ORLANDO, Fla. – Winthrop women's basketball is set to travel to the University of Central Florida on Monday, Nov. 7 to open their season. The matchup is the first all-time between the Eagles and Knights.
Game Information - Winthrop vs. Central Florida
Opponent/Date/Time/Location Central Florida | Monday, Nov. 7 | 6 p.m. | Orlando, Fla. (
Addition Financial Arena)
Live Stats Central Florida
Live Stream ESPN+
Series History Tied 0-0
Last Meeting First meeting
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SERIES HISTORY VERSUS CENTRAL FLORIDA
Winthrop and Central Florida meet for the first time.
A GLANCE AT WINTHROP
The Eagles begin their season with a brand-new roster in head coach
Semeka Randall Lay's third season as the permanent head coach. The team has two graduate students, two seniors, one junior, six sophomores and two freshman, with five players being transfers.
Winthrop is coming off a 6-24 (4-14 Big South) season in 2021-22 with Randall Lay in her second season as the permanent head coach. Season highlights include big victories over long-time conference rivals Presbyterian, UNC Asheville, Charleston Southern and Radford.
Randall Lay is in her third season at the permanent helm of the program after serving as associate head coach and then interim head coach. Entering her 11th 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 9th in the Big South Conference preseason poll. High Point and Gardner-Webb are the co-preseason favorites is the preseason favorite with 92 points (5 first-place votes and 4 first-place votes, respectively) while Campbell was third with 121 points and one first-place vote. They were followed by Radford (55), UNC Asheville (52), defending conference champion Longwood (51), Presbyterian (42), USC Upstate (29), the Eagles (28), and Charleston Southern (23).
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