#womensbasketball Archives

Alumni Spotlight – Morgan Alexander

Sam Hyatt

Winthrop alumni from the class of 2021, Morgan Alexander, spent his undergraduate career working as the women’s basketball team manager and as a Winthrop News anchor. Alexander started working as…

Preview of Winthrop’s women’s basketball season

Sam Hyatt

The Winthrop University women’s basketball team begins competing in non-conference games starting on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. They will begin the season by traveling to Orlando, Florida to play against…

Winthrop women’s basketball schedule announced

Matthew Shealy

The Winthrop women’s basketball schedule is out for the 2021-22 season, featuring daunting road games at Duke, Kentucky and Alabama. “Everyone puts their shorts on just like everyone else,”…

Editorial: Semeka Randall-Lay should be full-time head coach of the women’s basketball team

Matthew Shealy

After assuming the position of interim head coach last April, Semeka Randall-Lay led the Winthrop women’s basketball team to its first Big South Conference Quarterfinal appearance since 2014-15. Well,…

Women’s basketball fights to the finish

Matthew Shealy

The Winthrop women’s basketball team suffered two losses last week in a conference double-header against Longwood University. The two losses extended the team’s losing streak to seven games, giving Winthrop…

Eagle of the Week: Anika Riley

Lily Fremed

After a close final score of 73-80 on Jan. 16 at Longwood, senior Anika Riley has 69 points and 15 assists for the 2020-2021 season so far, along with a…

Women’s basketball defeated in season opener

Matthew Shealy

The Winthrop University women’s basketball team played its first game of the season last Wednesday in Spartanburg, losing to Wofford College by a score of 65-50. The Eagles got off…

New coach, new team

Lily Fremed

After seven Eagles chose not to return to the women’s basketball team for the 2020-21 season, and another three graduated, Coach Semeka Randall Lay has finally built her team back…

Black History with the Eagles

Gweneshia Wadlington

On Tuesday, Feb. 18, the Winthrop Eagles took on the Campbell Fighting Camels in a head to head battle. The game itself was credited as a cultural event because of…

A run for their money

Lily Fremed

With the fall season nearly half over, Homecoming, Thanksgiving and winter break are approaching. However, it will be basketball season that captures the majority of Winthrop’s attention. Last season, the…