Winthrop (10-4, 2-1 BSC) vs. Longwood (6-8, 3-0 BSC)
Game Time: 4 p.m. EST / Site: Rock Hill, SC (Winthrop Coliseum)
Live Video: Big South Network (Mike Pacheco-PxP/Bobby Stevens-Color) / Television: none / Audio: 104.1 The Bridge, pregame 3:30 p.m (Dave Friedman-PxP/Ron Mikels-Color)
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ROCK HILL, SC—Winthrop hosts league-leading Longwood Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m., in Big South Conference men's basketball action.

The game will be part of a double-header with the women's basketball team that will face Radford at 1 p.m. Winthrop is coming off a road win at High Point and is 2-1 in the league while Longwood has started the conference slate 3-0 and is 6-8 overall. The game will air on the Big South Network or fans can tune into 104.1 The Bridge as Dave Friedman will provide the play-by-play.

Winthrop bounced back from its first home loss to a league opponent in eight games with an 80-74 victory at High Point behind a record-tying performance behind the arc. Winthrop connected on 17 threes in the game, which tied a single-game record with teams from 2015-16, 2006-07 and 1999-2000. Last season the Eagles hit 17 in a 97-72 win over Charleston Southern at home. It was the first time the Eagles had hit 17 in a road game.

So far this season the Eagles are 4-2 at home as they average 76 ppg and shoot 46 percent from the floor. The team is allowing only 66.3 ppg to its opponents at home and holding them to 40 percent shooting.

There are five teams in the league standings at 2-1 as the Eagles look to hand Longwood its first loss in the conference and bring them back to the rest of the pack. This will be the 10^th meeting all-time with Longwood as the Eagles lead the series 7-2 and have won the last six meetings. The first ever meeting between Winthrop and Longwood took place on Jan. 7 in 1986 with the Eagles winning 80-68.

Keon Johnson scored 27 points in the win at High Point as he connected on seven threes. Johnson is second in the Big South in scoring at 21.4 ppg and 19^th in the country. Johnson now has 20 or more points in seven of eight games and six of the seven road games he's played. Johnson is just 21 points away from becoming the program's all-time scoring leader at the NCAA Division I level. Charles Brunson holds the career scoring mark at 1,850 as Johnson now trails him by 211 points.

Xavier Cooks posted his 13^th career double-double in the win at High Point with 21 points and 11 rebounds. Cooks is one block behind third on the program's all-time list with 124 in his career. In two games against the Lancers last season, Cooks averaged a double-double at 17.4 points and 11.0 rebounds. He is third in the Big South at 16.3 ppg and fourth in rebounding at 7.1 per game.

Longwood is led by Kris Lane's 15.1 ppg, which ranks 6^th in the Big South. The reining Big South Co-Player of the Week is also averaging 7.4 rebounds per game and 21.7 ppg during the team's three-game win streak. Lane has led the team in scoring in four times this season and posted a season-high 30 points in the conference-opening win against Campbell.

Isaiah Walton is also averaging double-figures at 14.1 per game while Darrion Allen averages 13.8. Walton is averaging 18 ppg in three league games so far and is 6-for-10 behind the arc. He led the Lancers in scoring with 22 points against Presbyterian College on Wednesday. Allen is the top three-point threat on the team with 31 made on the year at 38 percent.

Longwood this season is 1-6 on the road with the first road victory coming on New Year's Even with a 60-55 win at High Point.