Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose at Charleston Southern Buccaneers
Date: Thursday, February 12, at 7:00 p.m.
Site: Charleston, S.C. (Buccaneer Fieldhouse)
Watch: ESPN+
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PRESBYTERIAN
Record: 12-13, Big South: 5-5
Last Game: February 7, 2026 – Presbyterian 68, Gardner-Webb 62
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell (Presbyterian, 2007)
Record at PC: 74-135  (7^th Season)
Career Record: Same

CHARLESTON SOUTHERN
Record: 11-14, Big South: 2-8
Last Game: February 7, 2026 – USC Upstate 100, Charleston Southern 94 (OT)
Head Coach: Saah Nimley (Charleston Southern, 2015)
Record at Charleston Southern: 29-51 (2nd Season)
Career Record: Same
 
LAST TIME OUT –  Presbyterian topped Gardner-Webb, 68-62, at the Templeton Center last Saturday. Junior guard Carl Parrish led the Blue Hose with 16 points. Redshirt junior forward Jaylen Peterson recorded a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Redshirt sophomore guard Khalon Hudson scored 12 points off the bench. Sophomore guard Triston Wilson rounded out the PC's double-figure scorers with 10 points.
 
OPENING TIP
INSIDE THE STAT SHEET – Pierce leads the Blue Hose in scoring at 16.5 points per game while averaging 19.5 points per game in Big South play. Pierce leads the Big South and ranks 17th in the nation in rebounding at 9.8 boards per game. Pierce is ninth in the nation with a Big South leading 13 double-doubles. Parrish is second on the team in scoring at 14.0 points per game and 15.4 in Big South Conference games while connecting on a team-high 59 three-point field goals this season. Ten PC players have knocked down at least one three-point field goal this season. Peterson is second on the team in rebounding at 7.4 rebounds per contest while averaging 10.2 points per game. Wilson ranks second in the Big South, averaging a team-leading 3.8 assists per game. Wilson has dished out at least five assists in eight games this season. Wilson averages 10.4 points per game. Pierce, Peterson, and redshirt freshman Chidi Chiakwelu average around a blocked shot per game. Pierce and Peterson are tied for fifth in the Big South at 1.4 blocked shots per game. Chiakwelu is eighth in the Big South at 1.2 blocked shots per game. As a team, Presbyterian is shooting 47.6 percent from the field while averaging 72.5 points per game.
 
STATISTICAL RANKINGS - Presbyterian ranks second in the Big South and 58th in the nation in field goal percentage, shooting 47.6 percent from the field. Presbyterian ranks second in the Big South in scoring defense after limiting its opponents to 71.6 points per game. The Blue Hose are second in the Big South and 48th in the nation in rebounding margin, averaging 5.4 rebounds per game more than its opponents.
 
BLOCKED SHOTS - Chiakwelu recorded six blocked shots against Wofford (Dec. 3), which is tied for the highest single-game total in Presbyterian's DI era. Chiakwelu posted four blocked shots in the win over Charleston Southern (Jan. 23). Peterson has also posted six blocked shots in a game in his career. Peterson accomplished that feat at Winthrop last season (Jan. 29, 2025). Against High Point (Jan. 29), Peterson recorded four blocks and Jonah Pierce collected three blocked shots.
 
DOUBLE DIGIT BOARDS – Pierce has grabbed double-figure rebounds 14 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. On the road at High Point (Jan. 29), he grabbed 10 rebounds.
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).
 
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-CHARLESTON SOUTHERN SERIES – Thursday's game will be the 43^rd meeting between Presbyterian and Charleston Southern, with Charleston Southern leading the series, 28-14. Presbyterian lost to Charleston Southern, 71-70, in their last matchup in Charleston, February 12, 2025. Presbyterian beat Charleston Southern, 87-83, in their first matchup this season in the Templeton Center on January 21. Pierce five Blue Hose double-figure scorers with 21 points in the win.

CHARLESTON SOUTHERN – The Buccaneers average 83 points per game while their opponents average 79.5 points per game. Redshirt junior guard A'lahn Sumler ranks third in the Big South in scoring, averaging 18.4 points per game. Graduate student guard Luke Williams leads the Big South in assists, averaging 4.7 per game.