ROCK HILL, S.C. – Winthrop concludes Big South play traveling to Campbell University for a re-match with the Camels in their final matchup as conference opponents on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. Winthrop will then face High Point in a re-match on the road on Saturday at 4:30 p.m.

Game Information - Winthrop (8-19, 6-10)
Opponent/Date/Time/Location Campbell (14-13, 9-7) | Wednesday, Feb. 22 | 7:00 p.m. | Buies Creek, N.C. / (Gore Arena)
High Point (14-12, 12-4) | Saturday, Feb. 25 | 4:30 p.m. | High Point, N.C. / (Quebin Center)
Live Stats    Campbell | High Point
Live Stream Campbell | High Point
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SERIES HISTORY VERSUS CAMPBELL
Winthrop and Campbell meet for the 47th time with the Camels leading the all-time series, 34-12. The first meeting occurred on Jan. 30, 1986 with Winthrop winning 81-68 on the road. The most recent meeting was on Jan. 14, 2023 with the Camels winning 53-40 in Rock Hill. The Eagles have lost the last nine games to Campbell and are seeking their first win in the series since a 59-46 victory on Jan. 15, 2019.

SERIES HISTORY VERSUS HIGH POINT
Winthrop and Radford meet for the 58th time with the Panthers leading the series, 35-22. The two teams met for the first time on Feb. 14, 1970 with the Eagles prevailing 62-59 at home. The last meeting occurred on Jan. 18, 2023 with the Eagles falling by a score of 42-79 at home. Winthrop has lost six straight and 16 of the last 19 meetings and is seeking their first win in the series since a 69-63 win at home on New Year's Eve 2019.

A GLANCE AT WINTHROP

• Winthrop is second in the conference in steals per game at 9.2 and scoring defense at 60.7
• Winthrop is third in the conference in free throw attempts per game at 15.0, turnovers forced per game at 17.5 and offensive rebounding percentage at 31.5
• Winthrop is fourth in the conference in field goal percentage defense at .395
• Winthrop is fifth in the conference in turnover margin at -1.33, free throws made per game at 9.8 and offensive rebounds per game at 10.9
• Jada Ryce is second in the conference in average minutes played at 34.9, fourth in steals at 51 and steals per game at 1.8
• Paige Powell is second in the conference in offensive rebounds per game at 3.7, third in the conference in blocked shots per game at 1.0, free throw attempts at 133 and field goal percentage at .477 and fifth in rebounds per game at 7.2
• Shamyjha Price is fifth in the conference in steals at 48
• 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
• Winthrop has their most wins at this point in the season since winning 11 games in 2019-20
• The win at Upstate is Winthrop's second overall road win and conference road win on the season
• Most conference road wins and road wins overall since 2020-21, when the Eagles won three total road games
• Second sweep of a Big South conference opponent this season
• Second time this season Winthrop has won back-to-back conference games
• Most conference wins in a season up to this point since 2018-19 (won six)
• Winthrop has won five of the last eight games
• Winthrop finishes the year 6-7 at home
• Powell currently has career single-season highs in scoring average, rebounding average, steals, blocks
• Price currently has career season-highs in scoring average, steals, free throws made
• Ryce's 52 steals is currently the most in a single-season by an Eagle since 2016-17 when Danyael Goodhope also had 52 (2016-17)
• Ryce recorded her first double-double on the season vs. UNC Asheville on Feb. 8
• Powell's nine steals vs. Radford came within two of tying the all-time individual single game record in that category (Cassandra Barnes had 11 steals vs. Sacred Heart on Feb. 12, 1981)
• Powell's nine steals is also the most in a game since Jac'Che Whitfield has seven vs. USC Upstate on 1/10/19
• Against Upstate on the road Feb. 11, Winthrop's 19 steals leads the conference in that category
• 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 seven
• Powell had an individual game-high nine steals vs. Radford on Feb. 4, leading the conference in that category
• Powell had an individual game-high five blocks at Longwood on Feb. 1, leading the conference in that category
• Ryce and Leonor Paisana has a 20-point performance this season while Price has done it twice and Powell has done this feat three times
• Powell has 10+ rebounds on seven occasions, Tori Hall has three and Ryce has one
• Price leads the team in three-point FG percentage (.295)
• Ryce leads the team in FG attempts (282)
• Powell leads the team in scoring average (12.5), FG made (124), free throw attempts (133), free throws made (77) and defensive rebounds (101)
• Paisana leads the team in three-point FG attempts (123), three-point FG made (36), FT percentage (.800) and assists (72)

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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