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Winthrop takes on Queens in non-conference women's basketball at Winthrop Coliseum on Saturday, November 15, 2025 in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
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66
Winner Winthrop Win 5-4,0-0 Big South
45
South Carolina St. SCSt 2-6,0-0 MEAC
Winner
Winthrop Win
5-4,0-0 Big South
66
Final
45
South Carolina St. SCSt
2-6,0-0 MEAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Winthrop Win 17 13 18 18 66
South Carolina St. SCSt 13 12 8 12 45

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Lard, Pierfax Powers Eagles Past South Carolina State, 66-45

ORANGEBURG, S.C. -- Winthrop clamped down defensively and used the backcourt duo of Cori Lard and Mya Pierfax to a 66-45 road win over South Carolina State on Sunday afternoon at Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center. 
FIRST QUARTER 
  • South Carolina State jumped out 5-0 behind a layup and an early three from Mya Byrd. 
  • Amourie Porter put Winthrop on the board at the line, knocking down two free throws to trim the deficit to 5-2. 
  • Madison Ruff steadied the offense, scoring on a driving layup and a short jumper in the paint as Winthrop began to find a rhythm inside. 
  • Pierfax and Tocarra Johnson combined on the glass, with Johnson's putback finishing a sequence of strong interior defense and rebounding to give Winthrop a 15-13 edge. 
  • Ryiah Wilson capped a 17-8 response to the early hole with a fastbreak layup in the final seconds, sending the Eagles to the first-quarter break in front, 17-13. 
SECOND QUARTER 
  • Johnson kept attacking the offensive glass, following a missed layup with a tip-in to push the lead to 19-15. 
  • Lard buried a three-pointer from the wing off a Pierfax feed, and Porter sprinted out for a fastbreak layup moments later as Winthrop strung together a 7-2 burst to build a 24-15 cushion. 
  • South Carolina State answered with its best stretch of the half, stringing together an 8-0 run, started by Feliah Greer at the line and Heaven Harper inside, to slice the margin to 26-25. 
  • Winthrop's bench responded, as Mya Hamilton turned a steal into two free throws in transition to nudge the lead back to 28-25. 
  • Pierfax closed the half by slicing through the lane for a late layup, sending the Eagles into the locker room up 30-25. 
THIRD QUARTER 
  • Porter opened the second-half scoring with a jumper in the paint to make it 32-25, setting the tone. 
  • After a Shaunice Reed 3-pointer briefly cut the margin to 32-28, Pierfax answered with back-to-back triples, the first in transition off a Ruff rebound and assist, the second on the next trip, stretching the lead to 38–28. 
  • Lard continued to pick apart the defense, knocking down a midrange jumper to push the advantage to 40–29. 
  • Pierfax stayed aggressive, knocking down two free throws late in the frame, and Jada Ryce capped the period with a jumper to send Winthrop into the fourth quarter firmly in control, 48-33, after an 18-8 third-quarter advantage. 
FOURTH QUARTER 
  • Porter stayed hot to start the fourth, drilling another jumper in the lane to extend the lead to 50-33. 
  • Lard blew the game open with a three-pointer from the top of the key, and Wilson followed by sinking four straight free throws, pushing the margin to 57-35 as Winthrop's pressure defense continued to cause turnovers. 
  • Lard then turned another steal into two more points at the line, stretching the lead to 59-35 before Harper briefly halted the surge with free throws on the other end. 
  • Williams added a free throw, and Lard scored again at the rim to make it 63-42 before Wilson drilled a late three-pointer to give Winthrop its largest lead of the day at 66-42. 
  • A late Reed three for South Carolina State provided the final margin, as Winthrop closed out a 66-45 road victory. 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE 
  • Cori Lard led the way with 16 points, knocking down 6-of-11 from the field, including 2-of-5 from three-point range, while adding four rebounds, four assists and four steals in 33 minutes.
  • Mya Pierfax turned in another all-around effort with 13 points, shooting 4-of-9 from the floor and a perfect 2-of-2 from beyond the arc. 
  • Ryiah Wilson added nine points off the bench, hitting a three-pointer and going a perfect 4-of-4 at the line. 
  • Tocarra Johnson anchored the interior with nine rebounds (including five offensive boards) and four blocks. 
  • Winthrop's defense forced 20 turnovers and turned them into 23 points off turnovers, while also holding the Lady Bulldogs to 16-of-49 shooting and just eight points in the third quarter. 
  • Offensively, the Eagles shot 23-of-55 from the floor, and 75.0% at the line (15-of-20), finishing with a 30–24 edge in points in the paint, a 14-0 advantage in fastbreak points, and 16 bench points in the road win. 
NEXT UP
The Eagles come home for a two-game home swing, starting on Wednesday against Johnson & Wales at 6:00 p.m.

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