ROCK HILL, S.C. – Winthrop continues Big South play by traveling to Charleston Southern University to square off with the Buccaneers on Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. Winthrop will then return to Rock Hill for a rematch with Presbyterian's Blue Hose on Saturday at 2:00 p.m.

Game Information - Winthrop (3-15, 1-6)
Opponent/Date/Time/Location Charleston Southern (2-17, 0-8) | Wednesday, Jan. 25 | 6:00 p.m. | Charleston, S.C. / (Buccaneer Fieldhouse)
Presbyterian (8-11, 4-4) | Saturday, Jan. 28 | 2:00 p.m. | Rock Hill, S.C. / (Winthrop Coliseum)
Live Stats    Charleston Southern | Presbyterian
Live Stream Charleston Southern | Presbyterian
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SERIES HISTORY VERSUS CHARLESTON SOUTHERN
Winthrop and Charleston Southern meet for the 64th time with the Eagles leading the series, 32-31. The two teams met for the first time on Jan. 9, 1991 with the Eagles prevailing 79-54 at home. The last meeting occurred on Feb. 15, 2022 with the Eagles winning by a score of 56-43 on the road to take the lead in the series. Winthrop has won seven of the last nine games in the series.

SERIES HISTORY VERSUS PRESBYTERIAN
Winthrop and Presbyterian meet for the 39th time with the Eagles leading the all-time series, 24-15. The first meeting occurred on Dec. 11, 1979 with Winthrop winning 80-44 at home. The most recent meeting was on Jan. 4, 2023 with the Blue Hose winning 66-47 in Rock Hill.

A GLANCE AT WINTHROP

• Winthrop is second in the conference in steals at 158
• Winthrop is fourth in the conference in scoring defense at 62.9 and offensive rebounding percentage at 196
• Winthrop is fifth in the conference in turnover margin at -2.11
• Jada Ryce is second in the conference in average minutes played at 34.5 and third in steals at 39
• Leonor Paisana is eighth in the conference in assists at 51
• Paige Powell is 10^th in the conference in scoring at 191, third in blocked shots at 19, second in offensive rebounds at 64, forth in FG percentage at .444 and sixth in rebounding at 120
• Tori Hall is eleventh in the conference in blocked shots at 11 and average minutes played at 30.5
• Shamyjha Price is tenth in the conference in steals at 29 and ninth in average minutes played at 31.2
• In the 60-29 win over St. Andrew's, Winthrop set a school record for fewest points allowed in the first half since becoming a Division I member in 1986-87
• The 29 points allowed by Winthrop is the eighth-lowest for fewest points allowed in a game since becoming a Division I member in 1986-87
• Highest attended game this season was at West Virginia on Nov. 17 with 6,640 fans
• Winthrop is currently in ninth place out of ten teams in the Big South
• Ryce had an individual game-high six steals at Western Carolina on Nov. 10, leading the conference in that category
• Price had an individual game-high 22 FG attempts vs. Longwood on Jan. 7, leading the conference in that category
• Powell leads Winthrop in double-doubles this season with four
• Ryce and Powell each have a 20-point performance this season while Price has done this feat twice
• Powell has 10+ rebounds on four occasions while Hall has three
• Price leads the team in free throws made (44) and three-point FG percentage (.324)
• Powell leads the team in scoring average (11.2), FG made (75), free throw attempts (71), free throws made (39) and rebound average (7.1)
• Ryce leads the team in FG attempts (178)
• Paisana leads the team in three-point FG attempts (65), three-point FG made (17) and FT percentage (.900)
• Hall leads the team in defensive rebounds (66)

 
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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