During Winthrop University’s winter break, the men’s and women’s basketball teams spent their time moving forward in their respective seasons.
From Dec. 10, 2022 to Jan. 11, 2023, the men’s basketball team experienced five losses and two wins.
On Dec. 17, 2022, the team traveled to Baton Rouge, LA to compete against Louisiana State University. After trading blows on the scoreboard throughout the entire game, Winthrop lost to LSU with a final score of 89-81. The game was also televised on the SEC Network.
During this game, Sin’Cere McMahon, a junior guard, posted his eighth double figure game of the season and finished the game with a season high of six assists. Kelton Talford, a junior forward, had his third 20-point game of the season. Cory Hightower, a senior forward, was sitting with 1,499 career points at the end of the game, just missing the 1,500 point mark.
On New Year’s Eve, the team secured a win against UNC Asheville with a score of 62-60.
Talford once again led the way with 14 points, with senior forward Chase Claxton, junior guard Kasen Harrison, and redshirt sophomore forward Toneari Lane all scoring double digits.
From Dec. 18, 2022 to Jan. 11, 2023, the women’s team experienced four losses, two postponed games, and one win.
The two postponed games were against University of South Carolina at Upstate and University of North Carolina at Asheville.
The women’s team traveled to DeLand, FL to compete in the Hatter Classic where they competed against Bethune-Cookman University and Stetson University. In both games, the eagles lost.
The team lost to Bethune-Cookman University with a score of 54-67 and 38-53 against Stetson University.
In the games against University of North Carolina at Asheville, both Tori Hall and Jada Ryce had season highs. Hall, a senior guard, had a season high with eight points. Ryce, a sophomore guard, had a season high with three field goals made and attempted, a set career high in minutes, points, field goal attempts and steals as well as tied her career-high in rebounds.
Additionally, Frances Brown, a junior guard, set a season and career high in minutes played, assists and blocks against University of North Carolina at Asheville.
The women’s team were able to secure their first conference win of the new year against Longwood University on Jan. 7, 2023, with a score of 62-47.
In this game, Paige Powell, a graduate student forward, was about to record her fourth double-double of the season while Shamyjha Price was able to set a career high in points as an Eagle with 35 points. Additionally, Leonor Paisana, a sophomore guard, set a season high in field goals made with 12 rebounds.
The men’s team will be playing at High Point on Jan. 18, 2022, at 7 p.m. and will play again at home court against Gardner Webb University at 2 p.m. on Jan. 21, 2022.
The women’s team will play at home against High Point at the Winthrop Coliseum on Jan. 18, 2022, at 6 p.m.
More information concerning the basketball team’s schedule can be found on the Winthrop Athletics website.
