Blue Hose march home again, hurrah! hurrah!

(PC photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Two Presbyterian College basketball teams returned home Saturday night feeling pleased with themselves after crossing successfully into the Southern Conference. The men defeated Virginia Military, 75-71, in Lexington, Va., and the women cruised past Western Carolina, 60-41, in Cullowhee, N.C. https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants Trevon Reddish-Rhone led Presbyterian (6-3) with 14 points (2/3 three-pointers) and …

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Sjokvist leads Blue Hose to 3rd straight

(PC photos) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ Presbyterian College continued to pick up momentum, capturing its third women’s basketball victory in a row, 76-58 over North Carolina Central in a Wednesday matinee at Templeton Center. Tilda Sjokvist led the Blue Hose with 21 points. Bryanna Brady added 15 and Nuria Cunill 10. https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants "[I’m] really happy to get the …

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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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