Liberty hits the road to South Carolina to take on Winthrop tonight. What you need to know about the Eagles:

  • Winthrop is 9-11 overall and 3-5 in conference play.
  • They are led by first year head coach Pat Kelsey who had an inspiring speech regarding the Sandy Hook shooting earlier this season.
  • The Eagles are coming off a home win over Coastal Carolina on Wednesday, 61-48.
  • Winthrop has impressive victories earlier this season over Ohio and Auburn.
  • Winthrop is dominating the overall series 32-14, and won the last meeting 65-63 on January 26, 2012.
  • Liberty has not won at Winthrop Coliseum since February 18, 2004, the Flames last season in which they made an NCAA Tournament appearance.
  • Since the turn of the century, the Flames are 6-21 against Winthrop.
  • Winthrop is last in the Big South in Scoring Offense, and 2nd in the conference in Scoring Defense.
  • The Eagles are a blanced scoring attack with 7 players scoring between 5.7 and 11.7 points per game.
  •  Sophomore guard Derrick Henry leads the team in scoring at 11.7 points per game.
  • Gideon Gamble is the only senior on the team getting significant playing time. He is 2nd on the team in scoring at 10.0 points per game.
  • Sophomore forward Larry Brown leads the team in rebounding with 6 per game.
  • Sophomore guard Andre Smith leads the team in minutes per game and is averaging 9.1 points per game while shooting an impressive 40% from 3.