Rock Hill, S.C. – Winthrop men's basketball closes out its three-game road trip Tuesday night as it takes on undefeated Nebraska.
SERIES HISTORY
Series Record: 0-2
Series Streak: L2
Record at Pinnacle Bank Arena: 0-0
Streak at Pinnacle Bank Arena: n/a
Prosser vs. Nebraska: 0-0
- Winthrop and Nebraska meet for the third time and the first time since 2001
- The Cornhuskers won the first meeting 65-44 on Nov. 27, 2000 and the two teams squared off again a year later (11/24/01) as Nebraska held off the Eagles 73-65
- Winthrop is 1-7 all-time against opponents from the Big Ten
WINTHROP
- Picked up the first road win of the season with an 80-62 victory at Jackson State Sunday night
- In the win, the Eagles dished out a season-high 20 assists with Kody Clouet leading the way with five
- The win followed a one point loss at 21st-ranked Arkansas on the road
- The Eagles have lost by a combined total of 13 points in their three road losses
- In the loss to the Razorbacks the Eagles knocked down 15 threes and followed that up with 11 threes at Jackson State
- The Eagles 37 over the last three games and are averaging 12.3 per game in that stretch
- In the second half of the last two games, the Eagles are a combined 34-for-63 from the floor and 16-for-32 behind the arc
- Eagles are 35th in the nation in three-point field goals per game at 10.8
- Kareem Rozier led the Eagles with a career-high 23 points at Arkansas and also connected on a career-best seven threes
- Daylen Berry leads the Eagles in scoring at 14.5 ppg followed closely by Rozier at 14.2 ppg
- After back-to-back road losses, the Eagles exploded for 105 points and a 36-point victory over Mercer last Saturday
- The offense was powered by 11 threes and a 26-for-37 performance at the free throw line
- Winthrop forced 19 turnovers that led to 27 points and had 23 fast break points
- The 105 points are the second-most by a Winthrop team against a non-conference D1 opponent
- Opened the season with an 81-74 win over Queens at the Field of 68 Opening Day Marathon
- In the loss to Coastal, Logan Duncomb posted career-highs in points (21) and rebounds (10) for his first collegiate double-double
- Berry also reached 20 points in the game, his second game this season with 20 or more points
- Berry leads the team in scoring at 16.4 ppg, which ranks 4th in the Big South
- 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 133-98 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 1,450th game in program history and hold an all-time record of 823-626
- Winthrop has more wins than any other Big South school (267) 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 81-55 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 255th career game and 227th 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 (582) at NCAA D1 level when he posted 23 vs. Queens
- Is 29 steals away from 100
- Kody Clouet
- Reached 1,000 career points last season at San Diego and now has 1,221 in 94 career games
- Surpassed 400 career rebounds (414) after pulling down two at Coastal Carolina
- Sitting on 198 career three-point field goals made
- Tommy Kamarad
- Is 19 rebounds away from 400 in his collegiate career
- Needs two more made three-pointers to reach 100 in his collegiate career
- Played in his 100th collegiate game on Nov. 23, 2025 at Jackson State
- Kareem Rozier
- Reached 100 career games near the end of the 2024-25 season (105)
- Is 13 assists away from 300 in his career after a career-best 105 last season
- Reached 100 career threes after going 4-for-5 in the win over Mercer
- Is two 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 returns home after three straight road games as it will host South Carolina State on Saturday, Nov. 29 at 4 p.m.
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