2015)
Record at Charleston Southern: 14-29 (2nd Season)
Career Record: Same
 
PROMOTIONS – WHITEOUT! – Presbyterian fans are encouraged to wear white to support the Blue Hose.
 
LAST TIME OUT –  Presbyterian battled preseason Big South favorite High Point to the end before falling on the road, 77-66, this past Saturday. Kory Mincy scored a team-high 18 points while dishing out four assists. Kobe Stewart scored 14 points with four rebounds and four assists. Iverson King scored 13 points while shooting 8-for-9 from the free throw line. Jamahri Harvey rounded out Presbyterian's double-figure scorers with 10 points.
 
BLUE HOSE BY THE NUMBERS – Presbyterian averages 76.0 points per game and 35.1 rebounds. The Blue Hose are shooting 46.9 percent from the field and 37.5 percent from beyond the three-point arc. Mincy leads the Blue Hose in scoring and assists at 14.9 points and 4.4 assists per game. Mincy has connected on a team-high 40 three-point field goals. 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 983 points. Jaylen Peterson leads the team in rebounding averaging 6.8 boards per game. Peterson is third in the Big South in blocked shots with 26, averaging 1.3 blocks per game. Kaleb Scott is third on the team in rebounding grabbing 5.5 boards per game while scoring 8.4 points per game. Carl Parrish is sixth on the team, scoring 7.1 points per game. Harvey, who has connected on 36 three-point field goals, averages 8.3 points per game.
 
BIG SOUTH FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK - King was named Big South Conference Freshman of the Week (January 20). King was the eleventh player in the program's history to earn the Big South Freshman of the Week award. He earned the award after scoring 13 points while shooting 8-for-9 from the free throw line, grabbing three rebounds and recording three steals at High Point (January 18).
 
THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE - Presbyterian leads the Big South and ranks 39th in the NCAA in three-point field goal percentage at 37.5 percent (157-419). Presbyterian has had ten games this season shooting over 40 percent from beyond the three-point arc which includes 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 88th in the nation in field goal percentage at 46.9 percent (544-1160). 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-CHARLESTON SOUTHERN SERIES  - Wednesday's game will be the 40^th meeting between Presbyterian and Charleston Southern, who leads the all-time series 27-12. The Blue Hose have won four of the last five matchups between the two teams including a 72-65 in Templeton Center last season, March 2, 2024. Stewart scored 15 points while shooting 6-for-8 from the field in last season's home win.
 
CHARLESTON SOUTHERN – The Buccaneers are led in scoring by preseason All-Big South selections forward Taje Kelly (leads the Big South in scoring at 20.0 ppg, and rebounding at 9.4 rpg) and guard RJ Johnson (14.8 ppg). Charleston Southern has won three of their last five games which includes a 58-54 home win over Radford this past Saturday. Charleston Southern averages 73.9 points per game while allowing their opponents to average 79.3 points.