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Wednesday, October 24, 2001 PRESBYTERIAN
COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL RELEASES 2001-02 SCHEDULE CLINTON, SC — Thirteen
home dates and a trip to Hawaii highlight Presbyterian
College’s 2001-02 26-game regular season men’s
basketball schedule announced today by 13th-year head
coach Gregg
Nibert. The
Blue Hose are coming off last season’s 19-10 campaign
which included a third place finish in the South
Atlantic Conference regular season with a 10-6 league
mark and runner-up finish for the Food Lion/SAC
Tournament title. Presbyterian
will open the season with an exhibition game versus the
Columbia Sharkheads on November 9 before officially
beginning the 2001-02 slate at home November 17 when
they host defending Peach Belt Conference champion,
Armstrong Atlantic State University. November has the
Blue Hose hosting Allen University on the 17th and
Benedict College on the 21st. The Blue Hose travel to
Aiken, SC to the SAC/Peach Belt Clash on Nov. 23-24 and
finish the month with a road game versus Anderson
College on the 26th. During
December, the Blue Hose play Erskine College on December
1 in Due West, SC, home games versus USC Spartanburg
(12/4) and Shaw University (12/8) and a road game at
Lander University on December 12. After the Christmas
holidays, PC leaves to Hawaii with games versus
Hawaii-Pacific University (12/28) and Chaminade
University (12/29). The
Blue Hose open South Atlantic Conference play in January
with road games versus Tusculum College on January 5 and
Wingate University on Jan. 9. PC returns home for a pair
of SAC road games versus Carson-Newman College (1/12)
and Mars Hill College (1/16) before road games versus
Lenoir-Rhyne College (1/19) and Catawba College (1/23).
The month ends with the Blue Hose hosting Newberry
College on January 26. The
Blue Hose open February with two straight home games
versus Tusculum College (2/2) and Wingate University
(2/6) before hitting the road for a pair of games
against Carson-Newman College (2/12) and Mars Hill
College (2/16). PC returns home to host Lenoir-Rhyne
College (2/16) and Catawba College (2/20) before
wrapping up the regular season with a trip to Newberry,
SC to face the Indians on February 23. The top
four seeds will host the opening round games of the
200102 South Atlantic Conference Tournament on February
26 while the final four will return to Hickory, NC on
the campus of the Catawba Valley Community College for
the third year in a row on March 1-2. “I am
very excited about this season’s schedule,” said
Nibert. “This schedule is one of the toughest were
have ever played and I feel it will be a great test for
our team every night.” Led by
Nibert, who owns an 211-139 career record in 12 seasons
with the Blue Hose, PC returns nine letterwinners and
three starters from a year ago. Head Coach Gregg
Nibert enters his 13th-year atop the Blue Hose
men’s basketball program. The Blue Hose are led by
All-SAC performer, junior guard Chuck Rayford. Rayford, a native of
Greenville, SC, averaged 16.7 points and 3.1 assists
while shooting 36.9% from three-point land. Joining
Rayford is returning junior starters forward Jeff Whittle and center Rod
Isom. Whittle, a native of Strasburg, VA,
averaged 7.7 points and 3.3 rebounds while shooting
37.7% from three-point land. Isom, a native of Anderson,
SC, had a breakout year averaging 9.1 points, 7.0
rebounds while shooting 62.5%% from the field. |