Rock Hill, S.C. – Winthrop men's basketball this the road for the first time this season as it heads to Murfreesboro, Tenn. to take on Middle Tennessee State Tuesday night.
WINTHROP (2-0, 0-0 Big South)
| WINTHROP PROBABLE STARTERS |
| Pos. |
No. |
Name |
Ht. |
Yr. |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
SPG |
Noteworthy |
| G |
11 |
Drew Buggs |
6-3 |
Gr. |
3.5 |
1.0 |
6.0 |
2.0 |
Dished out six assists in both games / 2 away from 500 in career / Career assist leader at Hawaii |
| G |
32 |
Josh Corbin |
6-3 |
R-So. |
7.0 |
3.0 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
Posted 12 points in opener, his 8th career game in double-figures / 58 career threes in 36 games |
| G/F |
3 |
Micheal Anumba |
6-4 |
Sr. |
6.0 |
4.0 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
Started 87-of-90 career games / Moved past 600 career points against Mercer (603) |
| F |
12 |
Cory Hightower |
6-7 |
R-Jr. |
15.0 |
5.0 |
1.5 |
0.5 |
Game-winning three in overtime vs. Mercer with 4.2 seconds left / Has 1,045 career points in 88 games |
| F |
30 |
D.J. Burns Jr. |
6-9 |
R-Jr. |
23.0 |
7.0 |
2.0 |
0.5 |
Career-high 30 points in opener / Preseason Big South Player of the Year / tied career-high 8 rebounds vs. Mercer |
THE SERIES
Series Record: first meeting
Series Streak: first meeting
Record at Murphy Center: first meeting
Streak at Murphy Center: first meeting
Prosser vs. Middle Tennessee State: 0-0
WHO'S HOT?
- D.J. Burns Jr.
- Averaged 23.0 ppg in two games, going 21-for-29 from the floor
- Cory Hightowers
- Is 6-of-10 from three over the first two games, 6-for-6 from the foul line and averaging 15.0 ppg
- Russell Jones Jr.
- Is 5-of-8 from three to start the season (8-of-15 from the floor)
AT A GLANCE
- Eagles hit the road for the first time this season as Middle Tennessee State is the first of four straight away contests
- Winthrop currently has the nation's longest road win streak dating back to last season with 12 straight
- Like the Eagles, the Blue Raiders are off to a 2-0 start and hosting a third straight home game
- Eagles opened the season with a 32-point win and followed that up with a three point overtime win to move to 2-0
- Blue Raiders have won both of their games by 20 or more
WINTHROP
- Off to a 2-0 start for the second straight season
- Put up 110 points in the season opener, the 8th most points in a single-game in program history
- After the win over Mercer the Eagles have now won 16-of-17 at home
- The last two seasons the Eagles have finish second in the country in bench scoring and received 48 points from the bench in the opener and topped that with 57 against Mercer
- D.J. Burns Jr. leads the team in scoring at 23.0 ppg and 7.0 rpg while shooting 72 percent from the floor
- The redshirt junior forward now has 693 points in 60 career games
- Burns Jr. is 1-of-4 Eagles averaging double-figures as Cory Hightower is second with 15.0 ppg, Russell Jones Jr. is next with 12.0 ppg and Patrick Good is scoring 11.0 ppg
- In the opener Burns Jr. led the team with a career-high 30 points while Good led the Eagles against Mercer with 20 points
- After 12 assists through two games, Drew Buggs is closing in on 500 in his career (498)
- Coming off back-to-back Big South Conference Championships
- Last season the Eagles posted the best winning percentage (.920) in the history of the program after opening the season 16-0
- Finished the season receiving votes in the Top 25 poll of the AP and USA Today Coaches Poll
- Eagles are 45-5 in the last 50 games
- Winthrop has more wins than any other Big South school (187) since the 2012-13 season
- Mark Prosser starts his first season as head coach of the Eagles, the 7th head coach in program history
- D.J. Burns Jr., the 2021-22 Big South Conference Preseason Player of the Year, is the team's top returning scorer at 10.1 ppg
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), 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,
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UP NEXT
Winthrop is back in the state of Tennessee on Saturday, Nov. 20 when it heads to Nashville to take on Vanderbilt at 8 p.m.
