Game Information
Presbyterian Blue Hose at Winthrop Eagles
Date: Saturday, February 28, at 4:00 p.m.
Site: Rock Hill, S.C. (Winthrop Coliseum)
Watch: ESPN+
Live Stats: Statbroadcast.com.
 
PRESBYTERIAN
Record: 14-16, Big South: 7-8
Last Game: February 26, 2026 – High Point 79, Winthrop 73
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell (Presbyterian, 2007)
Record at PC: 76-138 (7^th Season)
Career Record: Same

WINTHROP
Record: 20-10, Big South: 12-3
Last Game: February 26, 2026 – Charleston Southern 86, Winthrop 84
Head Coach: Mark Prosser (Marist, 2002)
Record at Winthrop: 108-62 (5th Season)
Career Record: 140-138 (9th Season)
 
LAST TIME OUT –  The Blue Hose battled High Point down to the wire before falling 79-73 in a game broadcast on ESPNU in the Templeton Center on Thursday night. Sophomore guard Triston Wilson scored 17 points while shooting 11-for-12 from the free-throw line. Junior guard Carl Parrish scored 16 points while shooting a perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line. Redshirt senior forward Jonah Pierce recorded a double-double with 13 points and 15 rebounds on his senior night. Redshirt junior Jaylen Peterson scored 15 points while grabbing nine rebounds. Sophomore guard Josh Pickett scored 10 points while dishing out six assists.
 
OPENING TIP
INSIDE THE STAT SHEET – Pierce leads the Blue Hose in scoring at 16.2 points per game while averaging 18.0 points per game in Big South play. Pierce leads the Big South and ranks 18th in the nation in rebounding at 9.6 boards per game. Pierce is 11th in the nation with a Big South leading 15 double-doubles. Parrish is second on the team in scoring at 14.2 points per game and 15.5 in Big South Conference games while connecting on a team-high 71 three-point field goals this season, which is the sixth-highest single-season total in PC's DI era. Ten PC players have knocked down at least one three-point field goal this season. Peterson is second on the team in rebounding at 7.3 rebounds per contest while averaging 10.7 points per game. Wilson is second in the Big South in assists, averaging a team-leading 3.7 assists per game. Wilson has dished out at least five assists in nine games this season. Recently, Wilson dished out his 100^th assist of the season, becoming the seventh player in the school's D1 era to accomplish that feat. Wilson averages 11.1 points per game. Pickett has connected on 35 three-point field goals this season, which is the second-highest total on the team. Pierce, Peterson, and redshirt freshman forward Chidi Chiakwelu average around a blocked shot per game. Peterson and Pierce are tied for fifth in the Big South in blocked shots, 1.4 per game. Chiakwelu is ninth in the Big South at 1.2 blocked shots per game. As a team, Presbyterian is shooting 47.4 percent from the field while averaging 71.9 points per game.
 
HOME SWEET HOME - The February 19th win over Longwood was Presbyterian's 10th home victory of the season, which is the second most wins in the Templeton Center in Presbyterian's DI era. In the 2018-19 season, Presbyterian won a school record 12 home games.
 
STATISTICAL RANKINGS - Presbyterian ranks second in the Big South and 55th in the nation in field goal percentage shooting 47.4 percent from the field. The Blue Hose are third in the Big South and 37th in the NCAA averaging 4.5 blocks per game. Presbyterian ranks second in the Big South in scoring defense after limiting its opponents to 71.7 points per game. The Blue Hose are third in the Big South and 69th in the nation in rebounding margin, averaging 4.2 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 posted six blocked shots in a game twice in his career. Against Radford (Jan. 31), Peterson tallied six blocked shots. Last season, he accomplished that feat at Winthrop (Jan. 29, 2025). Against High Point (Jan. 29), Peterson recorded four blocks and Jonah Pierce collected three blocked shots.
 
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.
 
DOUBLE-DIGIT BOARDS – Pierce has grabbed double-figure rebounds 18 times this season. Peterson has tallied nine double-figure rebound games.
 
1,500 CAREER POINTS - With 15:35 on the first half clock, Pierce went over the 1,500th point plateau. Pierce has scored 1,571 points in his college career. Pierce is also closing in on 1,000 career rebounds as he enters the Winthrop game with 982 career rebounds.
 
PRESBYTERIAN-WINTHROP SERIES – Saturday's game will be the 51^st meeting between Presbyterian and Winthrop, with Winthrop leading the series 36-14. Winthrop has won the last three matchups between the two teams, including an 82-72 win at the Templeton Center on January 24. Presbyterian's last win in the series was an 78-55 victory at Winthrop on February 21, 2024.

WINTHROP – The Eagles enter the game on a two-game losing streak. Before the last two games, Winthrop had won 12 straight games. Winthrop averages 84.5 points per game while holding their opponents to 75.1 points per game. Senior Logan Duncomb leads Winthrop in scoring (18.4 ppg) and rebounding (9.0 rpg).