ROCK HILL, SC— Winthrop men's basketball looks for a 2-0 start in the Big South Conference as it travels to Campbell, Thursday evening.
 

Game 15: Winthrop (9-5, 1-0 Big South) at Campbell (8-7, 1-0 Big South)
Date	Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, 7 p.m. (EST)
Location	Buies Creek, NC (Gore Arena / 3,095)
Live Stats	Sidearm (click here)
Television/Stream	ESPNU (click here) Alex Perlman (PxP) – Kevin Lehman (Analyst)
Radio	94.3 FM/104.1 The Bridge / ESPN 730 | WGNC AM1450/101.1 FM (click here) / Dave Friedman (PxP) – Mike Pacheco (Analyst) – Pregame 6 p.m.
Notes	Winthrop | Campbell
Social Media	@Winthrop_MBB | @WUEagles | #ROCKtheHILL | #WinthropMBB #WinthropEverStand
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PROBABLE STARTERS
Winthrop
G         0          Nych Smith (5-10, Sr., 16.0 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 3.9 apg)
G         3          Michael Anumba (6-5, Fr., 7.4 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 1.9 apg)
G         13        Bjorn Broman (6-0, Sr., 10.2 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 2.2 apg)
G         21        Kyle Zunic (6-2, So., 10.7 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 2.6 apg)
F          25        Josh Ferguson (6-8, Jr., 11.8 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 1.4 apg)
 
Campbell
G         2          Ja'Cor Nelson (6-3, So., 7.2 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 2.3 apg)
G         3          Chris Clemons (5-9, Sr., 29.3 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 3.0 apg)
G         22        Cory Gensler (6-4, Jr., 8.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 2.0 apg)
G/F      4          Noah Saunders (6-4, Jr., 2.3 ppg, 1.9 rpg)
C/F       25        Andrew Eudy (6-7, Sr., 10.0 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 3.3 apg)
 
THE SERIES
Series Record vs. Campbell: 18-21
Series Streak: W1
Record at Gore Arena: 2-3
Streak at Gore Arena: L1
Kelsey vs. Campbell: 7-4
 
SERIES HISTORY

• This marks the 40^th meeting all-time between Winthrop and Campbell
• Campbell leads the all-time series 21-18 and 17-14 in regular season conference matchups
• Winthrop won the last meeting 75-64 at the Winthrop Coliseum on Jan. 27, 2018
• The last trip to Gore Arena was Jan. 6, 2018 as the Eagles fell 88-77 

THE GAME

• Eagles enter the contest having won five of the last six while Campbell has won two straight and three of the last four
• Winthrop leads the Big South in scoring at 88.7 ppg (7^th nationally) while Campbell is 5^th at 78.1 ppg
• Campbell feature's the nation's leading scorer in Chris Clemons at 29.3 ppg
• This season the Eagles are 4-4 on the road while Campbell is 5-2 at home
• These same two teams met in the Big South Championship game in 2017 

WINTHROP       

• Head coach Pat Kelsey is in his seventh season with the Eagles (130-76)
• Coming off a win in which the team trailed by 12 points at the half and as much as 15 points in the game at Asheville
• It was the 2^nd time the team overcame a 12-point deficit on the road to win a game this season
• The victory came with the team's top scorer and the fifth-ranked scorer on the team sitting out as Nych Smith missed his second straight game and Bjorn Broman missed his first game
• Smith leads the team in scoring at 16.0 ppg and is one of five players averaging double-figures
• Adam Pickett is second at 12.2 ppg followed by Josh Ferguson (11.8), Kyle Zunic (10.7) and Broman (10.2)
• In the absence of Smith and Broman the Eagles had a couple of players step up
• Austin Awad played a key role in the Eagles' win at Asheville as he tied his career-high of six threes en route to a career-high 19 points
• Charles Falden scored 13 points off the bench with all 13 coming in the second half to play a key role in the rally 

CAMPBELL

• The Camels are led by 6^th year head coach Kevin McGeehan (79-101)
• Led in scoring by Chris Clemons at 29.3 ppg, who became the Big South Conference's all-time leading scorer back in December
• In addition to leading the conference in scoring he also leads in three-point field goals per game at 3.8, is third in free throw percentage, sixth in field goal percentage and ninth in rebounds per game
• Andrew Eudy is the only other player averaging double-figures at 10.0 and is tied for 9^th in rebounding with Clemons at 5.9 per game
• Averaging 84.9 ppg in seven home games this season
• Ranked second in the league in steals per game (8.3) and in the Top 40 nationally
• One of the top three teams in the conference in sharing the basketball at 15.5 assists per game 

RECORD BOOK WATCH

• Bjorn Broman now has 190 career threes and is all alone in 8^th all-time in program history as he became the 8^th player in program history with 180 made threes
• He is now 10 threes away from becoming the 7^th player in program history to hit 200 threes
• Broman is just outside the Top 10 all-time in career three-point field goal percentage at .367 (LaShawn Coulter is 10^th at .373)
• The Eagles are now through 14 games on the season and are currently averaging 12.8 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 (88.7 ppg), defensive rebounds (30.5), assists per game (16.9), three-point field goal percentage (.393) and three-point field goals per game (12.8). Winthrop has led the Big South in scoring, scoring margin and three-point field goals per game the last two seasons. Nych Smith's 16.0 ppg ranks 9^th in the league while Josh Ferguson ranks second in rebounds per game (7.9). Bjorn Broman is 8^th in the Big South in three-point field goals per game (2.3). Smith also ranks 4^th in free throw percentage, 7^th in field goal percentage and 4^th in assists per game.

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.