Big South Tournament Pick'em

By Peyton Wesner

Things to Remember:

Last Year's Winner: 

Coastal Carolina

Contenders: 

High Point

Charleston Southern

Coastal Carolina

Radford

Winthrop

My Sleeper:

Gardner-Webb

First Round

#9 Longwood vs. #8 Presbyterian

12:00 PM EST

9-22 (5-13) Longwood

Solid Wins:

-Dartmouth 74-73 (Home)

-Radford 90-79 in Double Overtime (Home)

-Presbyterian 71-67 (Road)

-Campbell 70-65 (Home)

Single-Digit Conference Losses:

-Coastal Carolina 76-70 (Road)

-Presbyterian 71-67 (Home)

-High Point 72-67 (Road)

-Gardner-Webb 87-78 (Home)

-Radford 80-75 (Road)

-Charleston Southern 65-64 (Home)

Last Game:

-Win Against Campbell 70-65 (Home)

Head-to-Head Against Opponent:

-(January 14) Loss 71-67 (Home)

-(January 31) Win 71-67 (Road)

Key Contributors:

---#25 Quincy Taylor (SR)

-17.3 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 2.6 APG, & 1.3 SPG.

---#21 Shaquille Johnson (JR)

-13.3 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 2.9 APG, & 1.5 SPG.

---#1 Leron Fisher (JR)

-10.2 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 2.4 APG, & 1.9 SPG.

---#23 Ryan Badowski (FR)

-7.9 PPG & 2.6 RPG.

---#5 Jason Pimental (JR)

-6.0 PPG & 4.8 RPG.

10-21 (6-12) Presbyterian

Solid Wins:

-Longwood 71-67 (Road)

-Campbell 72-70 (Home)

-UNC Asheville 69-65 (Road)

-Coastal Carolina 80-69 (Home)

 Single-Digit Conference Losses:

-Winthrop 57-56 (Home)

-Charleston Southern 73-65 (Home)

-High Point 63-54 (Home)

-Longwood 71-67 (Home)

-Radford 62-56 (Home)

-High Point 67-58 (Road)

Last Game:

-Loss To Winthrop 80-53 (Road)

Head-to-Head Against Opponent:

-(January 14) Win 71-67 (Road)

-(January 31) Loss 71-67 (Home)

Key Contributors:

---#21 Jordan Downing (SR)

-16.7 PPG & 4.2 RPG

---#3 DeSean Murray (FR)

-15.5 PPG, 7.9 RPG, & 1.6 SPG.

---#15 William Truss (SR)

-10.1 PPG, 7.4 RPG, & 1.3 BPG.

---#2 Markus Terry (SO)

-7.8 PPG & 2.3 RPG.

Prediction:

---Longwood 67, Presbyterian 65

PW's Regular Season Prediction Record: 191-65 (73-17 in the MVC)