2019-20 Eagle Basketball Game Notes Twitter: @WUEagles/@Winthrop_MBB Hashtags: #ROCKtheHILL #WinthropMBB #EverStand Website: www.winthropeagles.com 2019-20 Record: 6-7, 0-0 Big South 2019-20 Record: 5-8, 0-0 Big South 2018-19 Final Record: 18-12, 10-6 Big South GAME 2018-19 Final Record: 16-18, 5-11 Big South Head Coach: Pat Kelsey (8th season) Head Coach: Griff Aldrich (2nd season) Winthrop/Career Record: 145-90/same Longwood/Career Record: 21-26 / same Big South Record: 78-42 14 Big South Record: 5-11 HOW THEY MATCHUP 2019-20 Schedule/Results GAME INFORMATION 6-7,0-0 Big South WINTHROP LONGWOOD Game 14: Longwood at Winthrop Jan. 2, 2020, 7 p.m. (EST) NOVEMBER (4-4) 77.7 Scoring 68.5 7 at Hartford W, 67-57 Rock Hill, SC | Winthrop Coliseum (6,100) .453 FG% .408 10 at Fresno State L, 77-74 Radio: Winthrop Sports Network 11 at #18 St. Mary’s (Ca.) W, 61-59 .335 3FG% .324 Station: 94.3 FM/104.1 The Bridge 14 at East Tennessee State L, 61-58 ESPN 730 | WGNC AM1450/101.1 FM 16 Mid-Atlantic Christian (HC) W, 103-59 9.5 3FGM PG 8.8 Play-by-Play: Dave Friedman 21 Tennessee Tech L, 61-58 .612 FT% .696 25 Pfeiffer W, 124-83 Analyst: Mitch Hill 29 at #1 Duke (ACCN) L, 83-70 40.7 Rebounding 35.5 Television: ESPN+ DECEMBER (2-3) 16.2 Assists 10.7 Play-by-Play: Mike Pacheco 7 Coastal Carolina L, 92-88 Analyst: Bobby Stevens 11 at Texas Christian (FSSW) L, 70-60 6.0 Steals 6.3 14 at Furman (ESPN+) L, 80-73 THE MATCHUP 17 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville W, 93-73 2.7 Blocks 1.5 • Eagles have won two straight and look to 21 Elon W, 85-80 14.6 Turnovers PG 14.3 be .500 for the first time since the loss at JANUARY (0-0) Duke put them at 4-4 2 * Longwood 7 p.m. 71.2 Scoring Defense 68.8 • Winthrop is 17-17 all-time in Big South 4 * at Campbell 2 p.m. .427 FG% Defense .430 openers and has won six straight league 8 * at High Point 7 p.m. openers 11 * Gardner-Webb 7 p.m. .355 3FG% Defense .335 16 * at Hampton 7 p.m. • The last time these two teams met was 20 * at Radford (ESPN3) 7 p.m. +6.0 Rebound Margin -1.2 nearly a year ago as Longwood earned a 75-61 win in the Winthrop Coliseum 23 * USC Upstate 7 p.m. +0.3 Turnover Margin +0.5 25 * Presbyterian College 2 p.m. • Eagles lead the all-time series 11-3 and are 30 * at Charleston Southern 7:30 p.m. W1 W/L Streak L2 5-2 against the Lancers at home FEBRUARY(0-0) 1 * UNC Asheville 2 p.m. 6 * Campbell 7 p.m. Eagles Form - WLWLWLWLLLLWW 8 * at Longwood 3 p.m. 10 * Radford 7 p.m. PROBABLE STARTERS 13 * Gardner-Webb 7 p.m. 15 * at Presbyterian College 4 p.m. 22 * Hampton 1 p.m. 27 * at USC Upstate 6 p.m. 29 * High Point 1 p.m. MARCH (0-0) 3 # Big South First Round TBA HALE VAUDRIN ANUMBA BURNS JR. FERGUSON 5 # TBA TBA 13 52 3 30 25 Gr. 4 Guard R-Jr. 4 Guard So. 4 Guard R-Fr. 4 Forward Sr. 4 Forward 6 # Big South Semifinals TBA MIN. 23.5 MIN. 27.9 MIN. 22.3 MIN. 17.1 MIN. 29.2 8 # Big South Championship TBA PPG 10.0 PPG 9.0 PPG 6.3 PPG 10.8 PPG 13.2 RPG 2.9 RPG 5.7 RPG 3.7 RPG 3.8 RPG 6.4 * Big South Conference Game # Big South Tournament (TBD) APG 1.4 APG 5.5 APG 0.5 APG 1.3 APG 1.4 All Home Games ESPN+ unless otherwise noted FG% 36.5 FG% 41.9 FG% 50.9 FG% 56.8 FG% 46.0 All Big South matchups ESPN+ unless otherwise noted 3FG% 30.4 3FG% 47.8 3FG% 44.4 FT% 55.6 3FG% 34.7 All Games (EST) Brett Redden = Athletic Communications Director = [email protected] = (803) 323-2129, ext. 6246 2019-20 Winthrop Basketball Roster NUMERICAL ROSTER NO. NAME YR. POS. HT. WT. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 0 Russell Jones Jr. Fr. G 5-8 175 Blythewood, SC/Westwood H.S. 2 Tom Pupavac Jr. C 6-10 230 Geelong, Australia/Belmont H.S. 3 Micheal Anumba So. G 6-4 220 Montecchio Emilia, Italy/Loreto Sixth Form College 4 Adonis Arms** Jr. G 6-6 185 Milwaukee, WI/Northwest Nazarene 11 Charles Falden Jr. G 6-3 200 Richmond, VA/Massanutten Military Academy 13 Hunter Hale Gr. G 6-3 185 Kalamazoo, MI/Grand Valley State 21 Jamal King Fr. G 6-5 230 Goldsboro, NC/Wayne Christian School 22 Kyle Zunic Jr. F 6-2 195 Wollongong, Australia/Lake Ginninderra 25 Josh Ferguson Sr. F 6-8 210 Miami, FL/Naval Academy Prep School 30 D.J. Burns Jr. R-Fr. F 6-9 260 Rock Hill, SC/Tennessee 32 Josh Corbin Fr. G 6-3 185 Gahanna, OH/Gahanna Lincoln H.S. 33 Chase Claxton Fr. F 6-7 180 Greenville, SC/Legacy Early College 35 Keyshawn Hunter So. G 6-3 185 Charleston, SC/Hohenfels H.S. 52 Chandler Vaudrin R-Jr. F 6-7 200 Uniontown, OH/Walsh University COACHING STAFF PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Head Coach—Pat Kelsey (Xavier, ‘98) 2 Tom Pupavac PAPA-VECK Associate Head Coach—Dave Davis (Warren Wilson, ‘83) 3 Micheal Anumba UH-NOOM-BUH Assistant Coach—Brian Kloman (Tennessee, ‘02) 22 Kyle Zunic ZOO-NICK Assistant Coach—Justin Gray (Wake Forest, ‘06) Director of Basketball Operations—Zack Freesman (Univ. of North Florida, ‘16) Video Coordinator: Alex Bringley (Winthrop, ‘19) Graduate Assistant: Jermaine Ukaegbu (Winthrop, ‘19) RADIO / TV PLAYER PHOTO CHART 0 2 3 4 11 13 Russell Jones Jr. Tom Pupavac Micheal Anumba Adonis Arms Charles Falden Hunter Hale G, 5-8, Fr. C, 6-10, Jr. G, 6-5, So. G, 6-6, Jr. G, 6-3, So. G, 6-3, Gr. Blythewood, SC Geelong, Australia Reggio Emelia, Italy Milwaukee, WI Richmond, VA Kalamazoo, MI 21 22 25 30 32 33 Jamal King Kyle Zunic Josh Ferguson D.J. Burns Jr. Josh Corbin Chase Claxton G, 6-5, Fr. G, 6-2, Jr. F, 6-8, Sr. F, 6-9, R-Fr. G, 6-3, Fr. F, 6-7, Fr. Goldsboro, NC Wollongong, Australia Miami, FL Rock Hill, SC Gahanna, OH Greenville, SC 52 KeyShawn Hunter35 Chandler Vaudrin Pat Kelsey G, 6-3, So. G, 6-7, R-Jr. HEAD COACH Charleston, SC Uniontown, OH EAGLE EYE VIEW OF THE TEAM WINTHROP VS. LONGWOOD • Winthrop and and Longwood meet for the 15th time • The Lancers earned a 75-61 at the Winthrop Coliseum last season in the only meeting of the 2018-19 season • Eagles lead the all-time series 11-3 and have won 10 of the last 11 meetings • In 14 all-time meetings the Eagles have scored 998 points (71.2 ppg) while Longwood has scored 874 points (62.4 ppg) WINTHROP IN BIG SOUTH OPENERS • Eagles are 17-17 all-time in Big South openers and 7-8 when opening at home • Winthrop has won six straight league openers with two of those wins at home and four on the road • Has won the last three league openers by 15 or more points • This is the second time the Eagles will open league play against Longwood with the only other meeting coming in 2014 when the Eagles win 82-72 in overtime TEAM NEWS • Have won back-to-back games and looking to get back to .500 for the first time since early December • Russell Jones Jr. scored a career-high 21 points off the bench in the win over Elon, which are the second most points by an Eagle this season • The two top scoring performances for the Eagles this season have both been off the bench as Josh Ferguson posted 32 off the bench against Coastal Carolina • This season the Eagles have 19 double-figure contributions off the bench and are averaging 37.3 ppg from the bench • For the first time this season the Eagles have scored 80 or more points in back-to-back games • Enter league play ranked second in offense (78.2) and 5th in defense (71.9) in the Big South • Also lead the Big South in threes per game at 9.5 per game, just ahead of Asheville at 9.2 • While the Eagles make a lot of threes per game, they’re facing a handful of opponents this season that rank in the Top 55 nationally as Elon is 18th, Furman (21st), Fresno State (35th), Saint Mary’s 49th, UNC Asheville/TCU 51st • Averaged over 70 points over the last six seasons and on pace to do so for a 7th straight year • Prior to this stretch the Eagles never averaged 70 or more in a season more than three straight years • Eagles have won more games than any other program currently in the Big South since 2012-13 (Pat Kelsey’s first year) and are just 1-of-2 programs to have less than 100 losses during that time as well (Gardner-Webb is the other) • Winthrop’s opponents they’ve already faced and ranked in the top 125 are Duke (8), Saint Mary’s (32), ETSU (70), TCU (95) and Furman (105) • Through 13 games the Eagles are shooting 61% from the foul line, which ranks last in the Big South and 335 out of 351 • Eagles have shot 70% or better as a team in each of the last five seasons • Eagles only have three players on the roster that have 50 or more career games at the NCAA D1 level (Ferguson/Falden/ Zunic) • In fact, eight of the players on the roster have 11 games or fewer of experience • This season the Eagles have used nine different starting lineups in 13 games (used 8 different in all of 2018-19 season) • Finished off virgorous non-conference road schedule with 80-73 loss at Furman on Saturday (Dec.