Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose at High Point Panthers
Date: Thursday, January 29, at 9:00 p.m.
Site: High Point, N.C. (Qubein Center)
Watch: ESPNU
Live Stats: Sidearmstats.com
 
PRESBYTERIAN
Record: 11-11, Big South: 4-3
Last Game: January 24, 2026 – Winthrop 82, Presbyterian 72
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell (Presbyterian, 2007)
Record at PC: 73-133  (7^th Season)
Career Record: Same

HIGH POINT
Record: 18-4, Big South: 6-1
Last Game: January 23, 2026 – High Point 93, Radford 83
Head Coach: Flynn Clayman (Troy, 2016)
Record at High Point: 18-4 (1st Season)
Career Record: Same
 
LAST TIME OUT –  Presbyterian came up short in an 82-72 loss to Winthrop at the Templeton Center this past Saturday. Junior guard Carl Parrish led the Blue Hose with 18 points while shooting a perfect 7-for-7 from the free throw line. Redshirt senior forward Jonah Pierce recorded a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Sophomore guards Triston Wilson (12 points) and Josh Pickett (11 points) rounded out Presbyterian's double-figure scorers.
 
OPENING TIP
INSIDE THE STAT SHEET – Pierce leads the Blue Hose in scoring at 16.0 points per game while averaging 19.3 points per game in Big South play. Pierce leads the Big South and ranks 28th in the nation in rebounding at 9.4 boards per game. Pierce is eighth in the nation with a Big South leading 11 double-doubles. Parrish is second on the team in scoring at 14.0 points per game and 16.0 in Big South Conference games while connecting on a team-high 53 three-point field goals this season. Ten PC players have knocked down at least one three-point field goal this season. Redshirt junior Jaylen Peterson is second on the team in rebounding at 7.2 rebounds per contest while averaging 10.0 points per game. Wilson ranks amongst the Big South leaders, averaging a team-leading 3.5 assists per game. Wilson has dished out at least five assists in seven games this season. Wilson averages 9.3 points per game. Pierce, Peterson, and redshirt freshman Chidi Chiakwelu average around a blocked shot per game. Pierce ranks fourth in the Big South at 1.3 blocked shots per game. Chiakwelu is fifth in the Big South at 1.2 blocked shots per game. As a team, Presbyterian is shooting 47.1 percent from the field while averaging 71.8 points per game.
 
STATISTICAL RANKINGS - Presbyterian ranks second in the Big South in scoring defense after limiting its opponents to 70.5 points per game. The Blue Hose are third in the Big South and 72nd in the nation in rebounding margin, averaging 4.7 rebounds per game more than its opponents. Jonah Pierce ranks first in the Big South and 8th in the nation with 11 double-doubles. Pierce also leads the Big South and ranks 28th in the nation averaging 9.5 rebounds per game.
 
DOUBLE DIGIT BOARDS – Jonah Pierce has grabbed double-figure rebounds 13 times this season. He corralled 13 rebounds against Navy (Nov. 3) and ETSU (Nov. 8). He recorded 14 rebounds at Sacramento State (Nov. 16) and at Wofford (Dec. 3).  In Presbyterian's win over Morehead State (Dec. 6), he tallied 16 rebounds. At Manhattan (Dec. 21), he grabbed 11 boards. In Presbyterian's win over Truett McConnell (Dec. 28), he grabbed 11 rebounds. In the win over USC Upstate (Jan. 3), he collected 12 rebounds. At Radford (Jan. 7), Pierce recorded 11 rebounds. At Longwood (Jan. 10), he grabbed 10 rebounds.  In the win over UNC Asheville (Jan. 14), he recorded 11 rebounds. In the win at Gardner-Webb (Jan. 17), he grabbed 13 rebounds. Against Winthrop (Jan. 24), he collected 10 rebounds. Jaylen Peterson has tallied six double-figure rebound games. He grabbed 10 rebounds against Navy (Nov. 3), 17 rebounds against Bluefield (Jan. 5), 11 rebounds at South Carolina (Nov. 12), 10 rebounds vs. Truett McConnell (Dec. 28), 13 rebounds against USC Upstate (Jan. 3), and 10 rebounds in the win over Charleston Southern (Jan. 21).
 
FIVE DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORERS - In Presbyterian's 80-72 win over Morehead State (December 6), five PC players scored in double-figures, which marked the first time since a home win over Virginia-Lynchburg on December 18, 2024, that Presbyterian had at least five players score in double-figures in a game. In the win over Morehead State, Presbyterian's five double-figure scorers were: Parrish (18 pts.), Wilson (17 pts.), Pickett (12 pts.), Pierce (11 pts.), and Khalon Hudson (11 pts.).
 
In the Blue Hose's win over Charleston Southern (January 21), Presbyterian also had five double-figure scorers: Pierce (21 pts.), Parrish (20 pts.), Pickett (17 pts.), Wilson (12 pts.), and Jaylen Peterson (11 pts.).
 
PC COACH QUINTON FERRELL - Quinton Ferrell is in his seventh 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 51 coaches in the NCAA Division I ranks who are coaching their alma mater.
 
PRESBYTERIAN-HIGH POINT SERIES – Thursday's game will be the 39^th meeting between Presbyterian and High Point, with High Point leading the series 27-11. High Point has won the last seven meetings between the two teams. Presbyterian's last win in the series was a 71-56 victory at High Point, January 25, 2021.  

HIGH POINT – The Panthers enter the game having won 10 of their last 11 games. High Point ranks third in the nation in scoring offense, averaging 92.8 points per game. Forward Terry Anderson leads High Point in scoring and rebounding, averaging 20.0 points and 7.6 rebounds per league game.