Winthrop (17-5, 9-2 BSC) vs. Campbell (11-12, 4-7 BSC)
Game Time: 2 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 2:30 p.m (Dave Friedman-PxP/Karl Lyles-Color)
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ROCK HILL, SC—Winthrop looks for a second straight win and its ninth in 10 games when it hosts Campbell, Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. in the Winthrop Coliseum.

The Eagles are coming off a win at Radford Wednesday night as they improved to 17-5 on the year and remain in a three-way tie for first in the Big South at 9-2. The game will air on the Big South Network or fans can catch all the action on 104.1 The Bridge.

Winthrop has teamed up with the "Back the Pack" campaign to help collect food items for area elementary and middle school students Fans can receive free admission to the game by donating packaged crackers, juice boxes or by making a $3 donation. The Back the Pack program identifies undernourished students in the Rock Hill School District to provide nutritious food to send home with them on the weekends during the school year.

Just a week ago the Eagles fell at home to High Point, which ended a seven-game win streak and was the second loss at home in league play this season. The Eagles have still won 18-of-21 contests at home against league foes and hope to improve on that number and keep pace in the league standings.

The Eagles bounced back from their home loss to High Point with a convincing win at Radford, 81-65 on Wednesday. Senior Keon Johnson, the team's leading scorer at 20.7 ppg, led the way with 23 points while Anders and Bjorn Broman each scored 14 points. The road win was the eighth straight for the Eagles and their national leading 10^th road win of the season.

Johnson slightly increased his scoring average in league play to 22.5 ppg. Johnson became the first player in program history last season to average 20 or more points during league play. He's also closing in on the program's all-time leading scorer Charles Brunson as he now trails by 55. Johnson is five points away from 1,800 and when he reaches that mark he'll be the 16^th player in Big South history to do so. Johnson scored 22 points in the first meeting with Campbell.

Junior Xavier Cooks remains second on the team in scoring at 15.1 ppg (6^th in the Big South). He's also leading the team in rebounding at 8.2 (3^rd in the Big South) as he reached 600 in his career on Wednesday as he became the 39^th player in league history to reach that mark. In the win over Campbell on Jan. 14, Cooks was a rebound shy of a double-double at 13 points, nine rebounds. He also had two assists and three blocks.

The first meeting between Winthrop and Campbell saw the Eagles pull away about five minutes into the second half. Campbell had cut the Eagles lead to seven points on a couple of occasions but Winthrop pushed its lead to double-figures and consistently led by 10 or more until 1:35 left. That's when Campbell made it a five point game only to have Johnson respond with a three-pointer with 51 seconds left to seal the deal.

This marks the 36^th meeting all-time between the Eagles and Camels. Campbell leads the series 20-15 in all games, but the Eagles have captured two of the last three meetings. The only loss in the last three meetings did come at the Winthrop Coliseum on Dec. 31, 2015.

Campbell is coming off an 80-68 loss to Gardner-Webb and has lost two in a row. They'll look to end that streak on the road where the Camels are 4-5.

Sophomore Chris Clemons is the top scorer in the league at 23.0 ppg and averages 23.6 ppg in league play. He's led the team in scoring 19 times and has 15 games of 20 or more points. Shane Whitfield is averaging 12.7 ppg and leads the team in free throws made with 117 (77%). Third on the team in scoring is Kyre' Hamer at 9.7 ppg.
Clemons, Hamer and Whitfield were all in double-figures in the first meeting. Clemons has 16 points while Hamer had 15 and Whitfield added 12.

The Camels are 2-3 on the road in conference play and averaging 68.2 ppg while allowing 66.6 ppg.