Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose at Radford Highlanders
Date: Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 4:30 p.m.   
Site: Radford, Va. (Dedmon Center)
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: Sidearmstats.com
 
PRESBYTERIAN
Record: 11-17, Big South: 4-9
Last Game: February 19, 2025 – Radford 77, UNC Asheville 53
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell (Presbyterian, 2007)
Record at PC: 59-120 (6^th Season)
Career Record: Same

RADFORD
Record: 17-11, Big South: 7-6
Last Game: February 20, 2025 – High Point 88, Winthrop 66
Head Coach: Darris Nichols (West Virginia, 2008)
Record at Radford: 65-61 (4th Season)
Career Record: Same
 
LAST TIME OUT – Presbyterian rallied from a 15-point first half deficit to take a late second half lead but the Blue Hose suffered a narrow 81-77 defeat to the Winthrop Eagles this past Wednesday. Kobe Stewart and Kory Mincy paced the Blue Hose with 18 points apiece. Carl Parrish scored 12 points off the bench. Presbyterian finished the game with a 24-8 advantage in bench points.
 
BLUE HOSE BY THE NUMBERS – Presbyterian averages 74.9 points per game and 33.9 rebounds. The Blue Hose are shooting 47.1 percent from the field and 36.4 percent from beyond the three-point arc. Mincy leads the team in scoring at 15.0 points per game and assists with 4.2 per game. Mincy has dished out 117 assists this year. Stewart is second on the team in scoring at 14.8 points per game. Stewart grabs 4.9 rebounds per contest. Jaylen Peterson leads the team in rebounding averaging 6.0 boards per game. Peterson leads the Big South in blocked shots with 44, averaging 1.6 blocks per game. Kaleb Scott is second on the team in rebounding grabbing 5.5 boards per game while scoring 8.5 points per game. Jamahri Harvey, who has connected on 44 three-point field goals, averages 7.6 points per game. Parrish is fifth on the team, scoring 7.1 points per game.
 
MINCY DISHING OUT ASSISTS - In the win over USC Upstate (Feb. 5), Mincy recorded his 100th assist this season. He currently has 117 assists, which is the most assists by a PC player since the 2018-19 season. Mincy is second in the Big South, averaging 4.2 assists per game. Mincy began the season with consecutive 10 assists games at Charlotte and at home against Carolina Christian. In both those games, he scored in double figures as well.
 
TWO-TIME BIG SOUTH FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK - Iverson 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 PLAYERS 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 ranks third in the Big South and 61st in the NCAA in three-point field goal percentage at 36.4 percent (206-566). Presbyterian has had 12 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.
 
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE - Presbyterian has had nine games this season shooting at least 50 percent from the field. The Blue Hose are currently fifth in the Big South and 65th in the nation in field goal percentage at 47.1 percent (768-1632). 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). PC shot 53.3 percent (32-60) in the win over USC Upstate (Feb. 5). Presbyterian shot 50.9 percent (29-57) in the win at Longwood (Feb. 15). 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.
 
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.
 
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 34^th meeting between Presbyterian and Radford, who leads the series 23-10. Radford won the last meeting between the two teams at Radford, 73-58, on January 27, 2024.

RADFORD – The Highlanders have won two of their last three games including a 77-53 home win over UNC Asheville on Thursday. Radford averages 74.4 points while allowing their opponents to average 70.5. Jarvis Moss leads Radford in scoring at 13.8 points per game. Moss is second in the Big South with 69 made three-point field goals. Brandon Maclin is Radford's second leading scorer at 10.4 points per game.