Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose at Winthrop Eagles
Date: Wednesday, January 29 at 6:30 p.m.   
Site: Rock Hill, S.C. (Winthrop Coliseum)
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: Statbroadcast.com
 
PRESBYTERIAN
Record: 9-13, Big South: 2-5
Last Game: January 25, 2025 – Radford 82, Presbyterian 69
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell (Presbyterian, 2007)
Record at PC: 57-116 (6^th Season)
Career Record: Same

WINTHROP
Record: 13-9, Big South: 3-4
Last Game: January 25, 2025 – High Point 84, Winthrop 62
Head Coach: Mark Prosser (Marist, 2002)
Record at Winthrop: 60-50 (4th Season)
Career Record: 110-126 (8th Season)
 
LAST TIME OUT – Presbyterian lost to Radford, 82-69, at the Templeton Center last Saturday afternoon. Kobe Stewart scored a career-high 28 points on 11-for-15 shooting from the field. Stewart scored his 1,000th point in his PC career. Iverson King scored 14 points. Kaleb Scott scored 11 points.
 
BLUE HOSE BY THE NUMBERS – Presbyterian averages 75.5 points per game and 34.6 rebounds. The Blue Hose are shooting 47.4 percent from the field and 37.5 percent from beyond the three-point arc. Stewart leads the team in scoring at 14.8 points per game. Kory Mincy is second on the team in scoring at 14.4 points while leading the team in assists at 4.3 assists per game. Mincy has connected on a team-high 41 three-point field goals. Jaylen Peterson leads the team in rebounding averaging 6.5 boards per game. Peterson is tied for second in the Big South in blocked shots with 30, averaging 1.4 blocks per game. Scott is second on the team in rebounding grabbing 5.5 boards per game while scoring 8.4 points per game. Jamahri Harvey, who has connected on 39 three-point field goals, averages 8.1 points per game. Carl Parrish is sixth on the team, scoring 7.0 points per game.
 
TWO-TIME BIG SOUTH FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK - King has earned the Big South Freshman of the Week award for two straight weeks (January 20, January 27). King is the eleventh player in the program's history to earn the Big South Freshman of the Week award and the seventh player to earn multiple Big South Freshman of the Week awards. He earned his first 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). He claimed his second award after averaging 9.5 points and 6.5 rebounds while shooting 50 percent from the field in Presbyterian's two games that week.
 
BIG SOUTH PLAYER OF THE WEEK - Mincy and Stewart have captured the Big South Player of the Week awards this season. Mincy and Stewart are the 10th and 11th players in the program's history named Big South Players of the Week. Mincy was named Big South Co-Player of the Week on November 11. 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. Stewart was named Big South Player of the Week on January 27 after averaging 22 points, four rebounds, and three assists in Presbyterian's two games while shooting 70.8 percent from the field and 60 percent from beyond the three-point arc.
 
THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE - Presbyterian leads the Big South and ranks 36th in the NCAA in three-point field goal percentage at 37.5 percent (170-453). Presbyterian has had 11 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 Nov. 13, at South Carolina (5-10) on Dec. 30 and at home against UNC Asheville (11-22) on Jan. 11.
 
1,000 CAREER POINTS - Jonah Pierce recorded his 1,000th point in his college career with a basket with six seconds left in the Charlotte game  (November 4). Pierce went over the 1,000 points mark in impressive fashion scoring 22 points (shooting a perfect 11-for-11 from the field) in the game.
 
Stewart went over the 1,000 points mark in his Presbyterian career also in dramatic fashion after needing one point to reach 1,000, he scored a career-high 28 points against Radford (January 25). He scored his 1,000th point with a jumper in the lane at the 15:55 mark of the first half.
 
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 61st in the nation in field goal percentage at 47.4 percent (599-1265). 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.
 
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. 
 
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-WINTHROP SERIES  - Wednesday's game will be the 48^th meeting between Presbyterian and Winthrop, who leads the all-time series 33-14. Presbyterian defeated Winthrop, 78-55, in their last matchup at the Winthrop Coliseum on February 21, 2024. Scott scored 13 points and grabbed eight rebounds in the game.  

WINTHROP– The Eagles enter the game with a 13-9 overall record and a 3-4 mark in the Big South. Winthrop enters the game on a two-game losing streak with road losses at UNC Asheville and High Point. Winthrop averages 84.7 points while allowing their opponents to average 78 points per game. The Eagles have four players averaging double-figures led by senior forward Kelton Talford at 15.4 points while also grabbing a team-leading 7.7 rebounds per game.