Rock Hill, S.C. – The first NCAA D1 men's basketball contest of the 2025-26 season will feature Winthrop vs. Queens as part of the Field of 68 Opening Day Marathon on Monday, Nov. 3 at the Rock Hill Sports & Event Center. The two teams will tip at 8 a.m. to kickoff the basketball season.
| WINTHROP PROBABLE STARTERS ('24-25 stats) |
| Pos. |
No. |
Name |
Ht. |
Yr. |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
SPG |
Noteworthy |
| G |
1 |
Isaiah Wilson |
6-1 |
Sr. |
2.0 |
0.8 |
2.0 |
0.6 |
Backup point guard in 2024-25 that averaged 2.0 apg / |
| G |
2 |
Kareem Rozier |
5-9 |
Sr. |
6.7 |
1.9 |
3.3 |
0.1 |
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. |
13.8 |
5.3 |
2.8 |
1.7 |
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. |
8.9 |
2.7 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
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. |
3.0 |
2.5 |
0.1 |
0.5* |
Returned from injury in '24-25 and played in 24 games posting a season-high 10 points at Charleston Southern |
* blocks per game
SERIES HISTORY
Series Record: 5-2
Series Streak: W5
Record at Rock Hill Sports & Event Center: 0-0
Streak at Rock Hill Sports & Event Center: n/a
Prosser vs. Queens: 2-0
- Eagles and Royals meet for the third straight season and 8th time overall
- Winthrop won last year's meeting at Queens, 86-78 for a fifth straight win in the series
- This will be the first time the two teams meet on a neutral court
SEASON OPENERS
- This marks the earliest tip date in the history of the program, outdoing last year's starting date of Nov. 4
- All-time the Eagles have a 30-18 record and have won four of the last six openers
- Have won nine on of the last 13 and 15 of the last 19 season openers
- The most points in a season opener are 103 against Averett College (11/25/89) and the fewest points are 44 which happened against #9 Kentucky (11/21/03)
- Eagles are 2-2 all-time when opening a season on a neutral court
WINTHROP ON NEUTRAL COURTS (D1 ERA)
- This is the first regular season neutral site game since Nov. 23, 2022 for the Eagles when they traveled to Cancun, Mexico for the Cancun Challenge
- Eagles opened that event with a 77-52 loss to Southern Mississippi before bouncing back with a 101-87 win over Eastern Michigan
- Hold an all-time 12-21 record in regular season neutral site games
- Some of the marquee wins in program history have come on neutral sites during the regular season starting with the victory over 19th-ranked Miami in 2007 and defeating Georgia Tech in the Paradise Jam that same season
WINTHROP
- Not only is the start date early, but the tip time of 8 a.m. is the earliest the Eagles have had in program history
- The previous record was in 2024 when the team opened on Nov. 4 against Piedmont
- The 8 a.m. tip time is the earliest in program history, outdoing the 8:45 tip time on Nov. 15, 2016 when the Eagles traveled to Manhattan College for the Preseason NIT "College Hoops Tip-off Marathon"
- The Eagles won that contest 94-81 behind 22 points from Keon Jonhson and Joshua Davenport who were a combined 27-for-30 at the foul line
- Eagles hold an all-time record of 130-95 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)
- Transfer senior Daylen 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 1,444th game in program history and hold an all-time record of 820-623
- Winthrop has more wins than any other Big South school (264) since the 2012-13 season and the closest is Radford (236)
- Mark Prosser starts his 5th season as head coach of the Eagles (7th head coach in program history) and holds a 78-52 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 247th career game and 219th 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
- Approaching 500 career points at NCAA D1 level
- Is 30 steals away from 100
- Kody Clouet
- Reached 1,000 career points last season at San Diego and now has 1,157 in 89 career games
- Is now seven rebounds away from 400
- Sitting on 184 career three-point field goals made
- Tommy Kamarad
- Is 32 rebounds away from 400 in his collegiate career
- Needs eight more made three-pointers to reach 100 in his collegiate career
- Is six games away from 100 as he's played 94 career games between Winthrop and Arkansas Tech
- Kareem Rozier
- Reached 100 career games near the end of the 2024-25 season (101)
- Is 40 assists away from 300 in his career after a career-best 105 last season
- Sitting 10 threes away from 100 in his career and is 14 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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UP NEXT
Winthrop is on the road Friday, Nov. 7 as it travels to Fairfax, Va. to take on George Mason at 7 p.m.
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