Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose vs. Radford Highlanders
Date: Friday, March 7 at 2:30 p.m.   
Site: Johnson City, Tenn. (Freedom Hall Civic Center)
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: Statbroadcast.com
 
5th Seed PRESBYTERIAN
Record: 14-17, Big South: 7-9
Last Game: March 1, 2025 – Presbyterian 68, Gardner-Webb 57
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell (Presbyterian, 2007)
Record at PC: 62-120 (6^th Season)
Career Record: Same

4th Seed RADFORD
Record: 19-12, Big South: 9-7
Last Game: March 1, 2025 – Radford 76, Charleston Southern 60
Head Coach: Darris Nichols (West Virginia, 2008)
Record at Radford: 67-62 (4th Season)
Career Record: Same
 
LAST TIME OUT – Presbyterian finished the regular season on a three-game winning streak, capped off with a 68-57 home over Gardner-Webb in the Blue Hose's regular season finale last Saturday. Presbyterian's seniors led the way. Senior Kaleb Scott scored a game-high 21 points while grabbing seven rebounds. Senior Kobe Stewart scored 15 points with nine rebounds. Senior Jamahri Harvey scored 13 points while connecting on three three-point field goals. Kory Mincy scored eight points and dished out nine assists. Iverson King grabbed eight rebounds.
 
BLUE HOSE BY THE NUMBERS – Presbyterian averages 74.5 points per game and 33.7 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 15.1 points per game. Stewart grabs 5.1 rebounds per contest. Mincy is second on the team in scoring at 14.9 points per game. He leads the Blue Hose in assists with 4.4 per game, while dishing out a Big South leading 136 assists. Jaylen Peterson leads the team in rebounding, averaging 5.7 boards per game. Peterson is second in the Big South in blocked shots with 48, averaging 1.5 blocks per game. Scott is second on the team in rebounding, grabbing 5.5 boards per game while scoring 9.0 points per game. Harvey, who has connected on 48 three-point field goals, averages 7.5 points per game. Carl Parrish is fifth on the team, scoring 7.2 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.
 
BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE HONORS - Presbyterian had four players earn All-Big South accolades. Senior Kobe Stewart was a Second Team All-Big South selection. Sophomore Kory Mincy garnered Honorable Mention All-Big South. Freshman Iverson King was named to the Big South All-Freshman team. Senior Kaleb Scott was named to the Big South All-Academic team.
 
THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE - Presbyterian ranks second in the Big South and 50th in the NCAA in three-point field goal percentage at 36.7 percent (226-616). 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 66th in the nation in field goal percentage at 47.0 percent (839-1787). 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 – Friday's game will be the 35^th meeting between the Presbyterian and Radford, who leads the series 23-11. Presbyterian defeated Radford, 80-73, on the road in their most recent matchup on February 22. Stewart led four PC double-figure scorers with a game-high 26 points.  

RADFORD – The Highlanders enter the tournament having won three of their last four games. Radford averages 74 points and 35.6 rebounds per game. Jarvis Moss, who earned Honorable Mention All-Big South honors, leads Radford in scoring at 13.3 points per game while connecting on 74 three-point field goals this season.