Buies Creek, N.C. –Winthrop fell on the road vs. Campbell by a final score of 48-38 on Wednesday night in the final ever conference matchup between these two teams.
Winthrop (8-20, 6-11 Big South) | Campbell (15-13, 10-7 Big South)
Feb. 22, 2023 | Gore Arena
Winthrop 38, Campbell 48
How it Happened
First Quarter | Both teams split the first four baskets nearly four minutes in with
Paige Powell getting both of the Winthrop scores. The Camels took a 6-4 lead a minute later but
Tori Hall answered a few plays later from three-point range to take a one-point lead with 4:40 left. Coming out of a media timeout, Powell made it 9-6 on a layup. The Eagles would hold Campbell scoreless for four minutes until they hit two free throws to cut the margin to one with 1:34 left and then seized the lead on a jumper inside of a minute. The score would remain the same when time expired to end the frame, Winthrop down 10-9.
Second Quarter | The Camels started the second quarter with a layup before
Shamyjha Price tacked on her first points of the night on two free throws at the 8:39 mark. Two free throws and three scores down low by the Camels gave them a 20-11 lead with nearly a minute left. Campbell also held Winthrop scoreless for seven minutes until Powell made a jumper to cut the deficit to 20-13. But the Camels scored with 37 seconds remaining to lead 22-13 at the break.
Third Quarter | Campbell started the second half with a layup and a free throw before Powell got a free throw of her own and
Jada Ryce scored to make it 25-16 in favor of the Camels at the 7:42 mark. The Camels got two scores in the paint a few plays later to go up double-digits but Ryce got her second field goal of the game immediately thereafter. After a break in the action, Price hit two free throws only for Campbell to respond with a basket with 4:00 left. Powell then made a layup 30 seconds later but Campbell did the same twice. Trailing by 13, Ryce nailed one from downtown to make it a 10-point game inside of a minute but the Camels got another basket seconds later, leaving them up 37-25 at the end of the quarter.
Fourth Quarter | Like the start of the game, the two teams split the first ten points and leaving Campbell up by 12 in the early going. Ryce hit a jumper and two free throws to make it 42-34 with 4:51 remaining but the Camels made two baskets to go up 12. Ryce then made two more jumpers, the second coming with 1:44 left to cut it to eight but that's as close as Winthrop would get the rest of the way as Campbell got one more basket to close out the scoring.
Statistical Standouts (Team)
- Winthrop outscored Campbell in the fourth quarter, 13-11
- Four Eagles played 30-plus minutes
- Winthrop was 4-of-9 from the field in both the first and third quarter
- Winthrop held the Camels to only 7% from deep
- 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
Statistical Standouts (Individual)
Paige Powell (28 min, 1 steal, 14 pts)
Jada Ryce (34 min, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 15 pts)
Shamyjha Price (34 min, 7 rebounds, 4 steals, 4 pts)
Up Next
Winthrop travels to High Point on Saturday afternoon for a 4:00 p.m. tip-off with the Panthers in the regular-season finale. The Eagles are seeking to split the season series with the High Point after dropping a 79-42 decision at home on Jan. 18.
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