Last-second trey ruins PC comeback

(PC photo) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants ELON, N.C. – Rob Higgins’ frantic three-pointer, off a fast break at the buzzer, lifted Elon to an 82-79 victory over luckless Presbyterian at Schar Center on Monday night. The Blue Hose, down 19 points in the second half, tied the score with four seconds to play on Jonah Pierce’s third-chance bucket …

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Same time, different results

Marquis Barnett (PC photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Presbyterian College played basketball twice, at the same time, 264 miles apart as the highways fall, on Wednesday. The men were at Templeton Center, playing Tennessee Tech. The women were at Trask Coliseum, playing UNC Wilmington. Tips at both places went up a minute or so after 2 p.m. The …

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Ferrell’s Blue Hose continue to surprise

Kory Mincy (PC photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ JACKSONVILLE, Fla.  – Presbyterian lost any sense of infallibility but kept rolling along by winning two of three games at the First Coast Classic. The Blue Hose cashed in Saturday’s final game, 78-75, over Northwestern (La.) State after falling, 80-66, to Maine on Friday. Presbyterian (5-1) began the North Florida-hosted tournament …

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Blue Hose come through in final clutch

(PC photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ A year of painstaking but frustrating improvement ended warmly as Presbyterian closed out Morehead State, 31-27, on Saturday at Bailey Memorial Stadium, thanks to a timely defense with a taste for turnovers. The Blue Hose stopped the Eagles just a week after Morehead State put a stop to Davidson’s Pioneer Football League …

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The Ospreys aren’t biting (back) in Florida

Jamahri Harvey (PC photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Let’s see. Commodores. Rams. Bulldogs. Ospreys. The Presbyterian College men’s basketball team has beaten them all. Not that 4-0 by itself is that impressive. The Blue Hose defeated North Florida, 81-69, in the first round of the First Coast Classic in Jacksonville, Fla. PC has won the first four games …

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CIU comes up wanting against Hose

(PC photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Presbyterian College basketball, in the span of a week, demonstrated its mastery of Columbia International University. This, undoubtedly, was the plan. The Blue Hose woman dominated the Rams, 95-43, six nights after the men won, 100-58. Led by Bryanna Brady’s 18 points, leading five double-figure scorers, Presbyterian put up season highs in …

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Blue Hose outshoot The Citadel

By MONTE DUTTON Ex-PC player Winston Hill suited up for The Citadel (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Already, it’s quite a change. Led by Marquis Barnett with 20 points, Presbyterian defeated The Citadel, 71-64, in front of a lively Templeton Center crowd of 514 on Monday night. Starting out 3-0 after going 5-27 last season has …

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Blue Hose can’t break through again

Bradley Russ Martin (PC photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ DES MOINES, Iowa – Steve Englehart’s Presbyterian Blue Hose have improved all season in ways that are hard to measure. Drake’s 16-14 victory on Saturday was more of the same. Drake has one more game to win – at Butler next Saturday – in order to lock up the …

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Tough test for Hose in Hawkeye State

Alex Herriott (44) (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Presbyterian College’s greatest moment to date in the Pioneer Football League occurred in Des Moines, Iowa, and on the unlikely date of April 17, 2021. It was the weird COVID spring. PC’s quarterback was Tyler Huff, and its head coach was Tommy Spangler, and the Blue Hose drove …

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