ROCK HILL, SC— Winthrop goes for a fourth straight win and fourth straight on the road in league play when it travels to Clinton, SC Saturday afternoon to take on Presbyterian College at 4 p.m.
 

Game 21: Winthrop (14-6, 6-1 Big South) at Presbyterian College (12-10, 4-3 Big South)
Date	Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, 4 p.m. (EST)
Location	Clinton, SC (Ross E. Templeton Center / 2,300)
Live Stats	Statbroadcast (click here)
Television/Stream	ESPN+ (click here) Tyler Shugart (PxP) – Kenn Blankenship (Analyst)
Radio	94.3 FM/104.1 The Bridge / ESPN 730 | WGNC AM1450/101.1 FM (click here) / Mike Pacheco (PxP) -  none (Analyst) –Pregame 3:30 p.m.
Game Notes	Winthrop | Presbyterian College
Social Media	@Winthrop_MBB | @WUEagles | #ROCKtheHILL | #WinthropMBB #WinthropEverStand
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PROBABLE STARTERS
Winthrop
G         0          Nych Smith (5-10, Sr., 16.4 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 3.9 apg)
G         3          Micheal Anumba (6-5, Fr., 6.9 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 1.8 apg)
G         13        Bjorn Broman (6-0, Sr., 10.6 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.1 apg)
G         21        Kyle Zunic (6-2, So., 10.3 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 2.3 apg)
F          25        Josh Ferguson (6-8, Jr., 10.9 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 1.1 apg)

Presbyterian College
G         0          Chris Martin (Fr., 5.3 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 1.0 apg)
G         5          Davon Bell (R-Sr., 10.1 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 5.6 apg)
G         10        Adam Flagler (Fr., 15.2 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 1.1 apg)
F          12        Cory Hightower (Fr., 8.8 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 2.1 apg)
F          15        Francois Lewis (Sr., 13.6 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.6 apg)
 
THE SERIES
Series Record vs. Presbyterian College: 23-12
Series Streak: W10
Record at Ross E. Templeton: 7-7
Streak at Ross E. Templeton: W4
Kelsey vs. Presbyterian College: 11-1
 
SERIES HISTORY

• Winthrop and Presbyterian College meet for the 36^th time
• The Eagles have won 10 straight in the series and lead the all-time series 23-12
• Winthrop is 16-3 against the Blue Hose in regular season conference matchups

THE GAME

• This is a matchup of the top two three-point shooting team's in the Big South as the Eagles are first in the league at 12.5 threes per game and PC is second at 10.5 per game
• The two teams have combined to hit 480 threes on the year
• Winthrop has connected on 10 or more threes in 15-of-20 games this season while PC has hit 10 or more in 14-of-22 games
• Eagles are averaging a league-best 85.9 ppg while the Blue Hose rank 5^th in the league at 77.2 ppg
• The Blue Hose lead the league in assist/turnover ratio at 1.5 and commit just 10.1 turnovers a game (Ranked 15^th nationally in assist/turnover ratio and 8^th in fewest turnovers per game)
• Winthrop is currently tied for the fourth most road wins in the country with six as Stony Brook leads the nation with 10 (There are only seven programs in the country with more road wins than the Eagles)
• Winthrop is currently 6-4 on the road this season, 3-0 in league play
• PC is 7-2 at home this season with the only two losses coming to St. Francis and Jacksonville

WINTHROP       

• Head coach Pat Kelsey is in his seventh season with the Eagles (135-77)
• Kelsey is now five wins behind former VMI head coach Duggar Baucom for 8^th on the all-time in Big South wins
• Have won four straight games and six of the last seven games
• Over the last 12 games the Eagles are 10-2
• Scored 97 points in the win over Gardner-Webb, which were the most in a regular season league contest without overtime since the team posted 108 in a win over VMI on Jan. 6, 2007
• Reached 97 points in the game despite the team's leading scorer Nych Smith finishing with six points
• Charles Falden scored a career-high 19 points off the bench and Adam Pickett also came off the bench for 19 points
• Pickett also hauled in 11 rebounds for his second career double-double
• Eagles are averaging 84.0 ppg while shooting 47 percent from the floor and averaging 12.3 threes per game in three league games on the road
• Sitting at 6-1 in the league standings and for the second time in the last three seasons

PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE

• The Blue Hose are led by second-year head coach Dustin Kerns (23-31)
• Led by freshman Adam Flagler's 15.2 ppg while senior Francois Lewis is scoring 13.6 per game and redshirt-senior Davon Bell is averaging 10.1 ppg
• Flagler, Lewis and J.C. Younger make up the bulk of the three-point shooting, combining for 154 on the year
• Flagler leads the team with 61 threes on the year while Younger has hit 52
• Undefeated at home in league play at 3-0 with the wins over USC Upstate, Longwood and Hampton
• Coming off a 77-73 loss at Campbell, but have still won three of the last four games and six of the last nine 

RECORD BOOK WATCH

• Bjorn Broman became the 8^th player in program history to hit 203 or more threes in a career as he reached 200 when he knocked down four in the win over Asheville on Jan. 21
• The Eagles are now through 20 games on the season and are currently averaging 12.5 threes per game, which no other team in program history have averaged 10 or more for a full season
• There have been five seasons in Big South Conference history that a team averaged 10 or more per game, which was accomplished by VMI all five times (Single-season record is 13.69 in 2008-09)
• As a team the Eagles averaged 89.4 ppg in non-conference action, which is the most by any team in program history (second best is 86.2 set by the 2017-18 team) 

WHERE DO THE EAGLES RANK IN THE BIG SOUTH?
Winthrop currently leads the Big South Conference in scoring (85.9 ppg) and three-point field goals per game (12.5). Winthrop has led the Big South in scoring, scoring margin and three-point field goals per game the last two seasons. Nych Smith's 16.1 ppg ranks 6^th in the league while Josh Ferguson ranks third in rebounds per game (7.4). Smith is also 5^th in field goal percentage, 4^th in assists per game and 5^th in free throw percentage. Austin Awad ranks 7^th in the league in threes per game at 2.2 and Bjorn Broman is 4^th in free throw percentage and 6^th at 2.3.

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 airs live on 94.3 FM & 104.1 The Bridge.

20 YEARS AGO
This season marks the 20^th anniversary of the first ever NCAA Tournament team in Winthrop history. The Eagles posted a 21-8 record on the year and 9-1 mark in league play on their way to the team's 2^nd Big South title and first ever birth to the NCAA Tournament. That year the team was 12 straight contests and defeated Radford in the championship game (86-74) at the Asheville Civic Center. The Eagles were a 16 seed and faced number one seed Auburn in Indianapolis, IN as the Eagles fell 80-41 to the 4^th-ranked Tigers. The Eagles were paced by a balanced offense with four players scoring in double-figures with Heson Groves leading the way with 11.9 ppg while Tyson Waterman averaged 11.5 ppg, Robbie Waldrop scored 11.4 per game and Roger Toxey averaged 11.0.