Rock Hill, S.C. – Winthrop men's basketball starts a new era Tuesday night when first-year head coach leads the Eagles against Mary Baldwin inside the Winthrop Coliseum.
WINTHROP (0-0, 0-0 Big South)
| WINTHROP PROBABLE STARTERS |
| Pos. |
No. |
Name |
Ht. |
Yr. |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
SPG |
Noteworthy |
| G |
5 |
Patrick Good |
6-0 |
Gr. |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Last played at ETSU / In 61 career games has 536 points and 142 made threes |
| G |
11 |
Drew Buggs |
6-3 |
Gr. |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Has previously played at Missouri and Hawaii / Career assist leader at Hawaii |
| G/F |
3 |
Micheal Anumba |
6-4 |
Sr. |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Started 85-of-88 career games / Has averaged 4.0 rebounds in each of the last two seasons |
| F |
12 |
Cory Hightower |
6-7 |
R-Jr. |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
2019-20 All-Big South Honorable Mention and All-Big South Freshman Team selection |
| F |
30 |
D.J. Burns Jr. |
6-9 |
R-Jr. |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Preseason Big South Player of the Year / career shooting percentage of .583 |
THE SERIES
Series Record: first meeting
Series Streak: first meeting
Record at Winthrop Coliseum: first meeting
Streak at Winthrop Coliseum: first meeting
Prosser vs. Mary Baldwin: first meeting
SEASON OPENERS
This marks the third earliest start date in the history of the program, with the earliest start coming Nov. 6 in 2018 at Vanderbilt. Eagles have won seven of the last eight openers and 13-of-16. All-time the Eagles are 28-16 in season openers.
WINTHROP
- 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
- Ranked 5th in the final 2021 CollegeInsider.com Top 25 Mid-Major Poll
- Eagles are 43-5 in the last 48 games
- Winthrop has more wins than any other Big South school (186) since the 2012-13 season
- Mark Prosser starts his first season as head coach of the Eagles, the 7th head coach in program history
- Prosser joined the Eagles in 2012 as an assistant coach and remained until his departure in the spring of 2018 to become the head coach at Western Carolina
- 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
- Burns Jr. and Micheal Anumba are the two returning starters
- Eagles have five new faces with all five as transfers as there are no freshmen on the roster
- Winthrop features two graduates in Patrick Good and Drew Buggs while also welcoming Western Carolina transfers Sin'Cere McMahon and Cory Hightower with the fifth newcomer being a transfer from UVA Wise in Cameron Whiteside
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
Eagles remain at home for their second contest of the season as they'll host Mercer for "Homecoming" on Saturday, Nov. 13 at 2 p.m.
