Winthrop (7-9, 2-1) at Longwood (11-5, 3-0) – 4:00 PM (ESPN+)
Today’s UTR Game of the Day is one of our favorite matchups of the college season with the initial round of the 2023 Winwood Cup betweed Winthrop and Longwood. Last year, the Winwood Cup also had a bonus 3rd round in the Big South championship game with Longwood winning 79-58 to claim their first Division 1 NCAA Tournament bid. This year the Lancers come into this game on a 6-game winning streak. Isaiah Wilkins (a one-time Virginia Tech and Wake Forest player) leads Longwood with 13.3 points a game and 5.1 rebounds a game.
Winthrop comes in with an overall losing record, but the schedule includes tough games against potential NCAA Tournament teams Penn State, Auburn, Southern Miss, Furman and LSU. They did lose their Big South opener at USC-Upstate, but they rebounded with back-to-back home wins against UNC-Asheville and Presbyterian. Kelton Towford averages 17.3 points a game and 7.8 rebounds a game for the Eagles.