Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose vs. USC Upstate Spartans
Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.   
Site: Clinton, S.C. (Templeton Center)
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: GoBlueHose.com
Tickets: GoBlueHose.com
 
PRESBYTERIAN
Record: 9-15, Big South: 2-7
Last Game: February 1, 2025 – High Point 84, Presbyterian 72
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell (Presbyterian, 2007)
Record at PC: 57-118 (6^th Season)
Career Record: Same

USC UPSTATE
Record: 5-19, Big South: 1-8
Last Game: February 1, 2025 – Radford 79, USC Upstate 69
Head Coach: Marty Richter (Simpson College, 1999)
Record at USC Upstate: 5-19 (1st Season)
Career Record: 61-29 (3rd Season)
 
PROMOTIONS – Free admission for kids (12 and under) who wear a jersey to the game.
 
LAST TIME OUT – Presbyterian cut High Point's lead to one point in the second half, but the Blue Hose came up short in an 84-72 loss to High Point at the Templeton Center on Saturday afternoon. Kory Mincy scored a game-high 24 points while connecting on a career-high five three-point field goals. Jamahri Harvey scored 17 points. Kobe Stewart rounded out Presbyterian's double-figure scorers with 12 points while dishing out seven assists. Jaylen Peterson grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds in the game.
 
BLUE HOSE BY THE NUMBERS – Presbyterian averages 75.0 points per game and 34.5 rebounds. The Blue Hose are shooting 46.6 percent from the field and 37.1 percent from beyond the three-point arc. Mincy leads the team in scoring at 15.0 points per game and assists with 4.0 per game. Mincy has dished out 97 assists this year. Stewart is second on the team in scoring at 14.6 points per game. Stewart grabs 5.0 rebounds per contest. Peterson leads the team in rebounding averaging 6.6 boards per game. Peterson leads the Big South in blocked shots with 38, averaging 1.6 blocks per game. Kaleb Scott is second on the team in rebounding grabbing 5.4 boards per game while scoring 8.0 points per game. Harvey, who has connected on 43 three-point field goals, averages 8.4 points per game. Parrish is fifth on the team, scoring 7.0 points per game.
 
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 leads the Big South and ranks 49th in the NCAA in three-point field goal percentage at 37.1 percent (186-502). Presbyterian has had 11 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.
 
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-USC UPSTATE SERIES  - Wednesday's game is the 39^th meeting between Presbyterian and USC Upstate, who leads the series 21-17. USC Upstate defeated Presbyterian, 77-67, at home in their first matchup this season, January 8, 2025. Harvey paced the Blue Hose with 18 points and Stewart scored 16 points in that game. Presbyterian defeated USC Upstate, 80-73, in their last meeting in the Templeton Center on January 31, 2024. Scott scored 10 points and grabbed eight rebounds in the game.

USC UPSTATE – The Spartans have lost seven straight games. USC Upstate averages 74.5 points while their opponents average 82.6 points. Mister Dean leads the team in scoring and rebounding at 15.3 points and 5.5 rebounds per game.