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Fans flock to late-night Winthrop Eagles game

By Tracy Kimball

tkimball@heraldonline.com
Winthrop University students celebrate during the final shot of the game Thursday night against UNC Asheville at the Winthrop Coliseum in Rock Hill. More than 1,200 students attended the game.
Winthrop University students celebrate during the final shot of the game Thursday night against UNC Asheville at the Winthrop Coliseum in Rock Hill. More than 1,200 students attended the game. Tracy Kimball tkimball@heraldonline.com
ROCK HILL

Winthrop University students finished their classes Thursday, threw on their Big South T-shirts and headed to the big game.

The community joined them -- even parents bringing their young children out on a school night -- to watch the Winthrop Eagles take on the UNC-Asheville Bulldogs at Winthrop Coliseum.

The nationally televised 9 p.m. game brought out more than 3,200 fans, who chanted, screamed and danced along with the cheerleaders.

The Rock Hill team sent the Bulldogs yelping back to the North Carolina mountains with a 76-73 win.

This story was originally published January 21, 2017 at 4:02 PM with the headline "Fans flock to late-night Winthrop Eagles game."

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