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Twitter: @WUEagles/@patkelsey Hashtags: #W1NTHROP #ROCKtheHILL #WinthropMBB Website: www.winthropeagles.com 2016-17 Record: 10-7, 3-2 Big South 2016-17 Record: 12-4, 4-1 Big South 2015-16 Final Record: 12-18, 5-13 Big South GAME 2015-16 Final Record: 23-9 Head Coach: Kevin McGeehan (4th season) Head Coach: Pat Kelsey (5th season) Campbell/Career Record: 44-67/same Winthrop/Career Record: 88-56/same BSC Record: 18-39 17 Big South Record: 45-28
HOW THEY MATCHUP 2016-17 Schedule/Results GAME INFORMATION 12-4, 4-1 BSC WINTHROP CAMPBELL Game 17: Winthrop at Campbell Saturday, Jan. 14, 12 p.m. (EST) 78.8 76.5 NOVEMBER (4-2) Scoring Buies Creek, NC | Pope Center/Gore Arena (3,095) 12 Ferrum College (HC) W, 66-47 .449 FG% .468 Radio: Winthrop Sports Network 15 ^ at Manhattan College (ESPN2) W, 94-81 Station: 104.1 The Bridge 18 ^ at Florida State (ACCN) L, 100-86 .355 3FG% .382 Play-by-Play: Dave Friedman 21 ^ at Illinois (ESPN3) W, 84-80 OT 9.2 3FGM PG 8.1 Television: American Sports Network (ASN) 27 ^ New Hampshire L, 65-60 Play-by-Play: Mike Hogewood 30 Furman W, 58-57 OT .716 FT% .741 Color: Jeff Jackson Video: n/a 37.1 35.1 DECEMBER (5-2) Rebounding Live Stats: http://bit.ly/2jr3zgH 3 at Dayton (FS-OH) L, 83-67 12.9 Assists 13.8 6 Greensboro College W, 106-63 17 at Hampton W, 86-79 6.6 Steals 7.1 20 Georgia Southern W, 86-84 SERIES SCAN 22 at St. Louis (FS-MW) W, 66-55 5.1 Blocks 4.4 • This marks the 35th meeting between Win- 29 * at Charleston Southern W, 84-68 13.0 Turnovers PG 13.6 throp and Campbell as the Camels lead the 31 * Radford L, 82-80 series 20-14 JANUARY (3-0) 70.9 Scoring Defense 71.6 • The teams split the series last season with 4 * at High Point W, 80-74 each team winning on the opposing team’s .409 FG% Defense .422 7 * Longwood (DH) W, 83-65 home court 11 * Presbyterian College W, 75-52 .314 3FG% Defense .303 • Eagles have won three of the last fi ve meet- 14 * at Campbell (ASN) 12 p.m. ings 19 * UNC Asheville (ESPNU) 9 p.m. -0.8 Rebound Margin +0.0 21 * at Liberty 7 p.m. +1.9 Turnover Margin -0.5 23 Pfeiff er 6:30 p.m. 26 * at Gardner-Webb 7 p.m. W3 W/L Streak W1 28 * High Point (ESPN3) 2 p.m. FEBRUARY(0-0) 1 * at Radford 7 p.m. 4 * Campbell 2 p.m. PROBABLE STARTERS 9 * at UNC Asheville 7 p.m. 11 * Gardner-Webb (ASN) 12 p.m. 15 * at Longwood 7 p.m. 18 * Liberty (ASN) 12 p.m. 23 * Charleston Southern 7 p.m. 25 * at Presbyterian Col. (ESPN3) 4:30 p.m. 28 # Big South 1st Round MARCH (0-0) JOHNSON BROMAN PERKINS COOKS OKEKE 2 # Big South Quarterfi nals 5 1133 1 1122 0000 Sr. Guard So. Guard R-Sr. Guard Jr. Forward R-Jr. Center 3 # Big South Semifi nals MIN. 34.4 MIN. 27.1 MIN. 19.8 MIN. 28.0 MIN. 15.0 5 # Big South Championship Game PPG 21.3 PPG 6.1 PPG 7.3 PPG 15.6 PPG 3.1 RPG 3.9 RPG 1.6 RPG 2.3 RPG 7.6 RPG 4.7 ^ Preseason NIT APG 2.9 APG 2.3 APG 1.0 BPG 1.6 SPG 1.9 * Big South Conference Game FG% 44.8 FG% 38.3 FG% 38.9 FG% 50.0 FT% 50.0 # Big South Tournament (Buies Creek, NC) 3FG% 38.9 3FG% 37.9 3FG% 37.7 3FG% 35.1 FG% 31.6
BBrettrett ReddenRedden AAsst.sst. CommunicationsCommunications DDirectorirector [email protected]@winthrop.edu ((803)803) 3323-2129,23-2129, ext.ext. 62466246 NNUMERICALUMERICAL ROSTERROSTER NNO.O. N NAMEAME Y YR.R. P POS.OS. H HT.T. W WT.T. H HOMETOWN/PREVIOUSOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SSCHOOLCHOOL 0 Duby Okeke R-Jr. C 6-8 230 Jonesboro, GA/Jonesboro H.S 1 Roderick Perkins R-Sr. F 6-5 185 Smyrna, GA/Erskine College 3 Kellen Blake Jr. G 6-2 165 Arlington, VA/Washington Lee H.S. 4 Mitch Hill Jr. SF 6-4 200 Cincinnati, OH/Sycamore H.S. 5 Keon Johnson Sr. G 5-7 160 Mansfi eld, OH/Mansfi eld Senior H.S. 10 Anders Broman R-Jr. G 6-2 190 Duluth, MN/South Dakota State 12 Xavier Cooks Jr. G/F 6-8 185 Wollongong, New South Wales/Australian Institute of Sport Centre of Excellence 13 Bjorn Broman So. G 6-0 177 Duluth, MN/Lakeview Christian Academy 14 Adam Pickett So. G 6-1 195 Staunton, VA/Stuart Hall 15 Patrick Fisher Fr. G 6-4 200 Carlsbad, CA/Vermont Academy 25 Josh Ferguson Fr. F 6-8 200 Miami, FL/Naval Academy Prep School 30 Raivis Scerbinskis Fr. F 6-8 215 Riga, Latvia/ Riga Secondary School No. 64 31 Tevin Prescott R-Sr. F 6-5 180 Hartsville, SC/Hartsville H.S. 32 Freddy Poole Jr. PF 6-7 240 Columbia, SC/Dutch Fork H.S. 33 Hunter Sadlon Sr. G 6-0 168 Cincinnati, OH/Turpin H.S.
CCOACHINGOACHING SSTAFFTAFF PPRONUNCIATIONRONUNCIATION GGUIDEUIDE Head Coach—Pat Kelsey (Xavier, ‘98) #0 Duby Okeke DOOBIE OKAY-KAY Associate Head Coach—Mark Prosser (Marist, ‘02) #10 Anders Broman ON-DURS BRO-MEN Assistant Coach—Marty McGillan (UNC Wilmington, ‘90) #13 Bjorn Broman BEE-YORN BRO-MEN Assistant Coach—Brian Kloman (Tennessee, ‘02) #30 Raivis Scerbinskis RAVES SHUR-BEEN-SKISS Director of Basketball Operations—Mike Howland (DePauw, ‘02) #33 Hunter Sadlon SAD-LAWN Video Coordinator: Mitchell Hill (Tennessee Tech, ‘14) Graduate Assistant: John Staley (University of Findlay, ‘16)
RRADIOADIO / TTVV PPLAYERLAYER PPHOTOHOTO CCHARTHART
0-Duby Okeke 1-Roderick Perkins 3-Kellen Blake 4-Mitch Hill 5-Keon Johnson 10-Anders Broman 12-Xavier Cooks R-Jr. / C / 6-8 / 230 R-Sr. / G-F / 6-5 / 185 Jr. / G / 6-2 / 165 Jr. / SF / 6-4 / 200 Sr. / G / 5-7 / 160 R-Jr. / G / 6-2 / 190 Jr. / G-F / 6-8 / 185 Jonesboro, GA Smyrna, GA Arlington, VA Cincinnati, OH Mansfi eld, OH Duluth, MN Wollongong, New South Wales
13-Bjorn Broman 14-Adam Pickett 15-Patrick Fisher 25-Josh Ferguson 30-Raivis Scerbinskis 31-Tevin Prescott 32-Freddy Poole So. / G / 6-0 / 177 So. / G / 6-1 / 195 Fr. / G / 6-4 / 200 Fr. / F / 6-8 / 200 Fr. / F / 6-8 / 215 R. Sr. / F / 6-5 / 180 Jr. / PF / 6-7 / 240 Duluth, MN Staunton, VA Carlsbad, CA Miami, FL Riga, Latvia Hartsville, SC Columbia, SC
33-Hunter Sadlon 42-Joshua Davenport Head Coach Associate Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Sr. / G / 6-0 / 168 Sr. / F / 6-5 / 200 Pat Kelsey Mark Prosser Marty McGillan Brian Kloman Cincinnati, OH Cincinnati, OH (5th season) (5th season) (4th season) (3rd season) EAGLE EYE VIEW OF THE TEAM WINTHROP VS. CAMPBELL HISTORY • This is the 35th meeting as Campbell leads the all-time series 20-14 and has won two of the last three meetings • Winthrop won the last meeting on Feb. 27, 2016 in the regular season fi nale, 87-71 but is just 1-3 vs. the Camels in Gore Arena • In 34 meetings, Winthrop has scored 2,300 points (67.6 ppg) while Campbell has totaled 2,309 points (67.9 ppg) • Campbell has led at the half in six of the last eight meetings BIG SOUTH NOTES • Defeated PC for third straight league win and haveHave won 17 of last 19 home games vs. BSC opponents • Overall the Eagles have won 15 of their last 18 games against league opponents • At 4-1 in the league the Eagles are tied for fi rst with UNC Asheville and Liberty • Winthrop is 4-1 for the 5th time in program history and fi rst time under Kelsey • In the last four seasons the team started 4-1 it fi nished with at least 10 wins and a combined record of 47-11 • Has won three straight road contest against league opponents dating back to last season and two straight this year • Winthrop has won its fi rst three league road games twice (2005-06 and 2006-07) • Eagles lead the league in scoring at 78.8 ppg and are also leading in fi eld goal percentage defense as well scoring margin, blocked shots, defensive rebounds and three-point fi eld goals per game • Pat Kelsey is only second behind Gregg Marshall in the history of the program for average number of wins in Big South play (10.3) • Last season Kelsey tied Marshall for the most league wins in the fi rst four seasons as head coach of Winthrop • In the last 19 wins against league foes, 13 of them have been by double-fi gures (68%) • Win at Charleston Southern gave Eagles fourth straight league-opening win (fi rst time that’s happened in program history) TEAM NEWS • Eagles are 12-4 for just the second time in program history (2005-06) and it’s the best start under Pat Kelsey • The best start in school history with four losses is 29-4 by the 2006-07 team which won 20 straight after starting 9-4 • Off to a 3-0 start in the month of January for the fi rst time since the 2000-01 team and the best start to Jan. came in 1978-99 at 5-00 • Keon Johnson and Xavier Cooks looking to be fi rst teammates since 2011-12 fi nish in the Top 3 of the Big South scoring leaders (Keith Gabriel and Stan Okoye of VMI were the last to do so at 17.5/17.1) • Eagles have hit 10 or more threes in three straight games for the second time this season and have hit 10 or more in 7-of-9 games • Through 16 games last season the Eagles were 10-6 and 2-3 in the league and started a seven-game win streak and a stretch of 11 wins in 12 games • Have won 26 of the last 33 games • Winthrop is 35-5 in its last 40 games at home • Eagles RPI as of Jan. 13 is 113 (2nd best in the Big South) while Campbell has an RPI of 267 • The Eagles this season are 8-1 against opponents with an RPI of 150 or higher (1-2 against Top 50 RPI) • When playing on Jan. 14 the Eagles are 7-6 all-time, 4-1 in away games and 5-3 vs. BSC opponents • Eagles fi nished last season 14-1 at home and have won 27 of the last 30 contests at the Winthrop Coliseum • Eagles are 6-2 in road games this season, 7-3 in their last 10 and have won four straight • The six road wins this season are tied for the most nationally with Omaha, Jacksonville St., UT-Arlington, Samford, Jacksonville, and College of Charleston (Leaders at 7) • The Eagles won four straight road games for the fi rst time under Kelsey and fi rst time since the end of the 2006-07 season and start of 2007-08 when they won nine straight) • Connected on 17 threes in the win at High Point, which ties the single-game record and it is the second straight season the Eagles have hit 17 in a game • Besides this year and last year’s squad, the 2006-07 team did it against North Greenville and the fi rst Eagle team to hit 17 was the 1999-2000 squad when they did so against UNC Asheville at home • The 17 was a record for the program for threes in a game on the road The win at St. Louis was the program’s 500th as an NCAA Division I member (Became D1 member in 1985-86 season) • Over the last fi ve seasons Winthrop is 57-23 when attempting 20 or more free throws, 8-3 when attempting 30 or more and 4-0 when attempting 40 or more • During that same time span, Winthrop is 32-32 when it has less than 20 free throw attempts (but has won the last four games it has attempted fewer than 20) • In the last fi ve seasons Winthrop is 20-4 when making 10 or more threes and attempting 20 or more free throws in same game • In the last 47 victories, the Eagles have won by double-fi gures in 29 of them (62%) • Winthrop won four non-conference games on the road, which is most since 2006-07 team won 5 • Team tied largest comeback under Pat Kelsey rallying from 14 down to defeat Georgia Southern • Eagles win at Illinois was their fi rst ever over a Big 10 opponent and the third marquee win under Kelsey on the road (at Clemson/at Auburn) • It was the 2nd time under Pat Kelsey that the Eagles rallied from a 10-point defi cit with under three minutes to play in regulation to force OT and win • The fi rst time was Feb. 26, 2014 at home against UNC Asheville as the Eagles rallied from 10 points down in the fi nal 1:24 to force OT and win 107- 100 in the fi rst overtime • The win at Manhattan College moved Pat Kelsey into third all by himself in career wins at Winthrop with 78 (now 88) • Winthrop made 36 free throws in the win at Manhattan, which is three shy of the school record set in November of 1989 against St. Francis • The 36 made free throws and 42 free throw attempts are the most in a single-game under Kelsey • The 94 points at Manhattan were the most by an Eagle team in a non-conference road game since Dec. 29, 2013 in a 101-95 loss at Hampton in double-overtime • They are the most points scored in a non-conference game that ended in regulation since a 101-93 win at Central Connecticut State on Jan. 4, 1993 • The Eagles 86 points at FSU were tied for the most ever against an opponent from a Power 5 conference as the Eagles scored 86 in an overtime loss at Georgia in 2011 • Finished the NIT Season Tip-Off with a 2-2 mark and are 4-6 all-time • This is the 10th Anniversary of the 2006-07 Winthrop team that set the school mark for wins in a single-season, went undefeated in league play and captured the programs fi rst ever NCAA Tournament victory (74-64 over 6th-seeded Notre Dame) TEAM STREAKS • Had two winning streaks end with the loss to Radford (Had won fi ve straight overall and had won seven straight at home vs. BSC opponents) • Won 27-of-30 home games overall and 17-of-19 against Big South opponents • Lost 21 of last 31 non-conference road games and 37 of last 60 overall road games • Have hit at least one three-point basket in 148 consecutive games, 143 straight during Kelsey era • Had a streak of 20 straight games attempting at least 20 free throws come to an end at High Point (7-for-14) • Had streak of scoring 80 or more points in a game come to an end at four in the win over PC (75-52) • That is a program record as no other team has reach 80 or more points in four straight games against BSC opponents • The previous mark of three straight was accomplished by teams from 2015-16, 2006-07, 1998-99, 1994-95 and 1992-93 • Have scored 80 or more points in seven of the last nine games • Team had four straight games with 80 or more points last season • The longest streak of games with 80 or more points is held by the 1992-93 team as it did so in the fi rst six games to start the season • Five straight games to open the season where leading scorer has 20 or more points ended vs. Furman and the overall streak ends at 17 straight games • Loss to New Hampshire ended a non-conference home winning streak at 10 in a row and an overall home win streak of nine games EAGLE EYE VIEW OF THE TEAM
KELSEY TENURE • Coached in 100th game in the win at USC Upstate and 125th game at Campbell on Feb. 27 • In 144 games Kelsey’s team has averaged 73.3 points per game while allowing 69.3 ppg (Team passed 10,000 points under Kelsey in the win over Ga. Southern and now has 10,549) • In fi ve seasons with the Eagles, team has non-conference wins over notable opponents such at Illinois, at Auburn, at Manhattan, Ohio, East Tennes- see State, at St. Louis and Clemson • All-time under Kelsey the team is 30-4 when shooting 50 percent or better in a game • Team has a road record of 26-41 overall, 10-21 in non-conference, and 16-20 in conference play • Team is 67-16 when scoring 70 or more points and 44-7 when scoring 80 or more points under Kelsey • The Eagles are 10-6 under Kelsey in one-point games and 16-10 in games decided by three points or less • Eagles are 4-0 under Kelsey at the Big South Tournament in games decided by fi ve points or less • Winthrop is 18-2 in the last 20 games in which it held a lead at the half • When leading at the half during the Kelsey Era, Winthrop is 63-12 • When leading at the half by double-fi gures, Winthrop is 26-3 since 2012-13 (Most recent loss at UNCA on Jan. 6, 2016 leading 55-37) • When trailing at the half, Winthrop is 18-41 under Kelsey and 1-13 when trailing by 10 or more points • Winthrop is 7-3 under Kelsey when tied at the half • Eagles are 14-9 when leading at the half on the road • Hold a mark of 13-6 in games they lead by 5 or less at the half and 15-14 in games they trail by 5 points or less at the half • Eagles are 33-9 when connecting on 10 or more threes in a game (27-4 over the last 31 times doing so) • When the Eagles hit 10 or more threes in a game, they are 26-11 in the next contest under Kelsey • Eagles are 10-9 when allowing an opponent to hit 10 or more threes (9-5 over the last four seasons) • In games the Eagles and their opponent each hit 10 or more threes Winthrop is 7-0 under Kelsey • Under Kelsey the Eagles are 22-27 when allowing opponent to score 40 or more in the second half • Last 8 seasons, the Eagles are 23-55 when trailing at the half during regular season league games and 16-50 against Big South opponents (regular/ postseason combined) • The Eagles are 57-24 when shooting 35 percent or higher from three and 29-30 when shooting 34 percent or lower • Eagles are 70-31 in games they have fi ve or more steals (9-8 in Kelsey’s 1st season), 40-15 in games they have 7 or more steals (3-5 in Kelsey’s 1st season) and 10-2 in games with 10 or more steals • Under Kelsey the Eagles are 8-1 in games they score 50 or more points in the fi rst half and 13-2 when scoring 50 or more in the second half • When scoring between 80-89 points the Eagles are 32-18 the next game (21-8 the last two seasons)
NATIONAL STATISTICAL RANKING (TOP 75) (As of Jan. 13) • Ranked 43rd nationally with 5.1 blocks per game, 48th in total blocks (81) • Ranked 65th in defensive rebounds per game • Ranked 71st in scoring off ense (78.8) and 44th in three-point fi eld goals per game (9.2) • Ranked 53rd in three-point fi eld goal percentage defense • Ranked 74th in turnover margin
LAST SEASON (2015-16) • Winthrop reached its third straight Big South Conference title game • Ranked 13th nationally in scoring (82.2), 12th in blocks per game (5.4), 18th in total blocks (174), 23rd in free throw percentage (.749), 32nd in three-point fi eld goals per game (8.9), 32nd in total three-pointers made (285), and 35th in free throws made (566) • Set school records in three-point fi eld goals per game (8.9), total three-point fi eld goals (285), blocks in a single-season (174), blocks per game (5.44), most games with 10 or more threes made (14), best scoring average in conference games (81.5), games scoring 70 or more points (15), games scoring 80-89 points (13) • It was the 2nd 20-win season under Kelsey and the 10th in the history of the program (fi rst season 1978-79) Broke the school record for free throw percentage in a single-season at .749 (Previous record was .747 set by the 1988-89 squad) • Just 2nd team in program history to average 80 or more points per game in a single-season • Had a seven-game win streak, which tied for the 7th best win streak in program history • Started the season 4-0 for the fi rst time since the 2005-06 season