Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose at East Carolina Pirates
Date: Wednesday, December 17, at 7:00 p.m.
Site: Greenville, N.C. (Minges Coliseum)
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: Statbroadcast.com

PRESBYTERIAN
Record: 6-6
Last Game: December 6, 2025 – Presbyterian 80, Morehead State 72
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell (Presbyterian, 2007)
Record at PC: 68-128  (7th Season)
Career Record: Same

EAST CAROLINA
Record: 4-7
Last Game: December 14, 2025 – East Carolina 73, Buffalo 70
Head Coach: Michael Schwartz (Texas, 1999)
Record at East Carolina: 54-56 (4th Season) 
Career Record: Same
 
LAST TIME OUT –  Behind five double-figure scorers, the Presbyterian Blue Hose defeated Morehead State, 80-72, at home on December 6. Junior guard Carl Parrish scored a game-high 18 points. Sophomore guard Triston Wilson scored 17 points. Sophomore guard Josh Pickett scored 12 points, with all 12 points coming in the second half.  Redshirt senior forward Jonah Pierce had a double-double with 11 points and 16 rebounds. Sophomore guard Khalon Hudson scored 11 points off the bench.
 
OPENING TIP
INSIDE THE STAT SHEET – Pierce leads the Blue Hose in scoring at 14.5 points per game. Pierce leads the Big South in rebounding at 8.9 boards per game. Parrish is second on the team in scoring at 13.5 points per game while connecting on a team-high 29 three-point field goals this season. Eight PC players have knocked down at least one three-point field goal this season. Redshirt junior forward Jaylen Peterson is second on the team in rebounding at 6.8 rebounds per contest. Wilson ranks amongst the Big South leaders, averaging a team-leading 3.2 assists per game. Pierce, Peterson, and redshirt freshman forward Chidi Chiakwelu average around a blocked shot per game. Chiakwelu ranks third in the Big South at 1.5 blocked shots per game. As a team, Presbyterian is shooting 45.2 percent from the field while averaging 67.9 points per game.
 
BLOCKED SHOTS - Chiakwelu recorded six blocked shots against Wofford (December 3), which is tied for the highest single-game total in Presbyterian's DI era. Jaylen Peterson has also posted six blocked shots in a game in his career. Peterson accomplished that feat at Winthrop last season (January 29, 2025). 
 
SCORING DEFENSE - Presbyterian ranks first in the Big South and 47th in the nation in scoring defense after limiting its opponents to 66.8 points per game.
 
FIVE DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORERS - In Presbyterian's 80-72 win over Morehead State (December 6), five PC players scored in double-figures, which marked the first time since a home win over Virginia-Lynchburg on December 18, 2024, that Presbyterian had at least five players score in double-figures in a game.
 
BIG SOUTH FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK - Chiakwelu was named Big South Conference Freshman of the Week (November 17). Chiakwelu is the 13th player in the program's history to earn the Big South Freshman of the Week award.
 
NEARLY RECORD-BREAKING REBOUNDS TOTALS – 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.  Pierce grabbed 16 rebounds in the win over Morehead State (December 6), which was tied for the sixth-highest single-game total in Presbyterian's DI era.
 
DOUBLE-DIGIT BOARDS – Pierce has grabbed double-figure rebounds five times this season. He corralled 13 rebounds against Navy (November 3) and ETSU (November 8). He recorded 14 rebounds at Sacramento State (November 16) and at Wofford (December 3).  In Presbyterian's last game, a win over Morehead State (December 6), he tallied 16 rebounds.
 
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.
 
PRESBYTERIAN-EAST CAROLINA SERIES – Wednesday's game will be the eighth meeting between Presbyterian and East Carolina, with East Carolina winning six of the previous seven matchups. East Carolina beat PC, 77-57, at home in their last matchup, November 12, 2022.

EAST CAROLINA – The Pirates enter Wednesday's game after a 73-70 home win over Buffalo this past Sunday. Senior guard Riley Jordan leads ECU in scoring at 21.5 points per game. Senior center Giovanni Emejuru leads the team in rebounding at 9.4 boards per game while scoring 12.9 points per game. East Carolina averages 67.9 points per game while their opponents average 76.3 points per game.