Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose vs. ETSU Buccaneers
Date: Saturday, November 8, at 6 p.m.
Site: Clinton, S.C. (Templeton Center)
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: GoBlueHose.com
Tickets: BlueHoseTix.com

PRESBYTERIAN
Record: 1-1
Last Game: November 5, 2025 – PC 105, Bluefield 76
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell (Presbyterian, 2007)
Record at PC: 63-123  (7^th Season)
Career Record: Same

ETSU
Record: 1-0
Last Game: November 4, 2025 – Presbyterian 102, Converse 50
Head Coach: Jon Perry (East Tennessee State, 2002)
Record at ETSU 39-29 (3rd Season)
Career Record: Same
 
LAST TIME OUT –  Presbyterian picked up its first win of the season with a 105-76 victory over Bluefield at the Templeton Center this past Wednesday.  Senior forward Jonah Pierce led the Blue Hose with 27 points (shooting 11-for-12 from the field) and nine rebounds. Redshirt junior Jaylen Peterson nearly broke the school DI era record with his 17 rebounds.
 
NEARLY RECORD-BREAKING REBOUNDS TOTALS – Redshirt junior forward Jaylen Peterson grabbed 17 rebounds in the win over Bluefield (November 5). His 17 rebounds were tied for the fourth-highest single-game rebounds total in Presbyterian's DI era. The DI era record for rebounds in a game is 18. 
 
EARLIEST FIRST GAME IN SCHOOL HISTORY – Presbyterian's season-opening game against Navy on Monday, November 3, marked the earliest date that the Blue Hose have begun a season in school history. The previous earliest season opener was last season, with a November 4th opening game at Charlotte.
 
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 51 coaches in the NCAA Division I ranks who are coaching their alma mater.
 
RETURNING LETTERWINNERS - The returning letterwinners: Pierce, Peterson, who set the program's D1 era record for blocks in a season last year, junior guard Carl Parrish, sophomores guard/forward Iverson King a Big South All-Freshman team selection, guard Triston Wilson, and guard Luke Allison.  Two players, sophomore guard Khalon Hudson and freshman forward Chidi Chiakwelu, will be a part of Presbyterian's playing rotation after redshirting last season.
 
NEWCOMERS - Joining those returners are five newcomers: sophomores guard/forward Josh Pickett, a transfer from the University of Denver, and guard Erik Taylor, a transfer from Sam Houston, and freshmen guards Amare Anderson and JD Bowden, and forward Augustine Ayelyine.
 
POSTSEASON TOURNAMENT - Last year, Presbyterian made its third postseason tournament appearance in the school's Division I era. The Blue Hose have played in the CBI last two seasons, and PC won two games in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament in 2019.
 
ROAD WARRIORS - Presbyterian has won three straight road games entering this season after posting road wins at Longwood, Radford, and UNC Asheville to end last year's regular season. This was the second-most consecutive road wins by the Blue Hose in its Division I era. In the 2011-12 season, Presbyterian had a stretch of five straight road wins.
 
1,000 CAREER POINTS - 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.
 
REGULAR SEASON TOURNAMENTS - For the fifth straight season, Presbyterian will play in a tournament in November with the Empire Classic in California. The Blue Hose play Sacramento State, California, and UCLA on the road in the Empire Classic. The Empire Classic will be the 14th regular-season tournament that PC has played in since moving to Division I in 2007-08.  Last season, the Blue Hose won the Axe'Em Classic title at Stephen F. Austin with wins over Stephen F. Austin, Youngstown State, and Monmouth. In the 2021-22 season, the Blue Hose claimed the University of New Orleans Classic title with wins over New Orleans, VMI, and Central Arkansas. In the 2023-24 season, the Blue Hose won two games with victories over North Florida and Northwestern State in the First Coast Classic at North Florida.
 
PRESBYTERIAN-ETSU SERIES – Saturday's game will be the first-ever meeting between Presbyterian and ETSU.

ETSU  – Coach Brooks Savage is a native of Columbia, South Carolina, and a graduate of Irmo High School, who was a member of Coach Gregg Nibert's staff at PC for the 2012-13 season. ETSU beat Converse, 102-50, in their season opener this past Tuesday.  Sophomore forward Jordan McCullum led the Buccaneers with 18 points. ETSU scored 58 points in the paint in the win.