Upstate Continues Road Trip Monday at Presbyterian College
11/15/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Spartanburg, S.C. – The USC Upstate men's basketball team remains on the road Monday evening as it makes the short trip south to Clinton, S.C. to face the Presbyterian College Blue Hose at 7 p.m. from the Templeton Center.
Upstate (0-1) began its season Friday evening with a 104-64 loss at Texas A&M in the first-ever meeting between the two teams. Josh Cuthbertson led the Spartans with a team-high 15 points, falling just one shy of tying his career-high, and seven rebounds on 5-of-9 shooting and 4-of-7 from behind the three-point line. Michael Buchanan came off the bench to contribute 10 points and five rebounds.
Cuthbertson currently sits third in the A-Sun this season in field goal percentage, fifth in assists, sixth in three-point field goal percentage and tied for ninth in scoring. Buchanan is tied for eighth in field goal percentage.
As a team, the Spartans are tied for first in the conference in offensive rebounds and steals.
Presbyterian College (0-1) dropped its season opener on Friday 63-53 at Furman. The Blue Hose are led by head coach Gregg Nibert, who is in his 27th season at PC. DeSean Murray is averaging a team-high 18 points per game this season for Presbyterian College while Markus Terry adds 10.0 points per contest. John Majors II boasts a team-best 7.0 rebounds per game.
Upstate and PC are meeting for the 25th time in program history and first since 2006-07 when both schools were members of the Division II ranks. The series is tied 12-12 overall and each team has split each of the last four meetings dating back to 2003-04. The Spartans trail 8-6 when playing in Clinton.
Fans can follow the action on www.upstatespartans.com via live stats. The game is being streamed on the Big South Network. Updates will also be posted on the Upstate men's basketball Twitter page (@UPSTMBB).
The Spartans return to Spartanburg Thursday evening as they face Navy at 7:30 p.m. in their home opener.
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