Rock Hill, S.C. – Winthrop men's basketball is back in action on the road this weekend as it travels to Spartanburg, S.C. to take on USC Upstate Saturday afternoon.
| Winthrop Men's Basketball Game Information |
| Matchup |
Winthrop (10-8, 2-1 Big South) at USC Upstate (8-9, 0-2 Big South) |
| Date/Time |
Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026 | 2:00 p.m. | Buy Tickets |
| Location |
Spartanburg, S.C. | G.B. Hodge Center |
| Live Stats |
Sidearm |
| Radio |
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| Live Stream |
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| Series Record |
Winthrop leads 21-10 | Streak - W4 |
| First Meeting |
Jan. 18, 1979, (Rock Hill, S.C.) | Winthrop won 69-66 |
| Last Meeting |
Feb. 8, 2025 (Spartanburg, S.C.) | Winthrop won 105-95 |
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| WINTHROP PROBABLE STARTERS ('24-25 stats) |
| Pos. |
No. |
Name |
Ht. |
Yr. |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
SPG |
Noteworthy |
| G |
1 |
Isaiah Wilson |
6-1 |
Sr. |
3.5 |
1.3 |
2.5 |
1.2 |
Career-high 12 points to go along with 5 assists vs. Gardner-Webb / Steal in 5 straight games and has 13 in the last 8 games / Matched career-high six assists at North Dakota / Tied career-high four steals vs. Bob Jones & Toccoa Falls / 11 multi-assist games / Backup point guard in 2024-25 that averaged 2.0 apg |
| G |
2 |
Kareem Rozier |
5-9 |
Sr. |
12.5 |
2.4 |
3.5 |
1.4 |
Ranked 17th nationally in assist/turnover ratio (3.53) / tied career-high 7 assists vs. Toccoa Falls / 3 or more triples in 10-of-17 games / Career-high 23 points at #21 Arkansas / Career-best 7 threes at #21 Arkansas / 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. |
11.8 |
3.5 |
2.5 |
0.6 |
15 assists in the last four games / has made 17 consecutive free throw attempts / 22 points on 8-of-9 shooting vs. Clinton for 4th 20-point game / 21 points at LIU / Led all scorers in season-opener vs. Queens with 23 points / Tied for team-high in assists with six vs. S.C. State / In '24-25 - ranked 12th in the Big South in scoring and 4th in steals (1.7) / 20 games in double-figures last year / posted five 20-point games in '24-25 |
| F |
11 |
Kody Clouet |
6-5 |
Gr. |
11.4 |
3.9 |
1.5 |
0.6 |
19 points, 8 rebounds vs. Gardner-Webb / Averaging 11.0 ppg, 6.7 rpg in first 3 league games / Matched season-high 21 points at North Dakota / Tip-in at the buzzer lifted Eagles to win at LIU / Season-high 5 assists at Jackson State / ranks 9th in Big South in three-pointers per game (2.22) / 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. |
16.8 |
8.1 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
Career-high 31 points in league opener at Longwood / 6 double-doubles / first Eagle since Keon Johnson (2017) with a 30-point game and 20-point games over the first three games of conference play / 14th in nation with .641 field goal percentage / 2x Big South Player of the Week (Dec. 8/Jan. 5) / Returned from injury in '24-25 and played in 24 games posting a season-high 10 points at Charleston Southern |
SERIES HISTORY
Series Record: 21-10
Series Streak: W4
Record at G.B. Hodge Center: 10-5
Streak at G.B. Hodge Center: W2
Prosser vs. USC Upstate: 6-2
- Winthrop and Upstate meet for the 32nd time overall and 16th time in Spartanburg
- Eagles have won four straight overall and two straight at the G.B. Hodge Center
- During the four-game win streak the Eagles have averaged 91.3 ppg
WINTHROP IN BIG SOUTH
- This marks the 41st season in the Big South Conference for the Eagles
- Opened league play with an 82-70 loss at Longwood but have bounced back with back-to-back wins and looking for a third straight league win
- With the win over Charleston Southern, the Eagles become the third league school to reach 10 wins on the season
- Averaging 79.7 ppg while allowing 78.7 ppg
- Have 31 or more free throw attempts in each of the first three games
- In 2024-25 the Eagles were 11-5 and tied for second in the league standings
- Set a program record for points per game in conference play (85.1)
- Have won nine of the last 11 regular season conference games
- All-time the Eagles are 363-246 in regular season league games and the 363 wins are the most in Big South history
- Eyeing a 13th straight season with a .500 or better league mark (only one season of .500 during that stretch came in 2023-24)
WINTHROP
- Back-to-back wins at home as the Eagles trailed by nine against Charleston Southern and overcame a 20-point deficit against the Runnin' Bulldogs
- It was the largest comeback of the Mark Prosser Era and the largest in 18 seasons
- The last 20-point or more comeback was Feb. 24, 2009 when the Eagles trailed by 27 before earning a 57-52 victory over Charleston Southern
- The win was the 500th all-time for the Eagles, which includes all home venues throughout the program's beginning in 1978-79
- It was also the 450th inside the Winthrop Coliseum
- Has won 10 of the last 11 regular season home games against league opponents and 10 of the last 12 regular season league games overall
- Logan Duncomb leads the Eagles in scoring at 17.3 ppg and rebounding at 8.1 per game
- He's been in double-figures 10 straight games and now has seven games with 20 or more points
- Duncomb is the first Eagle since Keon Johnson (2017) with a 30-point game and 20-point games over the first three games of conference play
- Eagles hold an all-time record of 258-189 in the month of January
- Eagles have scored 100 or more points in 5-of-8 home games after posting 107 points vs. Clinton College on Dec. 21
- The 66-point margin of victory was the second-largest in program history as the Eagles improved to 5-1 at home
- Suffered first double-digit loss of the season at #15 Texas Tech, but the Eagles secured a winning record in non-conference action for a third straight year
- The Eagles had four threes in the game, ending a streak of 10 or more in a game at five straight
- Winthrop has now gone four straight games with six or fewer made threes and are down to 9.7 threes per game
- In the first home game this season, the Eagles exploded for 105 points and a 36-point victory over Mercer on Nov. 15
- 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
- On Dec. 18, the Eagles suffered a 90-88 loss in the final seconds at North Dakota
- The Fighting Hawks knocked down a three with .5 seconds left after the Eagles had just drilled a three by Daylen Berry for the lead
- Two of the last three road games have both come down to the final seconds, as the previous road contest saw the Eagles win 94-92 in overtime at the buzzer
- The only home loss of the season came at the hands of Coastal Carolina in the final seconds of an 88-84 setback
- Eagles connected on 14 threes in the win over Clinton and have 10 or more threes in five straight games
- Eagles are 50th in the nation in three-point field goals per game at 10.1
- Duncomb posted a career-high 31 points and hauled in 13 rebounds for this 5th double-double of the season at Longwood
- He followed that up with his 6th double-double of the season with 21 points, 10 rebounds against Gardner-Webb
- In the 31-point performance he was 12-for-16 from the field and 7-of-11 from the line and six of his 13 rebounds were on the offensive glass
- Duncomb was 13-for-17 at the free throw line at North Dakota, both career-highs
- Posted his third career double-double in the win over Bob Jones with 23 points, 10 rebounds
- Duncomb finished 11-for-11 from the field, tying a program single-game record for best field goal percentage with 10 or more field goals
- Duncomb's .641 field goal percentage ranks 14th nationally
- Earned a road win in an overtime thriller at LIU in which Kody Clouet's tip-in at the buzzer gave Winthrop a 94-92 victory
- Duncomb led the way with 28 points and Daylen Berry had 21 points in the win
- It is the second time this season both have scored 20 or more in the same game with the first time coming against Coastal Carolina on Nov. 11
- Eagles won 101-79 over South Carolina State at home as the Eagles dished out a season-high 23 assists
- Clouet led the Eagles with 21 points (5 threes) and is second on the team with 29 made on the year
- Duncomb is 1-of-4 Eagles averaging double-figures as Kareem Rozier is second at 12.5 ppg followed by Berry (11.8) and Clouet (11.4)
- Prior to the loss at Texas Tech, the first five road losses were by a combined total of 23 points (average loss of 4.6)
- Lost to the 21st-ranked Arkansas on the road by one point (84-83)
- In the loss to the Razorbacks the Eagles knocked down 15 threes and followed that up with 11 threes at Jackson State
- Rozier led the Eagles with a career-high 23 points at Arkansas and also connected on a career-best seven threes
- Opened the season with an 81-74 win over Queens at the Field of 68 Opening Day Marathon
- 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 1,462nd game in program history and hold an all-time record of 830-630
- Winthrop has more wins than any other Big South school (274) since the 2012-13 season and the closest is Radford (245)
- Mark Prosser starts his 5th season as head coach of the Eagles (7th head coach in program history) and holds an 88-59 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 267th career game and 239th 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
- Logan Duncomb, Senior-Center
- Big South Player of the Week
- Averaged 26.0 ppg, 11.5 rpg while shooting 79 percent from the floor
- Opened conference play with a career-high 31 points on the road at Longwood
- Posted a double-double against the Lancers with 31 points, 13 rebounds
- Had another double-double with 21 points, 10 rebounds against Gardner-Webb
- Big South Co-Player of the Week
- Averaged 22.0 ppg to go along with 9.0 rpg
- Posted a career-high 28 points in the win at LIU
- Hauled in a career-high 12 rebounds vs. Coastal Carolina on his way to his second career double-double
- Daylen Berry, Senior-Guard
- 2025-26 Big South Conference Preseason All-Conference First Team
CAREER MILESTONES
- Daylen Berry
- Nearing 700 career points (688) at NCAA D1 after 22 points vs. Clinton
- Is 20 steals away from 100
- Kody Clouet
- Reached 1,000 career points last season at San Diego and surpassed 1,300 career points (1,363)
- The game against Toccoa Falls was the 100th of his career
- Surpassed 400 career rebounds (467) after pulling down two at Coastal Carolina
- Surpassed 200 career three-point field goals (224) in the win over S.C. State
- Tommy Kamarad
- Surpassed 400 career rebounds(430)
- Was 2-for-4 behind the arc at Nebraska as he reached his 100th career three-pointer made
- Approaching 900 career points (895) as he most recently scored seven in the win over Charleston Southern
- Played in his 100th collegiate game on Nov. 23, 2025 at Jackson State
- Is 21 steals from 100 in his career
- Kareem Rozier
- Reached 100 career games near the end of the 2024-25 season (118)
- Reached 300 career assists in the game against Coastal Carolina (320)
- Reached 100 career threes after going 4-for-5 in the win over Mercer
- Had three steals vs. S.C. State to reach 100 in his career (109)
- Set career-high for threes made in a single-season (46), passing his career-best of 37 as a sophomore
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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.
WINTHROP IMPACT NETWORK
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UP NEXT
Winthrop returns home on Wednesday, Jan. 14 to take on league-leading High Point at 6:30 p.m.
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