Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose at Clemson Tigers (Exhibition)
Date: Friday, October 17, 2025, at 6 p.m.
Site: Clemson, S.C. (Littlejohn Coliseum)
Live Stats: Statbroadcast.com
PC COACH QUINTON FERRELL - Quinton Ferrell is in his seventh 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 mater.
PRESEASON ALL-BIG SOUTH – Senior forward
Jonah Pierce was named Second Team Preseason All-Big South.
Last season, he played an integral role in helping the Blue Hose capture the Axe-Em Classic title. In last season's opener, he went 11-for-11 from the field while scoring a game-high 22 points at Charlotte, which put him over the 1,000 career points plateau. Last year, he suffered a season-ending injury after just eight games, resulting in a medical redshirt. In his career at PC, he has tallied 14 double-figure scoring games and three double-doubles.
Pierce is the sixth different Blue Hose player to garner preseason All-Big South recognition..
THE ROSTER - Presbyterian's preseason pick of sixth in the Big South is the highest preseason ranking for the Blue Hose since being picked fourth in the 2010-11 preseason coaches' poll.
The Blue Hose welcome back eight returners from a 2024-25 roster that earned a second straight postseason tournament berth. Joining Pierce as returning letterwinners are junior guard
Carl Parrish, redshirt junior forward
Jaylen Peterson, sophomore guards
Iverson King,
Triston Wilson, and
Luke Allison on the Blue Hose roster. Redshirt freshman
Chidi Chiakwelu and redshirt sophomore guard
Khalon Hudson will see their first action as Blue Hose after redshirting last season. Joining the returners are talented newcomers, sophomore guards
Erik Taylor and
Josh Pickett, and freshmen guards
Amare Anderson and
JD Bowden, and forward
Augustine Ayelyine.
Last season, Presbyterian won seven Big South Conference games, tying for the fourth most Big South wins in the program's history. Presbyterian's seven wins were the most league wins by the Blue Hose since winning seven Big South contests in the 2019-20 season. The Blue Hose earned the fifth seed in the Big South Tournament, which was the highest Big South Tournament seed in the program's history.
NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Presbyterian will see its first action with an exhibition game at Clemson on October 17. Then, the Blue Hose will play S.C. Central Christian College in their final exhibition game in the Templeton Center on October 28. PC begins the regular season with three straight home games against Navy (November 3), Bluefield (November 5), and ETSU (November 10). Then, Presbyterian begins a stretch of five straight on the road beginning with Georgia State on November 10. Presbyterian travels to Columbia to play South Carolina on November 12. The Blue Hose travel to California to play in the Empire Classic, which features road games at Sacramento State (November 16), California (November 18), and UCLA (November 21). Presbyterian finishes the month of November with a home game against CIU on November 26 and a game in Asheville, North Carolina, against The Citadel on November 26.
The month of December begins at Wofford on December 3. The Blue Hose play Morehead State (December 6) and Truett McConnell (December 28) in their final two non-conference home games. In between those two home games are road contests at East Carolina (December 17) and Manhattan (December 21).
BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
With nine teams in the Big South Conference, the league will play a true round-robin league schedule with every team playing each other home and away. Due to the league's television package, all league mid-week games move from Wednesday to Thursday for the final five weeks of the regular season.
BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE HOME GAMES
The Blue Hose begin their Big South schedule at home against USC Upstate (January 3). In January, Presbyterian plays UNC Asheville (January 14), Charleston Southern (January 21), Winthrop (January 24), and Radford (January 31) in the Templeton Center. In February, Presbyterian plays Gardner-Webb (February 7), Longwood (February 19), and High Point (February 26) at home.
BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE ROAD GAMES
Presbyterian begins its league road schedule with two games in Virginia at Radford (January 7) and Longwood (January 10). The final two road games in January are at Gardner-Webb (January 17) and High Point (January 29). February features league games at Charleston Southern (February 12), UNC Asheville (February 14), USC Upstate (February 21), and the regular season finale at Winthrop (February 28).
The season culminates with the Big South Conference Tournament held from March 4 to 8 at the Freedom Hall Civic Center in Johnson City, Tennessee.
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