Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose vs. Charleston Southern Buccaneers
Date: Saturday, January 25 at 4:30 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: 9-12, Big South: 2-4
Last Game: January 22, 2025 – Presbyterian 71, Charleston Southern 61
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell (Presbyterian, 2007)
Record at PC: 57-115 (6^th Season)
Career Record: Same

RADFORD
Record: 13-8, Big South: 3-3
Last Game: January 22, 2025 – Longwood 77, Radford 74
Head Coach: Derris Nichols (West Virginia, 2008)
Record at Radford: 61-58 (4th Season)
Career Record: Same
 
PROMOTIONS
Letterwinners Day – Presbyterian welcomes back former Blue Hose men's basketball standouts.
Hercules Tires Big South Basketball Championship Trophy Tour – Representatives from the Big South Conference office will attend both games on Saturday with the Big South Tournament Championship trophies.
 
LAST TIME OUT – On Wednesday night, the Blue Hose topped the Charleston Southern Buccaneers, 71-61, in the Templeton Center. Kory Mincy and Kobe Stewart led the Blue Hose with 16 points apiece. Carl Parrish added 11 points off the bench. Iverson King grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds. Presbyterian shot 55.6 percent from the field while limiting Charleston Southern to 37.9 percent shooting.
 
BLUE HOSE BY THE NUMBERS – Presbyterian averages 75.8 points per game and 35.1 rebounds. The Blue Hose are shooting 47.3 percent from the field and 37.4 percent from beyond the three-point arc. Mincy leads the Blue Hose in scoring and assists at 15.0 points and 4.3 assists per game. Mincy has connected on a team-high 40 three-point field goals. Stewart is second on the team in scoring at 14.2 points per game. Stewart is closing in on 1,000 career points entering Saturday's game with 999 points. Jaylen Peterson leads the team in rebounding averaging 6.6 boards per game. Peterson is tied for second in the Big South in blocked shots with 29, averaging 1.4 blocks per game. Kaleb Scott is third on the team in rebounding grabbing 5.6 boards per game while scoring 8.3 points per game. Parrish is sixth on the team, scoring 7.3 points per game. Harvey, who has connected on 37 three-point field goals, averages 8.2 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 38th in the NCAA in three-point field goal percentage at 37.4 percent (160-428). 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 seven games this season shooting at least 50 percent from the field. The Blue Hose are currently third in the Big South and 65th in the nation in field goal percentage at 47.3 percent (574-1214). 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). The Blue Hose shot 55.6 percent (30-54) in the win over Charleston Southern (Jan. 22). 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.
 
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).
 
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-RADFORD SERIES  - Saturday's game will be the 33^rd meeting between Presbyterian and Radford, who leads the all-time series 22-10. Presbyterian beat Radford, 76-73, in their last matchup which came in the Templeton Center on February 10, 2024.
 
RADFORD – The Highlanders enter the game on a two-game losing streak with a road loss at Charleston Southern and a home loss to Longwood. Before that Radford had won three straight games with home wins over Winthrop and Gardner-Webb and a road win at USC Upstate. Radford averages 74.2 points per game while their opponents average 70.7 points per game. Senior guard Jarvis Moss leads the team in scoring at 13.7 points per game. Moss has connected on a team-high 50 three-point field goals.