Rock Hill, S.C. – Winthrop men's basketball welcomes Mercer to the Winthrop Coliseum Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. for its home opener of the 2025-26 season.
| WINTHROP PROBABLE STARTERS ('24-25 stats) |
| Pos. |
No. |
Name |
Ht. |
Yr. |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
SPG |
Noteworthy |
| G |
1 |
Isaiah Wilson |
6-1 |
Sr. |
3.0 |
2.0 |
2.7 |
1.7 |
Solid opening game with 5 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals / 3 steals in opener ties career-high / Led Eagles with 5 assists at George Mason / Backup point guard in 2024-25 that averaged 2.0 apg |
| G |
2 |
Kareem Rozier |
5-9 |
Sr. |
11.0 |
1.3 |
4.7 |
3.0 |
Back-to-back games in double-figures after a season-high 13 points at Coastal / tied career-high with 7 assists vs. Queens / Has 3 steals in each of the first 3 games / Appeared in 32 games with 10 starts at Duquesne last year / Ranked among all D1 players in assist-to-turnover ratio / 6 games in double-figures, 13 games with 4+ assists in '24-25 |
| G |
7 |
Daylen Berry |
6-4 |
R-Sr. |
20.0 |
6.7 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
Led all scorers in season-opener vs. Queens with 23 points / Has 20 or more points in two of the first three games after 20 at Coastal / Is 19-of-23 (83%) at the foul line in first 3 games / Ranked 12th in the Big South in scoring last season / 4th in the Big South at 1.7 spg / 20 games in double-figures last year / posted five 20-point games in '24-25 |
| F |
11 |
Kody Clouet |
6-5 |
Gr. |
8.3 |
2.7 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
Connected on three triples in each of the first 2 games / Season-high 12 points at George Mason / 13 games in double-figures in '24-25 / knocked down a career-best 8 threes en route to a career-high 35 points vs. Portland on Mar. 1, 2025 |
| C |
51 |
Logan Duncomb |
6-10 |
Sr. |
16.3 |
7.3 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
Set career-high in points (21) and rebounds (10) for 1st collegiate double-double / leads all Big South players with 30 free throw attempts Set another career-high in points with 16 at George mason / Returned from injury in '24-25 and played in 24 games posting a season-high 10 points at Charleston Southern |
SERIES HISTORY
Series Record: 3-2
Series Streak: W1
Record at Winthrop Coliseum: 3-0
Streak at Winthrop Coliseum: W3
Prosser vs. Mercer: 5-5
- This is just the sixth meeting all-time between Winthrop and Mercer
- The two teams met at the Winthrop Coliseum last December as the Eagles outlasted the Bears 102-97
- In last year's meeting the two teams combined for 119 points in the second half
- In the five meetings all-time the home team has won each time
- Winthrop is 19-32 all-time against opponents from the SoCON but has won five of the last seven matchups
WINTHROP
- Coming off back-to-back six-point losses on the road (at George Mason/at Coastal Carolina)
- Opened the season with an 81-74 win over Queens at the Field of 68 Opening Day Marathon
- Finished the George Mason game 25-for-29 at the foul line and in two games are a combined 50-for-60 (83%)
- In the loss to Coastal, Logan Duncomb posted career-highs in points (21) and rebounds (10) for his first collegiate double-double
- Daylen Berry also reached 20 points in the game, his second game this season with 20 or more points
- In the George Mason game, Berry and Josh Meo scored a team-high 17 points at George Mason and Logan Duncomb added 16 points
- In the win over Queens, Berry led all scorers with 23 points while Logan Duncomb threatened a double-double with 12 points and eight boards
- It was the second straight year the Eagles opened the season with a win
- Eagles hold an all-time record of 131-97 in the month of November
- Voted to finish fifth in the Big South Conference preseason poll, one vote behind Radford (4th) and two votes behind Longwood (3rd)
- Berry was named to the Big South Preseason All-Conference First Team
- Berry is one of nine newcomers on the roster this season
- Kaleb Evans is the lone freshman while the Eagles had eight transfers that includes Kareem Rozier (Duquesne), Josh Meo (Coastal Carolina), Pharrell Boyogueno (Gardner-Webb), Brayhlan Thomas (Georgia Southern), Berry (Charleston Southern), Kody Clouet (San Diego), Ed Nnamoko (New Mexico State) and Sefeldin Hendawy (Loyola Chicago)
- This marks the 1,446th game in program history and hold an all-time record of 821-624
- Winthrop has more wins than any other Big South school (265) since the 2012-13 season and the closest is Radford (238)
- Mark Prosser starts his 5th season as head coach of the Eagles (7th head coach in program history) and holds a 79-54 record over the first four seasons
- Prosser earned his 100th career win on Nov. 15, which also happened to be the program's 800th win all-time (Eagles won on a buzzer three)
- Prosser is coaching in his 252nd career game and 224th at the NCAA D1 level
- Led the team to 23 wins, the most by a first-year head coach in program history and another 23-win season in 2024-25
- Prosser tied Towson State's Terry Traux (1992-93) for the most conference wins by a first-year coach with 14
LOOKING BACK AT 2024-25
- Eagles are coming off the program's 19th Big South Conference Championship Game appearance as they fell 81-69 to top-seeded High Point
- Earned 23 wins for the second time under Prosser and for the 5th in program history
- Tied the program record for home wins with 16 (16-2)
- Posted an 11-5 league mark to tie UNC Asheville for second place in the Big South standings
- Led the nation in free throw attempts per game (28.5) and 4th in free throws made per game (19.1)
- Broke the program record for scoring offense (84.7 ppg), free throws attempted (970) and free throws made (648)
- The scoring average broke the previous record of 83.6 held by the 1992-93 team
- Also set a program record for most 100-point games in a single-season with six
SEASON HONORS/AWARDS
- Daylen Berry, Senior-Guard
- 2025-26 Big South Conference Preseason All-Conference First Team
CAREER MILESTONES
- Daylen Berry
- Surpassed 500 career points (555) at NCAA D1 level when he posted 23 vs. Queens
- Is 30 steals away from 100
- Kody Clouet
- Reached 1,000 career points last season at San Diego and now has 1,182 in 91 career games
- Surpassed 400 career rebounds (401) after pulling down two at Coastal Carolina
- Sitting on 190 career three-point field goals made
- Tommy Kamarad
- Is 29 rebounds away from 400 in his collegiate career
- Needs five more made three-pointers to reach 100 in his collegiate career
- Is three games away from 100 as he's played 97 career games between Winthrop and Arkansas Tech
- Kareem Rozier
- Reached 100 career games near the end of the 2024-25 season (103)
- Is 26 assists away from 300 in his career after a career-best 105 last season
- Sitting four threes away from 100 in his career and is five steals away from 100
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25th ANNIVERSARY
This year celebrates the 25
th anniversary of the 2000-01 team that captured a third consecutive Big South Conference Title. The Eagles battled their way through the season to an 18-13 record. Preseason Player of the Year Greg Lewis was lost for the season after six games. The season opened with the Eagles challenging the 6
th-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels in a 66-61 loss on the road. Led by Gregg Marshall the Eagles won eight of nine games to capture the conference championship, including a 67-65 overtime win in the title game over top-seeded Radford. The Eagles reached the title game after a 67-62 overtime win over Liberty. Winthrop was sent to the play-in game in Dayton, Ohio as the Eagles fell 71-67 to Northwestern State.
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Winthrop is back on the road for three straight games beginning Tuesday, Nov. 18 as they head to Fayetteville, Ark. to take on Arkansas at 8:30 p.m. (EST).
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