Weekend matchUP
December 12, 4:00 p.m.
December 13, 2:00 p.m.
 
Upstate (0-4, 0-0 Big South) vs Winthrop (2-0, 0-0 Big South)
 
Upstate WarmUP
Join us for an all new preview of USC Upstate basketball!  The "Upstate Warmup" airs one hour prior to tip-off of home men's and women's basketball games on Facebook (/USCUpstateAthletics) and youtube.com/upstatespartans and includes coaches interviews, student-athlete spotlights, a look around the Big South and more!

TV: ESPN+ (Online and the ESPN app), WYCW (Regionally)
PxP: Pete Yanity
Color: Richmond Weaver
 
Attendance Information
Single game tickets are not available for sale to the general public.  Due to limited seating capacity in accordance with social distancing guidelines, tickets for this season are reserved for season ticket holders, player families and USC Upstate students. For more information, click here.
 
Series History
This is the 21^st All-Time meeting between USC Upstate and Winthrop. The series dates back to January 18, 1979, when Winthrop won the first ever meeting between the two schools 69-66 in Rock Hill, S.C. Winthrop holds the overall series lead 13-8 and the Eagles are 7-4 against the Spartans inside the G.B. Hodge Center. Since the 2009-2010 basketball season, Winthrop has won eight straight in the series, including a trio of wins a season ago against the Spartans. The last time these two squads met, Winthrop walked away with a 106-70 victory over the Spartans in the Quarterfinals of the Big South Tournament in Radford, Va.
 
Last Time Out
USC Upstate Recap
Winthrop Recap
 
Ones to Watch
Upstate – Bryson Mozone (North Augusta, S.C.) and Tommy Bruner (Columbia, S.C.) led the Spartan offense this season with 12.3 points per game. Everette Hammond (Silver Springs, Md.) is third on the team in scoring with a 10.3 average this season. Nevin Zink (Newtown, Conn.) is averaging 8.5 points per game and a team best 6.0 rebounds per contest. Role players Mysta Goodloe (Winston-Salem, N.C.) and Khydarius Smith (Fort Mill, S.C.) have had career outings over the past two games, with Smith recording a 10 point, four block outing against Georgia Southern a week ago.
 
Winthrop – Preseason All-Big South selections Chandler Vaudrin and D.J. Burns Jr., are both averaging a team best 12.5 points per game this season. Adonis Arms and Charles Falden are both contributing double-figures in the scoring column as well this season. Vaudrin, leads the team with 15 assists on the season, while Arms leads the team with 10 defensive rebounds off the bench.
 
UP next for the Spartans
The Spartans will travel to the Tar Heel State to take on UNC Greensboro on December 15.  
 
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