HAMPTON, V.A. – Winthrop snaps its eight-game losing streak with a 10-point, 63-53, victory over the Hampton Pirates Saturday afternoon. The Eagles were led by Anika Riley, with 12 points and seven rebounds, and J'Mani Ingram, who chipped in 11 points off the bench. The Eagles improve to 3-10 on the season with a 2-8 mark against Big South opponents.

WINTHROP (3-10, 2-8 BSC)
KEY CONTRIBUTORS
Anika Riley (12 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist)
J'Mani Ingram (11 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist)

HAMPTON (3-7, 3-5 BSC)
KEY CONTRIBUTORS
Victoria Davis (16 points, 3 assists)
Tia Montagne (10 points, 3 steals, 1 assist)

HOW IT HAPPENED
 
FIRST QUARTER

• Winthrop won the tip-off and quickly took the lead off an Anika Riley layup
• Sydney Hunter grabs the defensive rebound and scores at the other end to take a 4-0 lead
• Victoria Davis drains a 3-pointer at the other end to make it a one-point game
• Sydney Hunter strips the ball from Dlayla Chakolis, goes coast-to-coast and lays it in. Winthrop leads, 6-3
• J'Mani Ingram checks in and immediately scores back-to-back buckets to take a 12-3 lead
• Victoria Davis stops Winthrop's 8-0 run with a layup with 3:31 remaining in the quarter
• Madison Ervin drains a 3-pointer to give Winthrop a double-digit lead, 15-5
• Freshman Antoaneta Alexe sinks the first 3-pointer of her collegiate career to make it a 22-8 game
• The Eagles led 22-9 after 10 minutes of play, shooting 69.2 percent from the field
• Winthrop held Hampton to shooting just 2-of-11 from the field

 
SECOND QUARTER

• Hampton's Alexis Wooden started off the second-quarter scoring with a layup, 22-11
• Winthrop was held scoreless until J'Mani Ingram recorded their first points of the quarter with a jumper to make it a 24-13 game in favor of Winthrop
• Winthrop was 4-of-10 from the field, being held to just eight points.
• Sierra Hunter had back-to-back buckets to close out the half for Winthrop
• The Eagles struggled to take care of the ball, committing eight turnovers
• Winthrop took a nine point, 30-21, lead into the locker room at halftime

 
THIRD QUARTER

• Anika Riley opened the scoring in the half, giving the Eagles an 11 point edge, 32-21.
•  Hampton's Tia Montagne responded immediately with a 3-pointer to cut Winthrop's lead to single-digits once again
• The Eagles opened the quarter shooting 1-of-9 from the floor, finishing 5-of-15
• With under a minute to play in the quarter, Tia Montagne knocked down a shot from behind the arc and Shawn Mills followed that up with a layup of her own to make it a one possession game, 42-39, with 10 minutes to play

FOURTH QUARTER

• Madison Ervin knocked down her second 3-pointer of the night to take a five point lead, 45-40
• Sierra Hunter grabs the rebound and dishes it out to her sister for the layup, Winthrop leads 47-40
• Alexis Wooden responds with a rebound and layup of her own to keep Winthrop's lead at five points
• J'Mani Ingram knocks down two free throws, tying her career-high 11 points, with 4:36 remaining in the game.
• Alexis Sykes checks in, strips the ball from Nylah Young and scores at the other end, Winthrop leads 52-47 with 2:41 remaining
• Myra Strickland was fouled, made both free throws and then knocked down a bucket to give Winthrop a 56-49 lead with 2:01 to play.
• The Eagles closed out the contest on an 11-4 run, making 9-of-10 free throws in that span

THE NUMBERS

• The Eagles out-rebounded the Pirates, 40-26
• 29 of Winthrop's 40 rebounds were defensive
• Winthrop led the entire contest, a first this season
• The Eagles shot a season-high 84.2 percent from the free throw line, making 16-of-19 shots
• Winthrop committed 21 turnovers, while the Pirates turned the ball over 14 times
• Both teams scored 14 points off turnovers
• 26 of Winthrop's 63 points were scored off the bench, led by J'Mani Ingram with 11 points
• The Eagles took their largest lead of the contest, 14 points, in the first quarter
• Winthrop finished the game shooting 27.3 percent from 3-point range (3-of-11) and 45.8 percent from the field (22-of-48)
• Hampton finished the contest shooting 37.3 percent from the field (19-of-51), 37.3 percent from behind-the-arc (3-of-8) and 54.5 percent from the charity stripe (12-of-22)

UP NEXT
The Eagles will return to the Coliseum to host Charleston Southern on January 29 and 30. Tip-off for both games is set for 1 p.m. and all the action can be caught on ESPN+. In 2019-20, Winthrop completed the series sweep over the Buccaneers. When the Eagles traveled to CSU Field House, Winthrop left with a 58-53 win. Four Eagles finished in double-figures, two being Maleeah Langstaff and Anika Riley who both chipped in 10 points apiece. When CSU came to Rock Hill, Winthrop secured a 56-46 win. Three Eagles finished in double-figures. That was one of two conference series sweeps in 2019-20.