Rock Hill, S.C. – Second-seeded Winthrop takes on 7
th-seeded Charleston Southern on Friday, Mar. 6 in a quarterfinal matchup in the 2026 Air Force Reserve Big South Basketball Championship.
| WINTHROP PROBABLE STARTERS |
| Pos. |
No. |
Name |
Ht. |
Yr. |
PPG |
RPG |
APG |
SPG |
Noteworthy |
| G |
1 |
Isaiah Wilson |
6-1 |
Sr. |
3.5 |
1.5 |
2.7 |
1.0 |
Had five assists, no turnovers vs. Longwood (Feb. 7) / 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. |
13.3 |
2.2 |
3.5 |
1.4 |
Averaging 10.0 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 3.0 agp vs. Bucs this season / 2026 All-Conference Selection / 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 / 2nd in Big South with 2.87 threes per game / 6th nationally in assist/turnover ratio (3.71) / 86 threes are tied for 6th most in a single-season by an Eagle / 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. |
13.6 |
4.7 |
1.3 |
0.8 |
Averaging 15.0 ppg, 5.5 rpg vs. Bucs this season / 2026 All-Conference Selection / Double-figures in 14 of last 15 games / 86 threes are tied for 6th most in a single-season by an Eagle / Game-winning three with two seconds left against Radford / 18 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 (2.77) |
| F |
15 |
Tommy Kamarad |
6-5 |
Sr. |
7.6 |
3.7 |
1.1 |
1.0 |
Had nine points in the win over Radford / Eagles are 9-1 in games he scores nine or more this season / 8 games in double-figures / 3rd on the team with 29 steals / Season-high 19 points in each of the wins over South Carolina St. and Bob Jones / T-2nd on the team in offensive rebounds (46) |
| C |
51 |
Logan Duncomb |
6-10 |
Sr. |
18.4 |
9.0 |
1.6 |
0.9 |
2026 Big South Player of the Year / 2026 All-Conference Selection / Career-high 38 points at PC / 38 points is tied for 3rd most points in a road game by an Eagle / 12th double-double at High Point with 23 points, 14 rebounds / Dished out career-best six assists at Gardner-Webb / Broke program's single-season record for free throws made and free throws attempted / 2x Big South Player of the Week (Dec. 8/Jan. 5) / Averaged 21.3 ppg, 10.3 rpg in league play |
SERIES HISTORY VERSUS CHARLESTON SOUTHERN
Series Record: 58-28
Series Streak: L1
Record vs. Charleston Southern in Big South Tournament: 7-2
Prosser vs. Charleston Southern: 9-1
Prosser in Big South Tournament: 4-4
- Winthrop and Charleston Southern meet for the third time this season and it's the second meeting in the span of eight days
- Eagles traveled to Charleston Southern on Thursday, Feb. 26 and fell 86-84 to split the regular season series
- This is the 10th meeting between the Eagles and Bucs in the Big South Tournament
- Charleston Southern won the last time these two teams squared off in the tournament as it won 77-63 in the quarterfinals in 2019
- Winthrop has won 12 of the last 13 meetings
- The team that has led at the half has gone on to win 31 of the last 34 meetings
WINTHROP IN BIG SOUTH
- This marks the 41st season in the Big South Conference for the Eagles
- Finished second in the league with a 13-3 record
- It is the 9th time in program history the Eagles won at least 13 league games
- Opened conference play with a loss at Longwood and then reeled off 12 straight wins
- The streak was tied for the 5th longest in regular season conference games
- Went undefeated at home in league play at 8-0 after the 74-70 win over Presbyterian on Feb. 28
- Have won 21 of the last 25 regular season conference games
- Averaged 80.5 ppg while allowing 74.5 ppg and have earned 86 more free throw attempts than opponents
- Ranked 2nd in the league for scoring offense on the season (84.2 ppg) and top the league in rebounding margin at +6.0 (six of the nine league schools have a positive rebound margin)
- Set a program record for free throws made (335) and attempted in conference play (460), beating the old mark of 454 set in 2023-24
- With the win at 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)
- All-time the Eagles are 374-248 in regular season league games and the 374 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 IN THE BIG SOUTH TOURNAMENT
- Eagles are seeded second for the 8th time in program history and hold an all-time record of 15-3 as the two seed
- It is the first time since 2021-22 and second time under Prosser the Eagles are the second seed
- Hold an all-time tournament record of 57-27 and 31-19 when playing on a neutral court
- The 57 wins are more than any other Big South program in tournament action
- Eagles have won their opening game of the tournament 10 of the last 12 seasons
- Winthrop appeared in its 13th Big South title game last year, which are the most by any conference member in league history
WINTHROP
- Finished the regular season with a 74-70 win to for the 21st win on the season
- It is the second time under Prosser the Eagles reached at least 21 wins and it is the 13th time in program history
- The win over PC was the 11th straight home win
- Logan Duncomb was voted the Big South Conference Player of the Year, the 7th Eagle in program history to garner the award
- Prosser was named Co-Coach of the Year with High Point's Flynn Clayman
- It is the 6th time in program history Winthrop has taken home coach of the year honors
- Duncomb was named to the all-conference first team while Kareem Rozier was named to the second team and Kody Clouet earned all-conference honorable mention honors
- Face a Charleston Southern team that leads the league in three-point field goals per game (12.06) and third in scoring (83.52)
- Rozier and Clouet are 2nd and 3rd in the Big South in three-pointers per game
- They each have 86 made threes and became the first duo in program history with 80 or more threes in a single-season
- Duncomb posted his 12th double-double of the season in the loss at High Point with 23 points, 14 rebounds
- In the game he set the program's single-season record for free throws made and free throws attempted
- He broke the free throws made record of 171 that was set by Keon Johnson in 2016-17
- Duncomb has 241 free throw attempts on the year and broke Charles Brunson's single-season mark that was set in the 1980-81 season (235)
- In the trip to Clinton to take on PC, Duncomb scored a career-high 38 points, tied for the 3rd most points scored by an Eagle in a road contest
- On Feb. 12 the Eagles earned a 103-85 victory 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
- 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
- Winthrop's most recent game with 10 or more threes was at Charleston Southern Feb. 26
- The Eagles have now have 17 games with 10 or more threes, tied for the second-most by an Eagle team for a single-season
- Eagles are 45th in the nation in three-point field goals per game at 9.7
- 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 was an impressive 18-for-19 at the free throw line in that win as the 18 free throws made tied 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
- Duncomb leads the Eagles in scoring at 18.4 ppg and rebounding at 9.0 rebounds per game
- He 1-of-2 players in the league ranked in the Top 5 of both scoring and rebounding
- Duncomb is averaged 21.3 ppg and 10.3 rpg in Big South play and becoming just the second Eagle in program history to average a double-double in league play
- The only other to do so is Greg Lewis in 2001-02 when he averaged 16.7 ppg and 11.6 rpg
- Duncomb is 1-of-4 Eagles averaging double-figures as Clouet is averaging 13.6 ppg, Rozier just behind him at 13.3 and Daylen Berry is back into double-figures at 10.2 after 34 points in the last two games
- Clouet has been in double-figures 14 of the last 15 games after his 19 points vs. PC
- Eagles 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
- 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
- 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 1,475th game in program history and hold an all-time record of 841-633
- Winthrop has more wins than any other Big South school (285) since the 2012-13 season and the closest is Radford (252)
- Mark Prosser starts his 5th season as head coach of the Eagles (7th head coach in program history) and holds an 99-61 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 279th career game and 251st 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 Year
- Big South All-Conference First Team
- 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 All-Conference Second Team
- 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
- Kody Clouet, Senior-Guard
- Big South All-Conference Honorable Mention
- Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year
- Big South All-Academic Team
CAREER MILESTONES
- Daylen Berry
- Surpassed 700 career points (749 / 94 games) at NCAA D1 after 22 points vs. Clinton
- Is eight steals away from 100
- Kody Clouet
- Reached 1,000 career points last season at San Diego and surpassed 1,500 career points (1,579) after his 19 points vs. PC
- The game against Toccoa Falls was the 100th of his career
- Surpassed 500 career rebounds (539)
- Surpassed 200 career three-point field goals (270) in the win over S.C. State
- Has 86 threes on the season, tied for 6th for most in a single-season by an Eagle
- Tommy Kamarad
- Surpassed 400 career rebounds (479)
- Was 2-for-4 behind the arc at Nebraska as he reached his 100th career three-pointer made
- Surpassed 900 career points (981) after scoring seven points in the win at USC Upstate
- Played in his 100th collegiate game on Nov. 23, 2025 at Jackson State
- Is 10 steals from 100 in his career
- Kareem Rozier
- Reached 100 career games near the end of the 2024-25 season (130)
- Reached 300 career assists in the game against Coastal Carolina (364)
- 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 (128)
- Set career-high for threes made in a single-season (86), passing his career-best of 37 as a sophomore
- 86 threes are the 6th most in a single-season by an Eagle
- Connected on nine threes in the win at Gardner-Webb, the fourth most by an Eagle in a single-game in program history
BIG SOUTH TOURNAMENT TICKETS ARE ON SALE
Tickets for the 2026 Air Force Reserve Big South Basketball Championships are now on sale, and can be purchased through the Freedom Hall Civic Center and
ONLINE HERE. Full Tournament ticket books (courtside seating and general admission seating), single session and group packages can be purchased using the links below. Student tickets will be $10 with a valid ID. Ticket prices include all fees and parking.
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
With a win over Charleston Southern, the Eagles would advance to Saturday's semifinal matchup against the winner of (3) Radford vs. (6) Presbyterian. A loss would eliminate the Eagles and they will await on a possible invitation to the NIT.
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