ROCK HILL, SC— Winthrop men's basketball opens the 2019-20 season with four consecutive road games beginning Thursday, Nov. 7 at Hartford.   
 

Game 1: Winthrop (0-0, 0-0 Big South) at Hartford (1-0, 0-0 America East)
Date	Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019, 7 p.m. (EST)
Location	Hartford, CT (Reich Family Pavilion / 3,507)
Live Stats	Sidearm (click here)
Television/Stream	ESPN+ (click here)
Radio	94.3 FM/104.1 The Bridge / ESPN 730 | WGNC AM1450/101.1 FM (click here) / Dave Friedman (PxP) – Mike Pacheco (Analyst) – Pregame 6:30 p.m.
Notes	Winthrop | Hartford
Social Media	@Winthrop_MBB | @WUEagles | #ROCKtheHILL | #EverStand
Tickets	Click Here

 
PROBABLE STARTERS
Winthrop
G         3          Micheal Anumba (6-4, So., 6.9 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 1.6 apg)
G         22        Kyle Zunic (6-2, Jr., 8.6 ppg, 1.9 apg, 4.3 rpg)
G         11        Charles Falden (6-3, Jr., 7.0 ppg, 0.9 apg, 3.6 rpg)
F          25        Josh Ferguson (6-8, Sr., 11.1 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 1.3 apg)
F          30        D.J. Burns Jr. (6-9, R-Fr., -, -, -)
 
Hartford
G/F      3          Romain Boxus (6-6, Sr., 10.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.0 apg)
G         4          Moses Flowers (6-3, Fr., 2.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.0 apg)
G         25        Traci Carter (6-1, Gr., 8.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 5.apg)
F          0          Hunter Marks (6-9, So., 19.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 2.0 apg)
F          12        Miroslav Stafl (6-10, Fr., 6.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.0 bpg)
 
THE SERIES
Series Record: 2^nd meeting
Series Streak: L1
Record at Reich Family Pavilion: 0-1
Streak at Reich Family Pavilion: L1
Kelsey vs. Hartford: 0-0
 
SERIES HISTORY

• This is the second meeting between Winthrop and Hartford
• The only meeting came 18 years ago on Nov. 30 in Hartford, CT as the Eagles fell 58-55
• Looking for the first win against an opponent from the America East Conference (0-2) 

THE GAME

• Features two programs that lost the majority of their roster from a season ago
• Eagles returned six players that saw action in 2018-19 while Hartford returns seven players from its roster last season
• Eagles are opening on the road for the second straight season (opened up at Vanderbilt in 2018-19)
• Hartford has one game under its belt already as it opened the season on Tuesday at Central Connecticut State, earning a 74-59 road win
• Both teams are coming off seasons in which they won 18 games overall and 10 games in league play
• In 2018-19 the Eagles led the country with three-pointers per game at 12.4
• Hartford made 9.8 threes per game last season
• This is the first of four straight games on the road to start the season for Winthrop 

WINTHROP       

• Head coach Pat Kelsey is in his eighth season with the Eagles (139-83)
• Josh Ferguson is top returning scorer at 11.1 ppg and was named to the Big South Conference Preseason All-Conference Second Team for a second straight year
• Ferguson started 27-of-30 games and is one of three returning starters as Micheal Anumba started 29 games and Kyle Zunic started 18
• Winthrop is 5-2 under Pat Kelsey in season openers
• All-time the Eagles are 26-16 in season openers and have won 11 of the last 14
• Broke the program record for three-pointers per game for a second straight season in 2018-19
• Under Kelsey the team has six of the top seven seasons for total threes and threes per game
• The 2019-20 squad features nine new players and 10 if you include Chandler Vaudrin, who sat out last season after transferring to Winthrop 

HARTFORD

• The Hawks are led by John Gallagher in his 10^th season (125-163)
• Gallagher has led the Hawks to back-to-back winning seasons
• This will be the first time Gallagher has led the Hawks against an opponent from the Big South Conference
• Hunter Marks led the Hawks with 19 points in the win over CCSU
• D.J. Mitchell scored 13 points off the bench while P.J. Henry added 10 points off the bench
• The roster features a trio of graduate transfers in Malik Ellison (Pittsburgh), Traci Carter (La Salle), and Key Sullivan (La Salle)
• Like the Eagles, the Hawks broke the program record for threes in 2018-19with 322 threes and have a streak of 389 consecutive games with a three

WINTHROP SPORTS SHOW AT ROCO
Joins us on Mondays 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.

TUNE IN TO THE EAGLES ALL SEASON LONG
Fans can listen to the games all season long on OTS Media of Rock Hill (94.3 FM and 104.1 The Bridge), which is the flagship station for Winthrop Athletics. In addition, most games will simulcast on 730 ESPN Charlotte and AM 1450 WGNC Gastonia.
All home games as well as all Big South games home or away are available to watch through the Big South Network on ESPN+. To watch live Big South games on ESPN+, you need a subscriber. For more information how to subscribe, click here.

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