Rock Hill, S.C. – Winthrop looks for a 12
th straight win Thursday night when it welcomes USC Upstate for a 6:30 p.m. contest.
| WINTHROP PROBABLE STARTERS |
| Pos. |
No. |
Name |
Ht. |
Yr. |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
SPG |
Noteworthy |
| G |
1 |
Isaiah Wilson |
6-1 |
Sr. |
3.5 |
1.5 |
2.8 |
1.1 |
Had five assists, no turnovers vs. Longwood (Feb. 7) and now has 10 assists/2 turnovers in last 3 games / Dished out career-high 7 assists vs. Radford, 6 of them coming in the 2nd half / Career-high 12 points to go along with 5 assists vs. Gardner-Webb / Matched career-high six assists at North Dakota / Tied career-high four steals vs. Bob Jones & Toccoa Falls / 17 multi-assist games |
| G |
2 |
Kareem Rozier |
5-9 |
Sr. |
13.8 |
2.3 |
3.4 |
1.4 |
Career-high 33 points at Gardner-Webb / Career-best nine threes at Gardner-Webb / Dished out career-high 8 assists in win over High Point / Career-high 24 points at USC Upstate / Ranked 9th nationally in assist/turnover ratio (3.56) / T-1st in Big South with 3.08 threes per game / 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 |
11 |
Kody Clouet |
6-4 |
Gr. |
12.9 |
4.3 |
1.4 |
0.7 |
Game-winning three with two seconds left against Radford / Double-figures in 10 of last 11 games / 16 games with 3 or more triples / Season-high 21 points at Asheville for 3rd time this season / Tip-in at the buzzer lifted Eagles to win at LIU / Season-high 5 assists at Jackson State / ranks 3rd in Big South in three-pointers per game (2.63) / 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 |
| F |
15 |
Tommy Kamarad |
6-5 |
Sr. |
8.0 |
3.5 |
1.1 |
0.9 |
Had nine points in the win over Radford / Eagles are 9-1 in games he scores nine or more this season / 7 games in double-figures / 3rd on the team with 23 steals / Season-high 19 points in each of the wins over South Carolina St. and Bob Jones / 2nd on the team in offensive rebounds (37) |
| C |
51 |
Logan Duncomb |
6-10 |
Sr. |
18.8 |
8.8 |
1.6 |
0.8 |
Career-high 38 points at PC / 38 points is tied for 3rd most points in a road game by an Eagle / 10th double-double at Gardner-Webb with 24 points and tied career-high 15 rebounds / Dished out career-best six assists at Gardner-Webb / 28 points vs. High Point / first Eagle since Keon Johnson (207) with a 30-point game and 20-point games over the first three games of conference play / 2x Big South Player of the Week (Dec. 8/Jan. 5) |
SERIES HISTORY
Series Record: 32-10
Series Streak: W5
Record at Winthrop Coliseum: 11-9
Streak at Winthrop Coliseum: W2
Prosser vs. USC Upstate: 7-2
- The Eagles and Spartans meet for the second time this season and 33rd time overall
- Winthrop won the first meeting 71-50 in Spartanburg and is looking for a regular season sweep for a third straight season
- Eagles lead the all-time series 22-10 and are 8-5 at home all-time against the Spartans
WINTHROP IN BIG SOUTH
- This marks the 41st season in the Big South Conference for the Eagles
- Since the conference-opening loss at Longwood, the Eagles bounced back with 11 straight victories and sit a half game behind High Point in the league standings
- Winthrop has clinched one of the top two seeds for the Big South Tournament, sitting 11-1
- This is the second time the Eagles have been 11-1 in league play and the first in the Mark Prosser Era
- Improved to 6-0 at home in league play with a 79-74 win over Longwood on Feb. 7
- That win gave the Eagles their 10th straight win, the first 10-game winning streak since 2021-22
- In their last game out, the Eagles knocked down 18 threes on their way to a 103-85 victory at Gardner-Webb
- The 18 threes were a program single-game record against a Big South opponent
- Five of the last seven wins have come against teams in the Top 3 of the league standings at the time of the matchup
- For the second time this season, the Eagles made a go-ahead shot with two seconds remaining to defeat Radford on Feb. 4 (80-78)
- In the first meeting Kody Clouet buried a three with two seconds left for a one point victory
- Prior to the win at PC, the Eagles had back-to-back one possession games in which the Eagles came out on top in both
- With the win over PC, Prosser reached 50 regular season conference victories
- Prosser tied Russ Bergman of Coastal Carolina for the 3rd fastest to 50 league wins in Big South history, doing so in 74 games (Gregg Marshall was the quickest with 50 in 64 games)
- Earned a 69-67 victory over UNC Asheville on the road and then on Jan. 21 Clouet drained a three with two seconds left to lift the Eagles over Radford, 76-75
- Earned a 92-75 victory over High Point as the Eagles led the game by as much as 25 points, ending a five-game losing streak to the Panthers
- Have won 19 of the last 21 regular season conference games
- Averaging 81.2 ppg while allowing 73.6 ppg and have earned 74 more free throw attempts than opponents
- Ranked 2nd in the league for scoring offense on the season (85.0 ppg) and top the league in rebounding margin at +5.9 (six of the nine league schools have a positive rebound margin)
- 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)
- All-time the Eagles are 372-246 in regular season league games and the 372 wins are the most in Big South history
- Secured a .500 or better league mark for the 14th straight season (only one season of .500 during that stretch came in 2023-24 and this year guaranteed to finish above .500)
WINTHROP
- Riding a season-best 11-game winning streak and longest since the 2021-22 season
- Winthrop extended the winning streak to 11 games after a 103-85 win at Gardner-Webb
- It was the sixth 100-point game by the Eagles this year, matching the 2024-25 team that set the program record
- Eagles knocked down 18 threes in the win at Gardner-Webb, the third most in a single-game
- The 18 threes are the most by an Eagle team against an NCAA D1 opponent and the most in a road game
- Kareem Rozier hit nine of the threes in the game, the fourth most by an Eagle in a single-game
- Rozier posted a career-high 33 points, which is tied for the 6th most points by an Eagle in a league road game
- Duncomb posted his 10th double-double of the season as he scored 24 and tied a career-high in rebounds with 15
- He also had a career-high six assists against Gardner-Webb and now has 14 assists in the last three games
- The win over UNC Asheville on Jan. 31 was the 10th win at home this season, making it a run of 14 straight season with at least 10 home wins
- Duncomb continued his dominance in the win over the Bulldogs, posting a double-double with 26 points, 10 rebounds
- He was an impressive 18-for-19 at the free throw line, with the 18 free throws made tying the program's single-game record
- The win over Asheville gave the Eagles a perfect record (8-0) in the month of January
- Only the 2006-07 team had gone undefeated in the month of January in the history of the program
- In the win at PC, Duncomb scored a career-high 38 points and hauled in a career-best 15 rebounds for a double-double
- The 38 points tie for the third most points by an Eagle in a road game and are the 3rd most by an Eagle in a Big South road contest
- Eagles survived Radford at home on Jan. 21, 76-75, for a seventh straight win at home
- Eagles were tied for first at the time of the High Point matchup and Radford was a half game back in second place during that matchup
- In the win over UNC Asheville, the Eagles hit 13 threes and now have 15 games this season with 10 or more
- The 15 games with 10 or more is the 3rd most in program history for a single-season
- Rozier became the 22nd Eagle in program history to hit 70 or more threes in a single-season and now has 80 on the season which are the 8th most in a single-season
- Clouet became the 23rd Eagle in program history to hit 70 or more threes in a season
- Eagles are 39th in the nation in three-point field goals per game at 9.9
- Duncomb leads the Eagles in scoring at 18.6 ppg and rebounding at 8.8 per game
- He 1-of-2 players in the league ranked in the Top 5 of both scoring and rebounding
- He leads the league in free throw attempts and is 12th in free throw percentage (.726)
- He has 223 free throw attempts on the year, which are the 3rd most in a single-season by an Eagle while his 162 made free throws are the fourth most
- Recorded his 8th 20-point game of the season with 28 against High Point
- 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
- Duncomb is 1-of-4 Eagles averaging double-figures as Rozier is second at 13.8 ppg followed by Clouet (12.9) and Daylen Berry (10.3)
- Clouet has been in double-figures 10 of the last 11 games
- Eagles have had two comeback wins at home in league play, overcoming a 20-point deficit to defeat Gardner-Webb and nine point deficit against Charleston Southern
- The 20-point comeback 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
- 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
- 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
- Three non-conference road games came down to the final seconds, as the previous road contest saw the Eagles win 94-92 in overtime at the buzzer
- Earned a road win in an overtime thriller at LIU in which Clouet's tip-in at the buzzer gave Winthrop a 94-92 victory
- 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
- Three non-conference road games came down to the final seconds, as the previous road contest saw the Eagles win 94-92 in overtime at the buzzer
- 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 1,465th game in program history and hold an all-time record of 839-631
- Winthrop has more wins than any other Big South school (283) since the 2012-13 season and the closest is Radford (251)
- Mark Prosser starts his 5th season as head coach of the Eagles (7th head coach in program history) and holds an 97-60 record
- 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 275th career game and 247th 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
- Kareem Rozier, Senior-Guard
- Big South Player of the Week
- Led the Eagles to a 103-85 win at Gardner-Webb as he scored a career-high 33 points
- Hit nine threes in the game and was 11-for-18 from the field
- Also had a four rebounds and a team-high four steals in the win
- Daylen Berry, Senior-Guard
- 2025-26 Big South Conference Preseason All-Conference First Team
CAREER MILESTONES
- Daylen Berry
- Surpassed 700 career points (711 / 90 games) at NCAA D1 after 22 points vs. Clinton
- Is 15 steals away from 100
- Kody Clouet
- Reached 1,000 career points last season at San Diego and surpassed 1,500 career points (1,505) after his 14-point performance vs. Longwood
- The game against Toccoa Falls was the 100th of his career
- Surpassed 500 career rebounds (510)
- Surpassed 200 career three-point field goals (255) in the win over S.C. State
- Tommy Kamarad
- Surpassed 400 career rebounds(460)
- Was 2-for-4 behind the arc at Nebraska as he reached his 100th career three-pointer made
- Surpassed 900 career points (960) after scoring seven points in the win at USC Upstate
- Played in his 100th collegiate game on Nov. 23, 2025 at Jackson State
- Is 16 steals from 100 in his career
- Kareem Rozier
- Reached 100 career games near the end of the 2024-25 season (127)
- Reached 300 career assists in the game against Coastal Carolina (349)
- Dished out a career-high 8 assists in the win over High Point (Jan. 14)
- 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 (123)
- Set career-high for threes made in a single-season (80), passing his career-best of 37 as a sophomore
- 80 threes are the 8th most in a single-season by an Eagle
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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 be on the road Saturday afternoon as it heads to High Point, N.C. for a showdown of the top two teams in the Big South standings. Tip-off with High Point is set for 4 p.m.
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