Presbyterian Blue Hose at Charleston Southern Buccaneers

· NCAA Men's Basketball

Presbyterian Blue Hose

12-13, 2-10 Away

Charleston Southern Buccaneers

11-14, 7-3 Home

Charleston Southern takes on Presbyterian following Hafemeister's 32-point game

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Presbyterian Blue Hose (12-13, 5-5 Big South) at Charleston Southern Buccaneers (11-14, 2-8 Big South)

North Charleston, South Carolina; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Charleston Southern hosts Presbyterian after Jesse Hafemeister scored 32 points in Charleston Southern's 100-94 overtime loss to the South Carolina Upstate Spartans.

The Buccaneers are 7-3 in home games. Charleston Southern leads the Big South in rebounding, averaging 38.4 boards. Brycen Blaine leads the Buccaneers with 7.3 rebounds.

The Blue Hose are 5-5 in Big South play. Presbyterian has a 5-7 record in games decided by at least 10 points.

Charleston Southern averages 12.1 made 3-pointers per game, 4.8 more made shots than the 7.3 per game Presbyterian gives up. Presbyterian has shot at a 47.6% clip from the field this season, 6.3 percentage points higher than the 41.3% shooting opponents of Charleston Southern have averaged.

The matchup Thursday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Blaine averages 3.1 made 3-pointers per game for the Buccaneers, scoring 17.5 points while shooting 34.7% from beyond the arc. A'lahn Sumler is shooting 50.3% and averaging 20.5 points over the last 10 games.

Jonah Pierce is shooting 57.9% and averaging 16.5 points for the Blue Hose. Carl Parrish is averaging 2.3 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Buccaneers: 2-8, averaging 80.1 points, 35.9 rebounds, 13.9 assists, 4.7 steals and 6.5 blocks per game while shooting 45.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 84.5 points per game.

Blue Hose: 5-5, averaging 77.2 points, 31.3 rebounds, 12.4 assists, 4.8 steals and 4.3 blocks per game while shooting 50.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 76.3 points.

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Charleston Southern: 67.4%

Presbyterian: 32.6%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Statistics

PRES		CHSO
W1	Streak	L8
71.6	Points Against	79.5
72.5	Points Per Game	83.0
48	Field Goal %	45
32	Three Point %	35
35.9	Rebounds Per Game	42.9
13.4	Assists Per Game	16.6
4.4	Blocks Per Game	5.1
5.6	Steals Per Game	4.7
0.7	Team Turnovers Per Game	0.6
13.8	Total Turnovers Per Game	14.6
71.6	Points Against	79.5

Game Information

Venue: Buccaneer Fieldhouse

Location: Charleston, SC
Capacity:

2025-26 Big South Conference Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
High Point	10-1	-	22-4
Winthrop	10-1	-	18-8
Radford	6-5	4	13-13
Presbyterian	5-5	4.5	12-13
UNC Asheville	5-5	4.5	11-13
Longwood	5-6	5	13-13
South Carolina Upstate	3-7	6.5	11-14
Charleston Southern	2-8	7.5	11-14
Gardner-Webb	1-9	8.5	3-22