Rock Hill, S.C. – Winthrop fell to Charleston Southern by a final score of 63-54 on Wednesday night at the Winthrop Coliseum, snapping the Eagles' two-game win streak.
Winthrop (9-11, 3-4 Big South) | Charleston Southern (6-13, 2-4 Big South)
Jan. 24, 2024 | Winthrop Coliseum
Winthrop 63, Charleston Southern 54
How it Happened
First Quarter | Down 2-0,
Jada Ryce tied it on a layup two plays after CSU scored on their opening possession, thus getting her over 500 career points. CSU scored four of the next six points and took an 8-4 a few minutes later while holding Winthrop scoreless for more than four minutes. Trailing 8-4 with five minutes left, Winthrop rallied to lead 11-10 at the end of the frame with a 7-2 run. The run included a three-pointer by
Leonor Paisana, which tied her for 10
th on the all-time Eagle three-pointers made list.
Second Quarter | The two teams traded baskets in the first three minutes of the second quarter, leaving the score 16-16. Winthrop would go up 22-20 at the 3:36 mark by scoring six of the next ten points only for the Buccaneers to go back out in front with an 8-0 run, taking a 28-22 lead into the break and holding Winthrop scoreless the rest of the quarter.
Third Quarter | Winthrop scored the first six points of the second half to tie it at 28 at the 6:57 mark. Paisana made five of the first six Eagle points. The Buccaneers scored the next four points to break the tie over a two-minute time span and eventually took a 38-32 lead more than three minutes later. The visitors then canned a triple just before the buzzer and led 41-34 at the end of three.
Fourth Quarter | Ryce started the fourth quarter with a jumper but a three-pointer by CSU pushed their lead to eight on their next possession. CSU would eventually seize a 12-point lead at 53-41 with 3:50 left while also holding Winthrop to a single free throw for four minutes after the Eagles cut the lead to six with nearly seven minutes left. But the Eagles were not done just yet. Winthrop went on an 11-2 run to cut it to three with nearly a minute to go. But that's as close as the Eagles would get as CSU hit a couple of free throws inside of 30 seconds to end Winthrop's comeback bid.
Statistical Standouts (Team)
- Winthrop moves to 607-902 all-time as a program.
- Winthrop moves to 206-371 in Big South regular-season games.
- Winthrop moves to 348-326 all-time at home.
- Leonor Paisana is now ninth in school history in career triples made (now has 85).
- Jada Ryce has surpassed 500 career points (now has 514).
- There were six lead changes and nine ties.
- The two teams were even in points in the paint, 28-28.
- Winthrop outscored CSU 11-9 in second chance points.
- Winthrop shot 36% from the field, including 50% in the fourth quarter.
- Winthrop shot 55% from the free throw line.
- Three Eagles played more than 30 minutes and had double figures in scoring.
- This was Ryce's 10th double figure game in scoring this season.
- This was Paisana's eighth double figure game in scoring this season.
- This was Nyah Stallings's third double figure game in scoring this season.
Statistical Standouts (Individual)
Jada Ryce (33 min, 7-12 FG, 15 pts)
Leonor Paisana (29 min, 4-7 FG, 2-4 3FG, 3 assists, 10 pts)
Up Next
Winthrop travels to Big South pre-season favorite High Point on Saturday, Jan. 27 at 7:00 p.m. on ESPN+.
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