ROCK HILL, S.C. – Winthrop continues Big South play by traveling to Longwood University for a re-match with the Lancers on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. Winthrop will then return to Rock Hill by playing the Radford University Highlanders for the second time this season on Saturday at 2:00 p.m.

Game Information - Winthrop (4-16, 2-7)
Opponent/Date/Time/Location Longwood (5-16, 4-6) | Wednesday, Feb. 1 | 7:00 p.m. | Farmville, Va. / (Willett Hall)
Radford (9-12, 5-5) | Saturday, Feb. 4 | 2:00 p.m. | Rock Hill, S.C. / (Winthrop Coliseum)
Live Stats    Longwood | Radford
Live Stream Longwood | Radford
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SERIES HISTORY VERSUS LONGWOOD
Winthrop and Longwood meet for the 29th time with the Lancers leading the series, 15-14. The first meeting occurred on Feb. 10, 1979 with the Lancers winning 64-62 on their home court. The most recent meeting was on Jan. 7, 2023 with Winthrop taking a 69-55 win in Rock Hill by going on a 17-3 run to end the game with the contest being tied at 52. The win snapped a four-game losing streak to Longwood. The Eagles are seeking to tie the series.

SERIES HISTORY VERSUS RADFORD
Winthrop and Radford meet for the 86th time with the Highlanders leading the series, 67-18. The two teams met for the first time on Jan. 19, 1984 with the Eagles falling 79-62 on the road. The last meeting occurred on Jan. 11, 2023 with the Highlanders winning in a rout on their home court by a final score of 74-45. The two team have split their last four meetings after Winthrop previously dropped 11 straight to Radford.
 
A GLANCE AT WINTHROP

• Winthrop is second in the conference in steals at 188
• Winthrop is second in the conference in scoring defense at 61.8 and offensive rebounding percentage at .318
• Winthrop is fifth in the conference in turnover margin at -1.85, field goal percentage defense at .400 and offensive rebounds at 223
• Jada Ryce is second in the conference in average minutes played at 34.8 and third in steals at 42
• Leonor Paisana is ninth in the conference in assists at 55
• Paige Powell is 10^th in the conference in scoring at 215, fifth in blocked shots at 19, second in offensive rebounds at 70, forth in FG percentage at .440 and sixth in rebounding at 140
• Shamyjha Price is sixth in the conference in steals at 37 and ninth in average minutes played at 31.4
• 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 eighth place out of ten teams in the Big South
• Winthrop is seeking consecutive Big South wins since defeating UNC- Asheville and PC last season
• 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 five
• Ryce and Powell each have a 20-point performance this season while Price has done this feat twice
• Powell has 10+ rebounds on five occasions while Tori Hall has three
• Price leads the team in free throws made (44) and FG attempts (198)
• Powell leads the team in scoring average (11.3), FG made (81), free throw attempts (92), free throws made (53) and rebound average (7.4)
• Paisana leads the team in three-point FG attempts (77), three-point FG made (21) and FT percentage (.864)
• Hall leads the team in defensive rebounds (72)
• Ally Ross leads the team in three-point FG percentage (.310)
• Price is 30 points away from 700 in her career
• Price is approaching 100^th career game (98 played)
• Price currently has career season-highs in scoring average, steals, free throws made
• Powell is 11 away from 500 career rebounds
• Powell currently has career single-season highs in scoring average, rebounding average, steals, blocks
• Rice's 42 steals is currently the most in a single-season by an Eagle since 2018-19 when Anika Riley had 46 – before that it was Erica Williams with 48 (2016-17) and Danyael Goodhope with 52 (2016-17)
• Last time two players with 40 or more steals was 2016-17 with Williams/Goodhope

 
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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