ROCK HILL, S.C. – Winthrop women's basketball begins a five-game homestand this week with contests against Division II opponents Coker and UNC Pembroke on Wednesday, Nov. 24 and Saturday, Nov. 27.
| Game Information - Winthrop vs. Coker; Winthrop vs. UNC Pembroke |
| Opponent/Date/Time/Location |
Coker | Wednesday, Nov. 24 | 2:00 p.m. | Rock Hill, S.C.
UNC Pembroke | Saturday, Nov. 27 | 2:00 p.m. | Rock Hill, S.C. |
| Live Stats |
Coker | UNC Pembroke |
| Live Stream |
Coker | UNC Pembroke |
| Series History |
Winthrop leads 11-0
First meeting |
| Last Meeting |
Nov. 17, 2009 vs. Coker (W, 58-47)
N/A |
| Social Media |
Twitter - @WinthropWBB / @WUEagles | Instagram - winthropwbb | #ROCKtheHILL | #EverStand |
| COVID Guidelines |
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SERIES HISTORY VERSUS COKER
Winthrop and Coker meet for the 12
th time with Winthrop having won each of the previous eleven matchups. The teams last met early in the 2009-10 season with Winthrop winning 58-47.
SERIES HISTORY VERSUS UNC PEMBROKE
Winthrop and UNC Pembroke meet for the first time.
A GLANCE AT WINTHROP
Eagles begin their season with a brand-new roster in head coach
Semeka Randall Lay's first season as the permanent head coach. The team has seven new players, including six freshmen and a graduate transfer.
Winthrop began the 2021-22 season with four straight road contests, including two against Power Five opponents (Duke and Kentucky). The team returns home for five straight games, beginning with Division II opponents Coker and UNC Pembroke.
Winthrop is coming off a 6-18 (5-15 Big South) season in 2020-21 with Randall Lay in the interim head coach role. Season highlights included a road non-conference victory against South Carolina State and a home sweep of conference rival Charleston Southern.
Randall Lay is in her first season at the permanent helm of the program after serving as associate head coach and then interim head coach. Entering her 10
th season as a head coach, she has served in the same role at Ohio University (2008-13) and Alabama A&M (2013-16).
BIG SOUTH PRESEASON POLL
Winthrop was voted to finish 11th in the Big South Conference preseason poll. High Point is the preseason favorite with 143 points (11 first-place votes) while Campbell was second with 121 points. They were followed by Longwood (119), North Carolina A&T (114 (one first-place vote)), Gardner-Webb (93), Radford (76), UNC Asheville and Presbyterian (70), Hampton (50), USC Upstate (38), the Eagles (23), and Charleston Southern (18).
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