ROCK HILL, SC— Winthrop goes for a third straight win as it hosts Presbyterian College Wednesday evening in Big South Conference men's basketball action.
 

Game 25: Winthrop (16-8, 8-3 Big South) vs. Presbyterian College (15-11, 7-4 Big South)
Date	Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2019, 7 p.m. (EST)
Location	Rock Hill, SC (Winthrop Coliseum / 6,100)
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Television/Stream	ESPN+ (click here) Mike Pacheco (PxP) – Bobby Stevens (Analyst)
Radio	94.3 FM/104.1 The Bridge / ESPN 730 | WGNC AM1450/101.1 FM (click here) / Dave Friedman (PxP) – Hunter Sadlon (Analyst) – Pregame 1:30 p.m.
Game Notes	Winthrop | Presbyterian College
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PROBABLE STARTERS
Winthrop
G         3            Micheal Anumba (6-5, Fr., 6.8 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 1.7 apg)
G         11         Charles Falden (6-3, So., 7.0 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 0.7 apg)
G         13          Bjorn Broman (6-0, Sr., 10.6 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.2 apg)
G         14         Adam Pickett (6-1, Sr., 12.1 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 2.9 apg)
F          25        Josh Ferguson (6-8, Jr., 11.2 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 1.2 apg)

Presbyterian College
G         0          Chris Martin (Fr., 5.0 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 1.1 apg)
G         5          Davon Bell (R-Sr., 10.8 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 6.3 apg)
G         10        Adam Flagler (Fr., 15.4 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 1.0 apg)
F          12        Cory Hightower (Fr., 9.2 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 2.2 apg)
F          15        Francois Lewis (Sr., 14.9 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 1.7 apg)
 
THE SERIES
Series Record vs. Presbyterian College: 23-13
Series Streak: L1
Record at Winthrop Coliseum: 14-5
Streak at Winthrop Coliseum: W6
Kelsey vs. Presbyterian College: 11-2
 
SERIES HISTORY

• Winthrop and Presbyterian College meet for the second time this season and 37^th time overall
• PC won the first meeting this season, 99-91, as it rallied from an 11-point halftime deficit to earn the win
• The Eagles had won the previous 10 meetings prior to that loss
• Eagles have won the last six meetings at the Winthrop Coliseum (five of the wins by double digits)
• In 36 meetings all-time the Eagles have averaged 67.3 ppg while PC has averaged 61.9 ppg

THE GAME

• Both teams enter the contest looking for a third straight win
• Each team is coming off a 100-point performance as Winthrop put up 101 in the win over Hampton and PC scored 103 in the overtime win against Gardner-Webb
• Winthrop is 9-3 at home on the year overall, 4-2 in conference play while PC is 5-9 overall on the road and 1-4 in league play
• Winthrop and PC rank first and second in the Big South for three-point field goals per game as the Eagles average 12.5 per game and the Blue Hose average 10.7 per game
• The Blue Hose lead the league in assist per game (15.8) while the Eagles are second (15.4)
• In the first meeting the two teams combined for 27 threes in the game as Winthrop had 14 of them

WINTHROP       

• Head coach Pat Kelsey is in his seventh season with the Eagles (137-79)
• Kelsey is now three wins behind former VMI head coach Duggar Baucom for 8^th on the all-time in Big South wins
• Winthrop is coming off an impressive three-point performance against Hampton as it connected on 17 threes (17-for-33, 52 percent) and has combined for 30 threes in the last two games
• Senior Nych Smith scored 20 points off the bench in the win over Hampton to improve his team-high scoring average to 17.4 ppg
• Smith now has three 20-point games off the bench this season
• Sophomore Charles Falden has made back-to-back starts and is averaging 16.5 ppg in those two starts
• Falden has been lights out shooting in the last two games going 13-for-21 from the field and 7-of-10 behind the arc
• Over the last five games Falden is averaging 12.8 ppg, which is second-best on the team in that stretch
• He's also shooting 62 percent from the floor, 60 percent from three and hauling in 5.6 rpg over the last five games
• This year's squad now ranks 2^nd all-time for three-pointers made in a single-season with 301 and need just 13 more to break the program record
• Winthrop is 8-3 in conference play for the 5^th

PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE

• Presbyterian College is led by second-year head coach Dustin Kerns (26-32)
• Have won two straight and six of the last eight games
• Adam Flagler paces three Blue Hose players averaging double figures at 15.4 ppg and has hit the most threes on the team with 77
• Francois Lewis is averaging 14.9 ppg and has 55 threes on the year while Davon Bell is scoring 10.8 ppg and leads the Big South in assists per game (6.3)
• Against the Eagles on Jan. 26, Flagler had 28 points and Lewis added 22 as they combined to go 9-for-18 from three
• Bell had 18 points and 15 assists against the Eagles in the first meeting
• The Blue Hose lone win in conference play on the road came on Jan. 21 at USC Upstate, 68-59
• The last two losses on the road have been by a combined five points

RECORD BOOK WATCH

• Bjorn Broman became the 8^th player in program history to hit 200 or more threes in a career as he reached 200 when he knocked down four in the win over Asheville on Jan. 21 and now has 208 in his career
• The Eagles are now through 24 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 (85.3 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 17.4 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, 5^th in assists per game and 9^th in free throw percentage. Bjorn Broman ranks 2^nd in the league in free throw percentage (.843) and 11^th in three-point field goals per game (2.1).

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.