ROCK HILL, S.C. – Coming off a 1-2 stretch in which the Eagles played their first three Big South games in a six-day span, which included an unbelievable second-half performance to pick up their first conference win on the season against defending champion Longwood at home, Winthrop continues Big South play with a trip to Radford University to take on the Highlanders on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. Winthrop will then come home to face the Campbell University Camels on Saturday at 2:00 p.m.

Game Information - Winthrop (3-11)
Opponent/Date/Time/Location Radford (5-10, 1-3) | Wednesday, Jan. 11 | 7:00 p.m. | Radford, Va. / (Dedmon Center)
Campbell (8-7, 3-1) | Saturday, Jan. 14 | 2:00 p.m. | Rock Hill, S.C. / (Winthrop Coliseum)
Live Stats    Radford | Campbell  
Live Stream Radford | Campbell
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SERIES HISTORY VERSUS RADFORD
Winthrop and Radford meet for the 85th time with the Highlanders leading the series, 66-18. 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 Feb. 19, 2022 with the Eagles winning 62-47 at home. Winthrop has won two of the last three meetings after dropping 11 straight to Radford and is seeking consecutive wins in the series since winning three straight from 2013-14. Winthrop is also seeking their first victory at Radford since a 68-56 Eagle win on Jan. 9, 2014, seven games ago.

SERIES HISTORY VERSUS CAMPBELL
Winthrop and Campbell meet for the 46th time with the Camels leading the all-time series, 33-12. The first meeting occurred on Jan. 30, 1986 with Winthrop winning 81-68 on the road. The most recent meeting was on Feb. 23, 2022 with the Camels winning 78-35 on their home court. The Eagles have lost the last eight games to Campbell and are seeking their first home win in the series since a 50-49 victory on Jan. 24, 2016.
 
A GLANCE AT WINTHROP

• Winthrop is giving up the second fewest points out of all Big South members at 852
• Winthrop is second in the conference in scoring defense at 60.8 and steals at 126
• Winthrop is third in the conference in rebounding defense at 528
• Winthrop is fourth in the conference in free throw percentage at .683
• Winthrop is fourth in the conference in field goal percentage defense at .387
• Winthrop is fifth in the conference in free throw percentage defense at .660
• Jada Ryce is first in the conference in average minutes played at 35.2 and third in steals at 35
• Leonor Paisana is fourth in the conference in assists at 45
• Paige Powell is third in the conference in blocked shots at 15 and fifth in rebounding at 99. Powell is also second in offensive rebounds at 51
• 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
• This is Winthrop's first conference win since a 62-47 win vs. Radford at home on Feb. 22, 2022
• Seeking both consecutive overall wins and conference wins since beating UNC Asheville and Presbyterian last year
• Winthrop is currently in sixth 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
• Shamyjha 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
• Tori Hall has three 10-rebound performances this season while Powell has four
• Price leads the team in scoring (145), scoring average (10.4), field goals made (52) and three-point field goal percentage (.300)
• Powell leads the team in field goal percentage (.454), free throw attempts (60), free throws made (35), rebounds (99), rebound average (7.6), offensive rebounds (39) and blocked shots (15)
• Ryce leads the team in field goal attempts (145), steals (35) and minutes played (494)
• Ally Ross leads the team in 3-point field goal attempts (50) and 3-point field goals made (15)
• Paisana leads the team in free throw percentage (.944) and assists (45)
• Hall leads the team in defensive rebounds (50)

 
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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