Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose vs. Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs
Date: Saturday, March 1, 2025 at 2:00 p.m.   
Site: Clinton, S.C. (Templeton Center)
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: GoBlueHose.com
Tickets: GoBlueHose.com
 
PRESBYTERIAN
Record: 13-17, Big South: 6-9
Last Game: February 26, 2025 – Presbyterian 64, UNC Asheville 59
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell (Presbyterian, 2007)
Record at PC: 61-120 (6^th Season)
Career Record: Same

GARDNER-WEBB
Record: 10-18, Big South: 5-9
Last Game: February 26, 2025 – Gardner-Webb 56, Radford 63
Head Coach: Jeremy Luther (North Greenville, 1999)
Record at Gardner-Webb: 10-18 (1st Season)
Career Record: 97-94 (7th Season)
 
SENIOR DAY – Presbyterian will honor seniors Jamahri Harvey, Kaleb Scott, and Kobe Stewart in a postgame ceremony.
 
LAST TIME OUT – The Blue Hose won their third straight road game with a 64-59 victory at UNC Asheville this past Wednesday. Kory Mincy paced the Blue Hose with 21 points while dishing out four assists. Stewart scored 13 points and grabbed six rebounds. Carl Parrish chipped in with 10 points off the bench.
 
BLUE HOSE BY THE NUMBERS – Presbyterian averages 74.7 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 and Mincy are tied for the team lead in scoring at 15.1 points per game. Stewart grabs 5.0 rebounds per contest. Mincy leads the Blue Hose in assists with 4.2 per game. Mincy ranks third in the Big South in assists. Jaylen Peterson leads the team in rebounding averaging 5.8 boards per game. Peterson is second in the Big South in blocked shots with 46, averaging 1.5 blocks per game. Scott is second on the team in rebounding, grabbing 5.4 boards per game while scoring 8.6 points per game. Harvey, who has connected on 45 three-point field goals, averages 7.3 points per game. Parrish is fourth on the team, scoring 7.4 points per game.
 
ROAD WARRIORS - Presbyterian has won three straight road games with wins at Longwood, Radford and UNC Asheville. This is the second most consecutive road wins by the Blue Hose in their Division I era. In the 2011-12 season, Presbyterian had a stretch of five straight road wins.
 
MINCY DISHING OUT ASSISTS - In the win over USC Upstate (Feb. 5), Kory Mincy recorded his 100th assist this season. He currently has 127 assists which is the most assists by a PC player since the 2018-19 season.
Kory 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 48th in the NCAA in three-point field goal percentage at 36.7 percent (220-599). 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 third in the Big South and 61st in the nation in field goal percentage at 47.0 percent (813-1730). 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-GARDNER-WEBB SERIES – Saturday's game will be the 62^nd meeting between Presbyterian and Gardner-Webb, who leads the series 37-24. Gardner-Webb defeated Presbyterian, 63-621, at home in their first matchup this season on January 4. Presbyterian won the last meeting between the two teams at the Templeton Center, 77-75, on February 7, 2024. Scott scored 17 points and grabbed six rebounds. Stewart nearly recorded a double-double with 14 points and nine rebounds in the win.

GARDNER-WEBB - The Runnin' Bulldogs have lost three straight games with losses to Longwood, High Point, and Radford. Gardner-Webb averages 74.4 points while allowing their opponents to average 78.8 points per game. Sophomore guard Darryl Simmons II leads the team in scoring at 17.9 points per game.