Winthrop hosts Coastal Carolina following Johnson's 20-point outing

Published Dec. 6, 2024 3:42 a.m. ET
Associated Press

Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (4-4) at Winthrop Eagles (7-3)

Rock Hill, South Carolina; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Winthrop hosts Coastal Carolina after Nick Johnson scored 20 points in Winthrop's 86-78 victory over the Queens Royals.

The Eagles have gone 6-1 at home. Winthrop is seventh in the Big South with 11.8 assists per game led by Kasen Harrison averaging 3.4.

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The Chanticleers are 1-3 in road games. Coastal Carolina has a 1-0 record in one-possession games.

Winthrop makes 44.7% of its shots from the field this season, which is 5.6 percentage points higher than Coastal Carolina has allowed to its opponents (39.1%). Coastal Carolina averages 64.3 points per game, 7.1 fewer points than the 71.4 Winthrop allows to opponents.

TOP PERFORMERS: Harrison is shooting 53.3% and averaging 14.4 points for the Eagles.

Rasheed Jones is scoring 12.3 points per game and averaging 4.1 rebounds for the Chanticleers.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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