ROCK HILL, SC— Winthrop men's basketball looks to bounce back Tuesday evening when it travels to Colorado State in its first road test of the season. Game is set to tip at 9 p.m. (EST).
 

Game 2: Winthrop (0-1) at Colorado State (1-0)
Date	Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017
Location	Fort Collins, CO (Moby Arena)
Live Stats	Sidearm (click here)
Television	None
Live Stream	Mountain West Network (click here)
Radio	94.3 FM & 104.1 The Bridge (click here) / Dave Friedman (Play-by-Play), Mike Pacheco (Color)
Notes	Winthrop | Colorado State
Social Media	@WUGameDay | @Winthrop_MBB | @WUEagles | #ROCKtheHILL
Tickets	Click Here

 
PROBABLE STARTERS
Winthrop
G         13        Bjorn Broman (6-0, Jr., 8.0 ppg, 2.0 apg, 2.0 spg)
G         21        Kyle Zunic (6-2, Fr., 6.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg, 1.0 apg)
G         10        Anders Broman (6-2, Gr., 8.0 ppg, 1.0 apg)
F          12        Xavier Cooks (6-8, Sr., 14.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 3.0 apg)
F          25        Josh Ferguson (6-8, So., 8.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.0 bpg)
Colorado State
G         22        J.D. Paige (6-3, R-Jr., 15.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 1.0 spg)
G         11        Prentiss Nixon (6-2, Jr., 16.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 2.0 spg)
G         15        Anthony Bonner (6-3, R-So., 7.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 3 apg)
F          10        Che Bob (6-6, Sr., 8.0 ppg, 10.0 rpg, 3.0 spg, 2.0 bpg)
C          32        Nico Carvacho (6-11, R-So., 7.0 ppg, 15.0 rpg, 3.0 apg)
 
THE SERIES
Series Record: first meeting
Series Streak: n/a
Record at Moby Arena: n/a
Streak at Moby Arena: n/a
Kelsey vs. Colorado State: first meeting
 
THE GAME

• Winthrop dropped its season opener against Southern Illinois (81-66) as it looks to bounce back
• Colorado opened the season with a 72-61 home win over Sacramento State
• This will be the first time the Eagles have played in the state of Colorado since the 2008 NCAA Tournament as they took on Washington State at the Pepsi Center in Denver
• Winthrop is 14-25 all-time in their opening road game of the season, but have won the last three
• The first time the Eagles played in Colorado was Jan. 3, 1987 at Air Force 

WINTHROP       

• Xavier Cooks led the Eagles in scoring in the opener with 14 as he also tied for a team-best eight rebounds
• Cooks did not attempt a three-point shot for the first time in the last 49 games
• The Eagles were just 7-for-23 (30.4%) in the second half against Southern Illinois
• Winthrop went to the line 27 times, but finished 18-for-27
• The 25 points in the second half were the fewest in a second half since the Eagles scored 23 in the 58-57 win over Furman on Nov. 30, 2016
• Winthrop had four players with eight points against Southern Illinois (Ferguson/A. Broman/B. Broman/Falden) and Jermaine Ukaegbu came off the bench for nine points and eight rebounds
• Winthrop didn't lose back-to-back games in 2016-17 and haven't done so since the first week of January in 2016
• The Eagles have an all-time non-conference record of 235-230 since becoming a D1 member (1985-86)
• Winthrop received 11 votes in the 2017-18 Preseason CollegeInsider.com Top 25 Mid-Major Poll

 
COLORADO STATE

• Coming off a win in the season opener thanks to 16 points from Prentiss Nixon and 15 points from J.D. Paige
• The Rams turned 12 turnover into 18 points off turnovers
• CSU held Sacramento State to just 28 percent shooting in the second half after the Rams held a two-point edge at the half
• Nico Carvacho pulled down 15 rebounds in the game while Bob Che had 10
• The Rams have started 2-0 in four of the past five seasons
• CSU was picked to finish 5^th in the Mountain West Conference

 
WINTHROP SPORTS SHOW AT ROCO
Every Thursday at The Roasting Company throughout the basketball season will be the Winthrop Sports Show at ROCO hosted by the voices of the Winthrop Eagles Dave Friedman and Mike Pacheco. The two will sit down weekly with head coaches Pat Kelsey and Lynette Woodard as well as other selected guests throughout the season. The show is from 6-6:30 p.m. and also airs on 94.3 FM & 104.1 The Bridge.
(FULL SCHEDULE)