Winthrop University NCAA News

With the Big East season at hand, Cincinnati still has some things to figure out.

The University of Cincinnati Bearcats used clutch 3-point shooting by Deonta Vaughn to overcame a sloppy second half and post a 74-57 victory over Winthrop on Tuesday night at Fifth Third Arena.

When you coach a team that has trouble scoring a lot of points, and it is facing a team that doesn't seem to have any issue finding the bucket, there is reason to worry.

DiJuan Harris scored 12 points, including five free throws during the last 2 minutes, as Charlotte held on to defeat Winthrop 57-47 on Sunday.

It seems like the subject comes up every year, so here we go. Big South Conference teams are once again padding their overall records with wins against non-NCAA Division I programs.

Winthrop coach Randy Peele had a fear that USC Upstate would be able to run its offense through 7-foot-3 Nick Schneiders on Wednesday.

Matt Morgan scored 14 points and Andy Buechert had 10 points and 18 rebounds as Winthrop pulled away late to defeat Barton College 64-51 on Saturday night.

For Winthrop's Reggie Middleton, Saturday night's matchup against High Point was like a game back home on the blacktop in Augusta, Ga.

Winthrop men's basketball coach Randy Peele, after his team dropped a 61-59 overtime game to Radford in its Big South Conference opener Thursday, was asked if today's 7 p.m. game against High Point was a must-win situation.

High Point University men's basketball team battled back from an eight-point deficit in the second half to take the lead but eventually fell, 82-68, to Winthrop on Saturday night in Rock Hill, S.C. Nick Barbour and Eugene Harris each scored 17 points for the Panthers.

Reggie Middleton hit four 3-pointers on his way to scoring 25 points to lead Winthrop to an 82-68 victory over High Point on Saturday night.

Art Parakhouski scored 21 points and had 14 rebounds to lead Radford to a 61-59 overtime victory over Winthrop in the Big South Conference opener for both schools on Thursday night.

You'd think that the odds - the good odds - would catch up with Winthrop's shooting at some point, but Monday night Lady Luck was still rolling snake eyes for the Eagles.

Jeremi Booth scored 20 points as Appalachian State defeated Winthrop 70-51 on Monday night.

If Randy Peele's competitive juices were percolating before Monday night's trip to Clemson, they were beyond the boiling point after his Eagles absorbed a 102-66 beating at the hands of the 19th-ranked Tigers.

Three games into the basketball season, Winthrop is 2-1 and that's probably where the Eagles were expected to be.

Gamble sparks Winthrop over S.C.-Upstate 49-46 Eds: APNewsNow. Winthrop 49, S.C.-Upstate 46.

Grabbing the best from Saturday's 57-55 survival against Limestone, Winthrop coach Randy Peele gathered his players during Sunday's late-afternoon practice and gave them a little history lesson.

The play the College of Charleston runs is called "three," and when coach Bobby Cremins called timeout with 3:44 to play and his team leading 59-57 on Tuesday in Carolina First Arena, he knew before his team came to the huddle what he was going to call.

The highlight tape for Winthrop's victory over Limestone on Saturday in the season basketball opener could consist of just this.