ROCK HILL, S.C. – Coming off a 79-61 road loss to UNC Wilmington to fall to 1-7 on the campaign despite a spirited comeback effort, Winthrop women's basketball will return home to square off with the Bulldogs of South Carolina State University on Saturday, Dec. 3 at 4:30 p.m.
Game Information - Winthrop vs. South Carolina State
Opponent/Date/Time/Location South Carolina State | Saturday, Dec. 3 | 4:30 p.m. | Rock Hill, S.C. (
Winthrop Coliseum)
Live Stats Winthrop
Live Stream ESPN+
Series History South Carolina State leads, 15-8
First Meeting 2/3/1975-W, Winthrop 64, South Carolina State 62
Last Meeting 12/2/2020-W, Winthrop 65, South Carolina State 47
Social Media Twitter - @WinthropWBB / @WUEagles | Instagram - winthropwbb | #ROCKtheHILL | #EverStand
Promotions Ugly Christmas Sweater | Teddy Bear Toss
SERIES HISTORY VERSUS SOUTH CAROLINA STATE
Winthrop and South Carolina State meet for the 24th 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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