The North Carolina State men's basketball team makes its home debut at the RBC Center at 7 p.m. tonight against Winthrop.

The 2-0 Wolfpack opened the season at New Orleans with a victory, and followed with a win last Saturday against High Point at Reynolds Coliseum on campus.

NCSU prepared for playing at the RBC Center by practicing there on Monday, to get reacquainted with shooting at the bigger arena.

Winthrop has won the last four Big South Conference titles and eight out of the last 10. The Eagles only allowed 58.5 points per game, the eighth lowest mark in the NCAA last year, and just 39.6 percent shooting from the field, which was 20th in the country.

Winthrop's season came to an end in the NCAA Tournament, losing 71-40 to Washington State.

Sophomore power forward Charles Corbin and junior wing Mantoris Robinson return from last year's starting lineup.

The Eagles (1-3 overall) have been bolstered by 6-foot-6 junior forward Cameron Stanley, a Wake Forest transfer. The Raleigh native scored 20 points in a 97-70 loss to Davidson last Friday, and he also had 17 points in a 72-58 loss at Akron on Nov. 18.

Winthrop's lone win was against North Greenville, 67-42, in its home opener, and the Eagles also fell 86-63 at South Carolina.

Game time: Today, Nov. 25, 7 p.m. — RBC Center, Raleigh

Television: None

PG — 10 Javier Gonzalez (5-11, Soph., 4.5 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 3.5 apg)

SG — 21 C.J. Williams (6-5, Fr., 0.5 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 1.0 apg)

SF — 4 Courtney Fells (6-6, Sr., 16.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 2.5 apg)

PF — 33 Brandon Costner (6-9, R-Jr., 14.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 1.5 apg)

C — 34 Ben McCauley (6-9, Sr., 14.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 2.0 spg)

PG — 3 Justin Burton (5-10, Soph., 8.8 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 3.5 apg)

SG — 1 Raymond Davis (6-4, Jr., 6.8 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.0 apg)

SF — 33 Mantoris Robinson (6-5, Jr., 5.0 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 0.8 bpg)

F — 11 Cameron Stanley (6-6, Jr., 11.2 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 1.0 apg)

PF — 42 Charles Corbin (6-7, Soph., 8.2 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 0.5 apg)

Location: Rock Hill, S.C.

Nickname: Eagles

2007-08 record: 22-12 overall, 10-4 (tied for first) Big South

2008 postseason: Lost 71-40 to Washington State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament

Coach: Randy Peele, 6th year overall (69-84), second year at Winthrop (23-15)

The all-time series with NC State: NC State leads 6-0

Last meeting with NC State: NC State defeated Winthrop 81-51 in Raleigh on Dec. 17, 1998

Winthrop: The Eagles have four players from North Carolina — Burton from Durham Riverside, Stanley from Raleigh Millbrook, Robinson from Charlotte Butler and George Valentine from Fayetteville 71st. Stanley played high school basketball with NC State redshirt senior Simon Harris at Millbrook … Redshirt sophomore guard Byron Faison is a former Mr. Basketball in South Carolina, and is the second-leading scorer off the bench with 9.0 points per game … Winthrop is struggling from beyond the arc, shooting 23 of 73 for 31.5 percent. Stanley is leading the team with 6 for 13 and Faison is 5 for 12.

NC State: Fells tied his career-high with 23 points in the 69-56 win over High Point, shooting 7 of 11 from the field and 3 of 5 from beyond the arc … Redshirt junior point guard Farnold Degand will miss his second straight game with a knee injury, stemming from complications from last year's knee surgery … NC State held High Point to 29.6 percent from the field (8 of 27) during the second half … The Wolfpack are 72-8 at the RBC Center against non-conference opponents, and 16-2 under coach Sidney Lowe, losing to Alabama two seasons ago and New Orleans in last year.