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Presbyterian College Men's Basketball Presbyterian College (0-0) at Tennessee (0-0) PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL November 10, 2017 / 7:00 p.m. www.GoBlueHose.com - @BlueHoseSports Thompson-Boling Arena - Knoxville, Tenn. NOTES General Information School Name ................................................ Presbyterian College Schedule / Results Location .............................................................................Clinton, SC The Presbyterian College men’s basketball team Founded .........................................................................................1880 Date Day Opponent Location Time/Result heads to Knoxville to open the season ... It marks Enrollment ....................................................................................1,200 Nov. 10 Fri. at Tennessee+ Knoxville, Tenn. 7:00 President .......................................................................... Bob Staton Nov. 11 Sat. JOHNSON Clinton, S.C. 7:00 the second straight year the two teams have Director of Athletics ...............................................Danny Sterling Nov. 15 Wed. at N.C. State+ Raleigh, N.C. 7:00 faced each other ... The Vols are 2-0 against the Affiliation ..................................................................NCAA Division I Nov. 18 Sat. at VMI Lexington, Va. 1:00 Blue Hose in the short series ... Conference ......................................................................... Big South Nov. 20 Mon. at Charlotte Charlotte, N.C. 7:00 Nickname ............................................................................Blue Hose Nov. 23 Thur. vs. Nicholls State+ Baltimore, Md. 2:00 Colors ........................... Blue (PMS 286) and Garnet (PMS 201) Nov. 24 Fri. vs. UMBC/Chicago State+ Baltimore, Md. 12:00/2:00 The game against Tennessee, as well as the Home Court/Cap. ................................Templeton Center/2,500 Nov. 28 Tue. UNCG Clinton, S.C. 7:00 Dec. 2 Sat. N.C. A&T Clinton, S.C. 4:00 matchups against N.C. State, Nichols State and Sports Information Dec. 5 Tue. S.C. STATE Clinton, S.C. 4:00 UMBC/Chicago State, are part of the Battle 4 At- Associate AD/Sports Information/Game Operations Dec. 14 Thur. TOCCOA FALLS Clinton, S.C. 7:00 lantis Regional Play ... .....................................................................................Simon Whitaker Dec. 19 Tue. at Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va. 7:00 Assistant Director .................................................. Davis Simpson Dec. 21 Thur. PIEDMONT^ Clinton, S.C. 2:00 SID Assistant .........................................................................Nic Mills Dec. 30 Sat. RADFORD*^ Clinton, S.C. 4:30 A lot of new faces on the men’s basketball team Office Phone ..............................................................864.833.8252 Jan. 3 Wed. at Longwood* Farmville, Va. 7:00 for the 2017-18 season, especially on the coach- Fax ................................................................................864.833.8323 Jan. 6 Sat. at Liberty* Lynchburg, Va. 4:00 Press Row Phone ....................................................864.833.8332 Jan. 9 Tue. CAMPBELL* Clinton, S.C. 7:00 ing side with the hiring of former Wofford As- Whitaker’s Mobile Phone ......................................843-475-1129 Jan. 12 Fri. UNC ASHEVILLE* Clinton, S.C. 7:00 sociate Head Coach Dustin Kerns as the team’s Whitaker’s E-Mail [email protected] Jan. 15 Mon. at High Point* High Point, N.C. 7:00 Jan. 18 Thur. at Gardner-Webb* Boiling Springs, N.C. 7:00 18th coach this past spring ... At Wofford Coach Website ..................................................................GoBlueHose.com Twitter ...................................................................@bluehosesports Jan. 21 Sun. WINTHROP* Clinton, S.C. 4:00 Kerns was part of two Souther Conference Mailing Address ..................................................105 Ashland Ave. Jan. 24 Wed. at Chas. Southern* Charleston, S.C. 7:30 championships and two NCAA Tournament ap- ...............................................................................Clinton, S.C. 29325 Jan. 27 Sat. LIBERTY* Clinton, S.C. 4:00 Feb. 1 Thur. LONGWOOD* Clinton, S.C. 7:00 pearances ... Coaching Staff Feb. 3 Sat. at UNC Asheville* Asheville, N.C. 4:30 Head Coach ..................................Dustin Kerns/Clemson, 2002 Feb. 7 Wed. at Winthrop* Rock Hill, S.C. 7:00 Coach Kerns replaced Gregg Nibert, who re- Career Record/Years ...........................................................0-0/1st Feb. 10 Sat. CHAS. SOUTHERN*^ Clinton, S.C. 4:30 PC Record/Years ...................................................................0-0/1st Feb. 15 Thur. HIGH POINT* Clinton, S.C. 7:00 signed after the 2017-18 season after leading Office Phone ............................................................. 864.833.8249 Feb. 18 Sun. at Radford* Radford, Va. 3:00 the Blue Hose for 28 years ... Office Fax ...................................................................864.833.8323 Feb. 22 Thur. GARDNER-WEBB Clinton, S.C. 7:00 Assistant Coaches ................. Tommy Brown/Covenant, 1993 Feb. 24 Sat. at Campbell Buies Creek, N.C. 4:30 ...................................................Frank Young/West Virginia, 2007 A whole new staff joins Coach Kerns with the ad- ........................................Patrick Moynihan/North Georgia, 2013 Big South Tournament dition of Tommy Brown, Frank Young, and Patrick Athletic Trainer ...........................................................Nelson Jones Feb. 27 Tue. First Round at Higher Seed TBA Mar. 1 Thur. Quarterfinals at No. 1 Seed TBA Moynihan ... Coach Brown led Lee University for Mailing Address ..................................................105 Ashland Ave. ...............................................................................Clinton, S.C. 20325 Mar. 2 Fri. Semifinals at No. 1 Seed TBA 11 years, making eight consecutive NAIA Tourna- Mar. 4 Sun. Finals at Higher Seed TBA ment appearances ... Frank Young was a stand- Program History First year of Basketball: ............................................................1913 Head Coach: Dustin Kerns out player at West Virginia and still ranks among Overall Record: ...................................................1,205-1,198 (.501) Assistant Coaches: Tommy Brown, Frank Young, Patrick Moynihan the all-time leaders in three-pointers made, at- Record since entering Division I: ...................................... 89-218 Trainer: Nelson Jones tempted, and percentage ... Coach Moynihan First year of Division I Transition: ................................ 2007-08 First year of Full-Fledged Division I: ..............................2012-13 * - Big South Conference games. comes from a Troy team that went 22-15 last NCAA Tournament Appearances (DII): ......................................3 + - Battle 4 Atlantis Regional Tournament season, winning the Sun Belt Championship and .........................................................................................(1996-03-06) ^ - Doubleheader with women’s basketball advancing to the NCAA Tournament ... NCAA Tournament Record (DII): ............................................. 4-3 Last postseason opponent: ...............Georgia College & State HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS ......................2006 NCAA Div. II Regional Semifinal (L, 58-77) All times eastern. It will be a homecoming of sorts for Kingsport, Big South Regular-Season Record: .................... 44-114 (.278) All home games to be played at Templeton Center in Clinton, S.C. Big South Regular-Season Championships: .....................none Tenn., native Coach Kerns, who served as a Big South Tournament Record: .................................................1-5 graduate assistant under Buzz Peterson at Ten- Big South Tournament Championships:.............................none nessee from 2003-04 ... Assistant Coach Tom- my Brown earned his masters degree from Ten- nessee as well, and is a native of Chattanooga ... Probable Starters Game Information Opponent: at Tennessee Returning for the Blue Hose is sophomore Francois Lewis Date: Nov. 10, 2017 15 Orlando, Fla. - Jr. Site: knoxville, Tenn. (Thompson-Boling Arena) Jo’Vontae Millner who led last year’s team with Radio: none 10.8 points and 5.6 rebounds per game ... Millner PPG RPG APG MPG TV Broadcast: SEC Network+ F 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Live Stats: www.UTSports.com ranked in the top 25 in the league in scoring, and Twitter: @BlueHoseSports was 12th in rebounding ... Reggie Dillard, who was third in the league in assists with 3.5 a game, 0 Jaron Withers UT leads the series 2-0 Walnut Cove, N.C. - Sr. Last two meetings returns for a fifth year ... In Big South play he av- 2016: UT 90, PC 50 eraged a team-leading 10.8 points per game ... PPG RPG APG MPG 2012: UT 78, PC 62 G 2.5 1.5 1.2 16.1 Also returning is sophomore J.C. Younger, who, Tennessee along with Millner, earned Big South Freshman- Davon Bell Record: 0-0 of-the-Week honors during the season ... 5 Charlotte, N.C. - RJr. Ranking: n/a Last Game: Nov. 5, 2017 at Clemson (Exhibition) Dillard is on pace to become the fourth player in PPG RPG APG MPG W 71-67 in Clemson, S.C. 6.9 1.9 3.4 26.3 Head Coach: Rick Barnes PC’s Division I history to eclipse the 1,000-point G Career Record: 635-349 (31st year) career mark ... He currently sits at 921 ... He’s CU Record: 31-35 (3rd year) Reggie Dillard vs. PC: 1-0 also knocking on the door of the career as- 14 Greensboro, N.C. - RSr. sists record ... He needs just 41 to take over the Presbyterian