Rock Hill, S.C. – Winthrop heads to the Pacific Northwest for the second half of its four-game road trip as they'll take on Washington State Monday night in hopes of ending a two-game skid.
WINTHROP (2-2, 0-0 Big South)
| WINTHROP PROBABLE STARTERS |
| Pos. |
No. |
Name |
Ht. |
Yr. |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
SPG |
Noteworthy |
| G |
11 |
Drew Buggs |
6-3 |
Gr. |
2.3 |
1.3 |
4.0 |
0.0 |
Surpassed 500 career assists at Vandy (502) / Tied 4th in Big South with 4.0 apg / Career assist leader at Hawaii |
| G |
32 |
Josh Corbin |
6-3 |
R-So. |
7.8 |
2.8 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
62 career threes in 38 games (1.6 - 13.9 minutes per game) |
| G/F |
3 |
Micheal Anumba |
6-4 |
Sr. |
6.0 |
4.3 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
Started 89-of-92 career games / Moved past 600 career points against Mercer (608) / 2nd on team with 4.3 rpg |
| F |
12 |
Cory Hightower |
6-7 |
R-Jr. |
13.8 |
3.5 |
1.8 |
1.5 |
Game-winning three in overtime vs. Mercer with 4.2 seconds left / Has 1,070 career points in 90 games |
| F |
30 |
D.J. Burns Jr. |
6-9 |
R-Jr. |
16.5 |
4.8 |
1.5 |
0.3 |
Career-high 30 points in opener / 30th in NCAA D1 in FG% (.674)) / Preseason Big South Player of the Year |
THE SERIES
Series Record: 0-1
Series Streak: L1
Record at Beasley Coliseum: 0-0
Streak at Beasley Coliseum: n/a
Prosser vs. Washington State: 0-0
WHO'S HOT?
- Russell Jones Jr.
- Off the bench in all four games and is 7-of-12 behind the arc this season (58%) and 12-of-23 from the field (52%)
- Cory Hightower
- Is 12-for-22 from three through four games and is tied for first in Big South at 3.0threes per game
- Ranks 3rd in the Big South for three-point field goal percentage (.545)
AT A GLANCE
- Eagles and Cougars meet for the first time since squaring off in the 2008 NCAA Tournament in Denver, Co.
- Cougars have won four straight to open the season while the Eagles have dropped two straight
- Eagles in the third game of a four-game road trip that will cover over 7,300 miles
WINTHROP
- Started the season 2-0 for the second straight year
- Loss at MTSU ended the team's road win streak at 12 straight (a program record)
- Averaging 81.5 ppg which ranks third in the Big South
- Leading the league in three-point field goals per game (11.5) and are the only team in the league averaging 10 or more
- The 11.5 threes per game rank 14th nationally
- 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 have averaged 41.0 bench points per game this season
- D.J. Burns Jr. leads the team in scoring at 16.5 ppg as he's 1-of-3 scoring double-figures
- Cory Hightower is second on the team at 13.8 ppg and Patrick Good is scoring 11.3 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
- Drew Buggs had three assists in the loss at Vanderbilt and surpassed 500 career assists (502)
- 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 45-6 in the last 51 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 remains in the Evergreen State as it will have four days off until wrapping up the four-game road trip at Washington on Saturday, Nov. 27 at 10 p.m. (EST)
