Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose at UNC Asheville Bulldogs
Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 6:30 p.m.   
Site: Asheville, N.C. (Kimmel Arena)
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: Sidearmstats.com
 
PRESBYTERIAN
Record: 12-17, Big South: 5-9
Last Game: February 22, 2025 – Presbyterian 80, Radford 73
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell (Presbyterian, 2007)
Record at PC: 60-120 (6^th Season)
Career Record: Same

UNC ASHEVILLE
Record: 20-8, Big South: 11-3
Last Game: February 22, 2025 – UNC Asheville 87, Longwood 82
Head Coach: Mike Morrell (Milligan, 2005)
Record at UNC Asheville: 115-96 (7th Season)
Career Record: Same
 
LAST TIME OUT – Presbyterian won a road game in Virginia for the second straight Saturday with an 80-73 victory at Radford last Saturday. Kobe  Stewart scored a game-high 26 points. Kory Mincy scored 13 points and dished out six assists. Carl Parrish scored 12 points off the bench. Kaleb Scott rounded out Presbyterian's double-figure scorers chipping in with 10 points. Iverson King nearly recorded a double-double with eight points and eight rebounds.
 
BLUE HOSE BY THE NUMBERS – Presbyterian averages 75.1 points per game and 33.8 rebounds. The Blue Hose are shooting 47.0 percent from the field and 36.7 percent from beyond the three-point arc. Stewart leads the team in scoring at 15.2 points per game while grabbing 5.0 rebounds per contest. Mincy is second on the team in scoring at 14.9 points per game and assists with 4.2 per game. Mincy ranks third in the Big South in assists. Jaylen Peterson leads the team in rebounding averaging 6.0 boards per game. Peterson is second in the Big South in blocked shots with 45, averaging 1.6 blocks per game. Scott is second on the team in rebounding grabbing 5.3 boards per game while scoring 8.6 points per game. Jamahri Harvey, who has connected on 44 three-point field goals, averages 7.4 points per game. Parrish is fifth on the team, scoring 7.3 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 123 assists, which is the most assists by a PC player since the 2018-19 season. 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 second in the Big South and 55th in the NCAA in three-point field goal percentage at 36.7 percent (213-581). Presbyterian has had 13 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 fourth in the Big South and 61st in the nation in field goal percentage at 47.0 percent (791-1683). 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-UNC ASHEVILLE SERIES – Wednesday's game will be the 42^nd meeting between Presbyterian and UNC Asheville, who leads the series 30-11. The Bulldogs have won eight straight games in the series. The last three games between the two teams in Asheville have been very tightly contested with one game going to overtime and one going to triple overtime. UNC Asheville defeated Presbyterian, 96-87, in their first matchup this season in Presbyterian's Templeton Center on January 11. Triston Wilson scored a team-high 21 points. Five PC players scored in double-figures in that contest.

UNC ASHEVILLE—The Bulldogs have won two of their last three games, including home wins over Charleston Southern and Longwood. UNC Asheville averages 83.4 points while allowing its opponents an average of 76.3 points per game. Jordan Marsh is one of four UNC Asheville double-figure scorers, averaging 18.8 points per game. Fletcher Abee, who averages 10.5 points, leads the Big South in three-point field goal percentage at 44.7 percent.