Game Information
Opponent: at Clemson, S.C.
Date: Nov. 7, 2019
Site: Clem son, S.C. (Littlejohn Coliseum)
Radio: WPCC (
https://tunein.com/radio/Large-Time-Network-1410-s21875/)
Announcers: Ryan Clary (PbP), Kenn Blankenship (Analyst)
TV Broadcast: ACC Network (
https://www.espn.com/watch?id=3fb0cc8d-1fb1-49fe-9a33-e2998fdb1a91)
Live Stats: www.ClemsonTigers.com
Twitter: @BlueHoseSports
Clemson leads the series 57-18-1
Last 2 meetings
2015: CU 69, PC 41Â
2013: CU 77, PC 44Â
Clemson
Record: 0-0
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Nov. 5, 2019, vs Virginia Tech, L 60-67, in Clemson, S.C.
Head Coach: Brad Brownell
Career Record: 336-213 (18th year)
CU Record: 169-128 (20th year)
vs. PC: 2-0
Presbyterian College
Record: 0-0
Ranking: n/a
Last Game: Oct. 30, 2019 vs Johnson & Wales (Exh.), W 95-64, in Clinton, S.C.
Head Coach: Quinton Ferrell
Career Record: 0-0 (1st year)
PC Record: 0-0 (1st year)
vs. CU: 0-0
NOTES
Presbyterian College is entering the 2019-20 season after a historical 2018-19 season which saw the Blue Hose finish with 20 wins and a trip to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament Quarterfinals ...
The Blue Hose open at Clemson Thursday at 7 p.m. ... The last time the two teams met, the Tigers came away with a 69-41 win ... Clemson owns an 18-57-1 record over PC. the first meeting coming just over 100 years ago, Feb. 1, 1916, that game ended in a tie, 39-39 ...Â
Clemson is 0-1 after a 60-67 loss to Virginia Tech to open the season ... Leading the Tigers was John Newman, III, with 15 points ... Aamir Simms posted a double-double with 12 points and 15 rebounds ...
PC took a 95-64 win over Johnson & Wales in exhibition action Oct. 30 ... Ben Drake scored a team-leading 23 points, and pulled down 11 rebounds, while Cory Hightower added 19 points and a team-high 14 rebounds to both post double-doubles and lead the Blue Hose to the win ...Â
A new season brings a new coaching staff with the addition of 2007 PC alumn Quinton Ferrell ... An integral member of the basketbal team as a student-athlete he served as an assistant coach from graduation to 2012 ... After stops at The Citadel and Army, he settled at College of Charleston for five seasons from 2014-19 ... In his fourth season the Cougars made a memorable run that included the program’s second-straight 25-win campaign, an impressive 26-8 overall record and 14-4 mark in CAA play ... The co-regular-season champions won the CAA Men’s Basketball Championship and earned their first trip to the NCAA Tournament since 1999 ...
Ferrell brought with him a new staff with the additions of Ben Korren, Trey Meyer, Nick Lagroone as assistant coaches, Trey Johnson as Director of Basketball Operations, and Erik Goldback as Video Coordinator ...Â
The Blue Hose played in their first Division I postseason tournament this past season, taking part in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament ... The Blue Hose earned wins over Seattle and Robert Morris, advancing all the way to the tournament quarterfinals ...Â
The 2018-19 team broke several PC DI season records, including scoring, rebounding, assists, and scoring margin ... The Blue Hose led the league in assists, assist/turnover ratio, and were third in scoring and scoring margin ... In the national statistics PC finished top 10 in assist/turnover ratio, three-pointers per game, three-pointers made, and in turnovers ...
In 2018-19 several players earned Big South All-Conference distinctions, with Adam Flagler earning Freshman of the Year Honors, becoming the second Blue Hose to pick up the award in PC’s Division I history ... Davon Bell was named to the All-Conference second team, while Francois Lewis was named Honorable Mention ... Flagler and Cory Hightower were named to the All-Freshmen team, with JC Younger getting a nod on the All-Academic Team ... The five honorees were the most in PC Division I history ...
Before PC’s appearance in the CIT, the last time the Blue Hose played in a postseason tournament was in 2005-06, as a Division II member ... PC went 1-1 in the NCAA Division II South Atlantic Regional, finishing 25-10 on the season ... In program history, the Blue Hose have competed in three postseason tournaments, and hold a 4-3 mark ...
PC was the 13th Big South school overall to play in the CIT, which began in 2009 ... The Blue Hose were the fourth league team so far to win a CIT second round game ...Â
The Blue Hose finished 12-3 at home last season ... The 12 wins at home was the most in its DI history ... PC was 9-2 at home in 2008-09 ...
The Blue Hose finished 8-13 on the road ... The eight wins is most in their DI history ... The Blue Hose won seven in 2011-12 (7-7) ...
The 20 wins by the Blue Hose were most in PC DI history ... The Blue Hose recorded 14 wins in 2011-12 (14-15) ... PC won 13, in 2010-11 (13-18), and 12 in 2008-09 (12-17) ... Â The record for most wins all-time is 27, set in 92-93 and 2002-03 ... PC is tied for 17th overall in win totals ... The last time the Blue Hose won at least 20 games was in 2006-07, the final year of Division II, the team went 20-9 ...Â
PC finished with nine conference wins (9-7) in 2018-10, which was tied for the most in its DI history ... The Blue Hose were 9-9 in 2008-09 ...Â
When PC took the court against Radford, it broke the PC DI record for most games in a season with 33 ... The game against Marshall gave PC 36 games, tied for most all-time, set in 2002-03 ...
Several Blue Hose Ended the season prevelant in the Big South statistics ... Adam Flagler was 11th in scoring (15.7), Francois Lewis was 14th (14.7) ... Cory Hightower was seventh in rebounding (6.3), while Davon Bell was first in assists with 6.4 ... Adam Flagler is second in three-pointers made (3.0) and in percentage (.392) ... JC Younger was fourth in three-pointers made (2.5) and first in percentage (.429) ... The assist/turnover ratio belonged to Davon Bell, who was first with 3.4 ...
In the NCAA national statistics PC was seventh in 3-pt fields attempts (969), sixth in assist/turnover ratio (1.6), 10th in fewest turnovers (332), eighth in 3-pt field goals per game (10.9), third in three-pointers made (370), and eighth in turnovers per game (9.8) ... Davon Bell was fifth in assist/turnover ratio (3.4), 16th in assists per game (6.4), and 14th in total assists (211) ...
The 9.9 turnovers per game last season broke the PC Division I record for turnovers per game ... The record was 11.9 and was set in 2017-18, which was a drop of 3.1 points from the 2016-17 season ... The 1.6 assist/turnover ratio is a season records as well ...Â
In 2018-19 the Blue Hose broke several PC Division I season records, including scoring (78.2), rebounding average (34.7), assists avg. (15.7), and scoring margin (+5.8) ... PC was also second in fg pct. (.449) ...
PC has made at least one three-pointer in the last 375 games ... PC has hit one three-pointer in several games, the last against Clemson in 2015, but has not been held without one in its entire Division I history ...
Joining the Cougars this season are several newcomers, including forward Owen McCormack (Advance, N.C.), guard CJ Melton (Hoover, Ala.), Zeb Graham (Fort Mill, S.C.), Sean Jenkins (Spartanburg, S.C.) , Luka Jaksic (Woodstock, Ga.), and Michael Isler (Albany, Ga.) ... McCormack has a very high basketball IQ and is extremely skilled and stretches the floor with his ability to shoot the ball from 3pt ... He is an excellent student and fits the way they like to play with his skill set, but also has some toughness and ability to rebound the ball ... Melton has very high ceiling and can play multiple positions on the offensive end and provides some great length on the defensive end with his long wingspan... He is a worker and has a great passion to play and develop ... Graham is a very talented guard who can play both the point guard and shooting guard positions ... He has a natural ability to score the basketball from all three levels on the court ... His combination of speed and quickness will allow him to be a dynamic player at PC ... Jenkins is an extremely skilled offensive player ... At 6-4 his ability to shoot the basketball is second to none ... He also has the ability to play make for his teammates and he possesses great vision on the court as well ... Jaksic is a very skilled big guy who will bring a lot of versatility to our basketball team ... He has the ability to make shots out to the three-point line, while also being able to put the ball on the floor to attack the basket ... Luka has a great understanding of the game and is a terrific passer ... Isler is a young man who is very athletic, he has the chance to be one of the better athletes in the Big South from day one ... He brings a lot of versatility to the perimeter and paint and plays with great energy and effort on offense and defense ...
