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MBB Contact: Brett Redden, Assistant Media Relations Director Phone: (803) 323-2129, ext. 6246 or (803) 367-1649 Email: [email protected] 2020-21 WINTHROP Basketball Game Notes LONGWOOD Winthrop Eagles Longwood Lancers 2020-21 Record: 11-0, 8-0 Big South 2020-21 Record: 3-11, 2-6 Big South 2019-20 Final Record: 24-10, 15-3 Big South 2019-20 Final Record: 14-18, 9-9 Big South Head Coach: Pat Kelsey (9th season) Head Coach: Griff Aldrich(3rd season) Winthrop/Career Record: 174-93/same Longwood/Career Record: 33-47/ same Big South Record: 101-45 Big South Record: 16-26 WINTHROP TIP-INS SERIES INFORMATION 2020-21 Schedule/Results • Eagles and Lancers meet for the 17th and Games 12/13: Longwood at Winthrop 11-0, 8-0 Big South 18th time Jan. 14, 2021, 6 p.m./Jan. 15, 2021, 6 p.m. NOVEMBER (0-0) • Eagles have won two straight in the series, 29 $ vs. UNC Greensboro (ESPN3) ppd. Rock Hill, S.C. | Winthrop Coliseum but the last meeting the Eagles held on for a DECEMBER (7-0) 1 $ vs. UNC Greensboro (ESPN3) W, 75-67 78-76 win Radio: Winthrop Sports Network 3 $ vs. Little Rock (ESPN3) W, 80-75 • In three meetings the Eagles are 2-1 against Station: 94.3 FM/104.1 The Bridge | ESPN 730 4 ^ vs. Duquesne (ESPN3) Canceled Longwood under Griff Aldrich 12 * at USC Upstate W, 95-77 Play-by-Play: Dave Friedman 13 * at USC Upstate W, 100-77 • Eagles riding a 16-game winning streak, tied 19 Furman W, 87-71 with Gonzaga for the longest current streak Analyst: Mike Pacheco (Jan. 14) 30 * Campbell W, 84-83 31 * Campbell W, 94-76 • Winthrop off to its best start in program his- Hunter Sadlon (Jan. 15) tory at 11-0 JANUARY (2-0) Television: ESPNU (Jan. 14) / ESPN+ (Jan. 15) 4 * at Charleston Southern W, 85-69 • Looking to become 9-0 in conference play for 5 * at Charleston Southern W, 78-76 a second straight season Play-by-Play: Matt Schick / Mike Pacheco 9 * Gardner-Webb W, 75-65 • Winthrop remained in 2nd in the latest Col- 10 * Gardner-Webb W, 91-83 Analyst: Dan Bonner / Jim Szoke 14 * Longwood (ESPNU) 7 p.m. legeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 Poll, 15 * Longwood 6 p.m. tying its highest ranking in the poll with the ---Series History vs. Longwood-- 19 * at Presbyterian College (ESPNU) 6 p.m. 2006-07 squad (4th straight week) Overall .................................................. 13-3 20 * at Presbyterian College 5 p.m. 24 * Hampton 3 p.m. • Eagles are playing in their 1,300th game all- Last Meeting ............................Feb. 8, 2020 25 * Hampton 6 p.m. time (730-569) FEBRUARY(0-0) Result ............................Winthrop W, 78-76 11 * at Radford 6 p.m. 12 * at Radford (ESPN3) 6 p.m. HOW THEY MATCHUP Current Streak ........................................W2 18 * UNC Asheville 6 p.m. (2020-21 numbers) At Winthrop Coliseum .............................62 19 * UNC Asheville (ESPN3) 6 p.m. UNCG MARCH (0-0) Current Streak at Winthrop Coliseum ....W1 2-7 # Big South Tournament TBD 86.5 Scoring 67.1 In Overtime ............................................ 1-0 $ Game played in Louisville, KY Sco ring ^ Wade Houston Tipoff Classic (Louisville, KY) .477 FG% .456 Most Points (Winthrop) ...........95 (1/24/18) FG% * Big South Conference Game .374 3FG% .327 # Big South Tournament 3FG% Most Points (Longwood) .........80 (2/11/16) All Home Games/Big South Matchups ESPN+ unless 9.5 3FGM PG 6.6 otherwise noted 3FGM PG Kelsey vs. Longwood ........................... 12-2 .668 FT% .705 All Games (EST) FT% Kelsey vs. Longwood (Home) ............... 5-2 41.3 Rebounding 32.2 HIGH POINT SERIES POSTONED JAN. 9-10 WILL BE Rebounding RESCHEDULED 16.1 Assists 10.9 Assists 8.3 Steals 5.1 Steals PROBABLE STARTERS 2.6 Blocks 1.6 Blocks 15.6 Turnovers PG 13.8 Turnovers PG 74.5 Scoring Defense 70.7 Scoring Defense .441 FG% Defense .463 FG% Defense .336 3FG% Defense .314 3FG% Defense 22 ZUNIC 52 VAUDRIN 11 FALDEN 3 ANUMBA 30 BURNS JR. +9.5 Rebound Margin -0.1 Sr. 4 Guard R-Sr. 4 Guard Sr. 4 Guard Jr. 4 Forward R-So. 4 Forward Rebound Margin +1.6 Turnover Margin -0.9 MIN. 20.0 MIN. 32.8 MIN. 21.3 MIN. 23.3 MIN. 14.7 Turnover Margin PPG 4.9 PPG 12.0 PPG 13.2 PPG 6.3 PPG 9.5 W11 W/L Streak W1 W/L Streak RPG 2.7 RPG 7.5 RPG 3.1 RPG 4.3 RPG 2.9 Athletic Communications/MBB Contact APG 1.6 APG 8.3 APG 0.5 APG 1.0 APG 0.5 Brett Redden - Asst. AD for Communications FG% 40.0 FG% 46.4 FG% 48.0 FG% 51.0 FG% 59.0 (803) 367-1649 / [email protected] 3FG% 37.5 3FG% 36.4 3FG% 39.3 3FG% 27.8 FT% 53.8 Twitter: @WUEagles/@Winthrop_MBB Hashtags: #ROCKtheHILL #WinthropMBB #EverStand Website: www.winthropeagles.com Eagles Form- WLWLWLWLLLLWWWWWWWWWWWWWWLLWLWWWWW 2020-21 Winthrop Basketball Roster NUMERICAL ROSTER NO. NAME YR. POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 0 Russell Jones Jr. So. G 5-8 175 Blythewood, S.C. / Westwood H.S. 1 Toneari Lane Fr. G 6-5 210 Atlanta, Ga. / Grayson H.S. 2 Tom Pupavac Sr. C 6-10 230 Greelong, Australia / Belmont H.S. 3 Micheal Anumba Jr. G 6-4 220 Montecchio Emilia, Italy / Loreto Sixth Form College 4 Kelton Talford Fr. F 6-7 195 Great Falls, S.C. / Great Falls H.S. 11 Charles Falden Sr. G 6-3 205 Richmond, Va. / Massanutten Military Academy 13 Nate Buss R-Jr. G 5-11 175 Verona, Wisc. / Madison College 21 Jamal King So. G 6-5 230 Goldsboro, N.C. / Wayne Christian School 22 Kyle Zunic Sr. F 6-2 200 Wollongong, Australia / Lake Ginninderra 25 Adonis Arms R-Sr. G 6-6 205 Milwaukee, Wisc. / Northwest Nazarene 30 D.J. Burns Jr. R-So. F 6-9 275 Rock Hill, S.C. / Tennessee 32 Josh Corbin So. G 6-3 190 Gahanna, Ohio / Gahanna Lincoln 33 Chase Claxton So. F 6-7 185 Greenville, S.C. / Legacy Early College 35 Keyshawn Hunter Sr. G 6-3 195 Charleston, S.C. / Hohenfels H.S. 52 Chandler Vaudrin R-Sr. G 6-7 210 Uniontown, Ohio / Walsh University COACHING STAFF PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Head Coach—Pat Kelsey (Xavier, ‘98) 1-Toneari Lane TUH-NAR-E Associate Head Coach—Dave Davis (Warren Wilson, ‘83) 2-Tom Pupavac PAPA-VECK Assistant Coach—Brian Kloman (Tennessee, ‘02) 3-Micheal Anumba UH-NOOM-BUH Assistant Coach—Justin Gray (Wake Forest, ‘06) 4-Kelton Talford TAL-FERD Director of Basketball Operations—Zack Freesman (Univ. of North Florida, ‘16) 22-Kyle Zunic ZOO-NICK Alex Bringley (Winthrop, ‘19) Video Coordinator: 52-Chandler Vaudrin VAA-DRIN Graduate Assistant: Jermaine Ukaegbu (Winthrop, ‘19) RADIO / TV PLAYER PHOTO CHART 0 1 2 3 4 11 Russell Jones Toneari Lane Tom Pupavac Micheal Anumba Kelton Talford Charles Falden G, 5-8, So. G, 6-5, Fr. C, 6-10, Sr. G, 6-5, Jr. F, 6-7, Fr. G, 6-3, Sr. Blythewood, SC Atlanta, GA Geelong, Australia Reggio Emelia, Italy Great Falls, SC Richmond, VA 13 21 22 25 30 32 Nate Buss Jamal King Kyle Zunic Adonis Arms D.J. Burns Josh Corbin G, 5-11, R-Jr. G, 6-5, So. G, 6-2, Sr. G, 6-6, R-Sr. F, 6-9, R-So. G, 6-3, So. Verona, WI Goldsboro, NC Wollongong, Australia Milwaukee, WI Rock Hill, SC Gahanna, OH 33 35 52 Chase Claxton KeyShawn Hunter Chandler Vaudrin Pat Kelsey F, 6-7, So. G, 6-3, Sr. G, 6-7, R-Sr. HEAD COACH Greenville, SC Charleston, SC Uniontown, OH WINTHROP VS. COLORADO STATE SERIES HISTORY EAGLE EYE VIEW OF THE TEAM • This is the first even meeting between the two schools WINTHROP VS. LONGWOOD • The Eagles are just 1-2 all-time against current members • This will mark the 17th and 18th meeting all-time as the Eagles lead the series 13-3 of the Mountain West Conference • The series began Jan. 7, 1986 in Rock Hill as the Eagles won 80-68 as the teams split the home-and-home • This will be the second game ever the Eagles have played • The Eagles have won two straight against the Lancers with the last loss coming Jan. 16, 2019 in the Winthrop Coliseum • Winthrop has won 12 of the last 13 meetings with 10 of the meetings by double-figures in the state of Colorado during the regular season (Jan. 3, • In 16 meetings all-time, Winthrop has scored 1,167 points (72.9 ppg) while Longwood has scored 1,017 points (63.5 ppg) 1987 at Air Force in a 75-66 win) • In five of the last seven meetings the Eagles have held Longwood under 70 points • The only other game played in the state of Colorado was the 2008 NCAA Tournament as the Eagles fell 71-40 to ON THIS DATE (JANUARY 14) Washington State at the Pepsi Center in Denver • Eagles are 7-4 all-time (1-4 at home) and 5-2 vs. Big South opponents (0-2 at home) • In 2016 the Eagles won 86-66 over Big South preseason favorite High Point on ESPNU behind 29 points from Jimmy Gavin and 21 points from Keon Johnson • In 2012, Andre Jones hit the game-tying shot with five seconds left and the Eagles earned a 64-61 overtime win at Liberty • In 2006 the Eagles won 90-75 at Radford, scoring the most points Winthrop has ever scored against the Highlanders in the Dedmon Center ON THIS DATE (JANUARY 15) • Winthrop is 10-7 all-time (7-4 at home) and 7-6 vs.