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MEN’S BASKETBALL at Coastal Carolina Thursday, January 8, 2015 • 7:30 p.m. 16 Conway, S.C. • The HTC Center (3,212) Big South Network • WVHL 92.9 FM • WHAP 1340 AM 2014-15 Schedule THE MATCHUP N 8 HAMPDEN-SYDNEY (Exh.) W, 95-60 Longwood Coastal Carolina N 14 AVERETT W, 79-53 N 19 at James Madison L, 82-60 LANCERS CHANTICLEERS N 21 vs. UNC Greensboro# W, 81-79 (OT) Farmville, Va. Radford, Va. N 22 vs. Youngstown State# L, 82-72 N 23 at Eastern Michigan# L, 79-48 N 26 at George Washington L, 91-66 2014-15 Record ....................5-10 (1-1 Big South) 2014-15 Record ..................11-3 (2-0 Big South) N 29 at Iowa L, 77-44 Conference................................................ Big South Conference................................................ Big South Last Game.......W, 90-79 (2 OT) vs. Radford (1/3) Last Game..... W, 83-74 vs. Charleston Sou. (1/3) D 3 DARTMOUTH W, 74-73 D 6 UT MARTIN L, 77-67 D 14 at UMBC L, 58-53 Head Coach ........Jayson Gee (Charleston, ’88) Head Coach .......... Cliff Ellis (Florida State, ’68) D 17 at Miami (OH) L, 71-60 Career Record ...............174-89 (Ninth Season) Career Record ............ 757-440 (40th Season) D 20 PENN STATE BEAVER W, 106-74 Longwood Record ......14-34 (Second Season) Coastal Record ........... 145-91 (Eighth Season) D 28 at Ball State L, 69-64 Gee vs. Coastal Carolina .............................0-1 Ellis vs. Longwood .........................................2-0 D 31 at Winthrop* L, 82-72 (OT) J 3 RADFORD* W, 90-79 (2OT) THE OPENING TIP LAST TIME OUT J 8 at Coastal Carolina* 7:30 p.m. Conway, S.C. (The HTC Center) • Coming off a 90-79 double-overtime victory over • Leron Fisher scored a career-high 26 points, in- J 10 at Charleston Southern* 7 p.m. Big South preseason darling Radford, Longwood cluding 15 in overtime, to help Longwood upset J 14 PRESBYTERIAN* 7 p.m. J 17 LIBERTY* 5 p.m. hits the road for two-game road trip at conference Big South preseason No. 3 choice Radford 90-79 J 19 at High Point* 7 p.m. preseason favorite Coastal Carolina on Jan. 8 and in double overtime Saturday in Willett Hall. Fish- J 22 at Gardner-Webb* 7 p.m. at Charleston Southern on Jan. 10. er hit 14-of-14 free throws in the game to set the J 28 UNC ASHEVILLE* 7 p.m. • Longwood’s fi rst four conference games are J 31 at Presbyterian* 7 p.m. Longwood Division I record for made free throws. against four of the Big South’s top fi ve vote-get- • Fisher was one of two 20-point scorers for Long- F 3 GARDNER-WEBB* 7 p.m. ters in the league’s preseason poll. The Lancers wood, joining the Big South’s leading freshman F 6 at UNC Asheville* 7 p.m. opened at No. 4 Winthrop on Dec. 31, defeated F 11 at Radford* 5 p.m. scorer Ryan Badowski, who scored 22 points F 14 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN* 5 p.m. No. 3 Radford on Jan. 3 and will play back-to-back while hitting 7-of-8 fi eld goals and 5-of-6 shots F 17 at Liberty* 7 p.m. road games at No. 1 Coastal Carolina and No. 5 from three-point range. F 21 WINTHROP* 5 p.m. Charleston Southern. • Longwood trailed Radford 56-44 with 5:10 left in F 23 COASTAL CAROLINA* 7 p.m. F 28 CAMPBELL* 2 p.m. • The Lancers have played back-to-back overtime regulation but mounted an 11-0 run en route to games. Longwood took Winthrop to overtime in an tying the score at 58-58 in the fi nal minute. M 3-8 Big South Tournament TBA 82-72 loss on New Year’s Eve and then upended • Longwood also overcame a six-point defi cit in the Home games in BOLD CAPS Radford 90-79 in double overtime on Jan. 3. Long- fi rst overtime period and tied the game with four # EMU Showcase Tournament wood is 2-1 in overtime games this season. seconds left on a Quincy Taylor layup. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) * Big South game All times eastern and subject to change THE OPENING TIP No. Name (Ht., Wt., Yr.) Pos. PPG RPG APG Notables 0 Tra’Vaughn White (5-10, 190, Jr.) G -- -- -- Will sit out 2014-15 season due to NCAA transfer rules BROADCAST INFO 1 • Leron Fisher (5-11, 160, Jr.) G 7.0 2.3 2.2 Has made 19 consecutive free throws 2 Bryan Gee (6-0, 175, Fr.) G -- -- -- Will redshirt 2014-15 season Big South Network 3 Darrion Allen (6-2, 165, So.) G 5.9 2.2 1.0 Two 20-point games this season www.BigSouthSports.com/schedule 4 Khris Lane (6-6, 225, So.) F -- -- -- Will sit out 2014-15 season due to NCAA transfer rules 10 • Lotanna Nwogbo (6-8, 255, R-Jr.) C 12.9 8.4 0.4 Double-doubles in two straight games WVHL Kickin’ Country 92.9 FM 11 Kanayo Obi-Rapu (6-3, 190, Fr.) G 3.7 2.7 0.8 At least one FG in eight straight games 14 Victor Dorsey (6-9, 200, Fr.) F 1.3 1.7 0.0 8 rebs at Eastern Michigan in third career game 92.9 FM (Farmville, Va.) 15 Isaac Belton (6-4, 205, So.) G 2.7 0.9 0.3 Season-high 8 pts, 4-of-8 FG vs. Penn State Beaver www.WVHL.net 21 • Shaquille Johnson (6-5, 220, Jr.) G/F 13.5 4.0 3.1 3+ assists in 10 of 14 games 23 • Ryan Badowski (6-3, 185, Fr.) G 10.4 3.0 0.3 Two-time Big South Freshman Of The Week 24 Damarion Geter (6-7, 215, So.) F 1.5 3.9 1.4 Shooting .563 (9-of-16) from the fl oor WHAP 1340 AM 25 • Quincy Taylor (6-0, 180, R-Sr.) G 16.3 3.5 2.8 Double-fi gure scoring in 11 of 12 games 1340 AM (Richmond, Va. / Hopewell, Va.) 30 Tyler Akers (6-4, 180, Sr.) G 0.8 0.3 0.2 Elected team captain as a senior www.SportsRadio1340AM.com • denotes projected starter Longwood at Coastal Carolina • Jan. 8, 2015 • Conway, S.C. (HTC Center) LONGWOOD GAMEDAY > Notes Media Information BY THE NUMBERS LONGWOOD MBB • Longwood has the most productive scoring trio in MEDIA CONTACTS the Big South. The three-player tandem of Quincy QUICK FACTS Chris Cook Taylor (16.3 ppg.), Shaquille Johnson (13.5) and Assistant VP/Athletics Communications Email: [email protected] Lotanna Nwogbo (12.9) combine to average 42.7 UNIVERSITY Offi ce: 434-395-2718 points per game, the highest scoring average of Name .......................................... Longwood University Cell: 434-808-5127 any three leading scorers in the Big South. All City/Zip ........................................Farmville, Va. 23909 Todd Lindenmuth three of those Lancers rank among the Big South’s Founded ...............................................................1839 Enrollment (Undergraduate) ................................4,507 Athletics Communications Manager top 15 in scoring. Email: [email protected] Nickname .........................................................Lancers • Longwood leads the Big South in both forced Offi ce: 434-395-4802 Colors .......................... Navy Blue (PMS 282) & White Cell: 919-724-8161 turnovers (233) and steals (111). Longwood is 3-1 Fight Song ................................... Hail to Longwood U! Jacob Bell when forcing at least 20 turnovers. Affi liation .............................................NCAA Division I External Relations Assistant • Longwood has played 15 extra minutes of basket- Conference ...................................................Big South Email: [email protected] ball over the past two games, taking both Winthrop President ..................W. Taylor Reveley IV (Princeton) Offi ce: 434-395-4802 and Radford into overtime. The Lancers rallied late Director of Athletics .........................Troy Austin (Duke) Cell: 615-424-6743 to force Winthrop into an extra period but fell, 82- Athletics Phone ....................................(434) 395-2057 Tickets Phone ......................................(434) 395-2138 72, in Rock Hill, S.C. The Lancers rebounded from INTERVIEW REQUESTS Website ...........................www.LongwoodLancers.com All interview requests for Longwood men’s that extra-minute loss at home against Radford Twitter ..........................................@LongwoodLancers basketball players and coaches will run Saturday, however, and outlasted the Highlanders through the Longwood athletics communi- 90-79 through two overtimes. Longwood is 2-1 in PROGRAM HISTORY cations offi ce. Contact Chris Cook or Jacob overtime games this season. Bell to set up interviews. Seasons of Basketball ..............................................39 • Freshman guard Ryan Badowski was held score- First Season ................................................... 1976-77 GAME BROADCASTS less in a 58-53 loss at UMBC on Dec. 14 but has All-Time Record ..............................................501-577 All Longwood men’s basketball games air rattled off four double-digit scoring games and at Division I Eligible ....................................2007-Present live on WVHL 92.9 FM Kickin’ Country in least nine points in all fi ve games since. Badows- Division I Record ....................................82-152 (8) Farmville, online at www.WVHL.net and ki is averaging 14.2 points per game during that First Season D-I Schedule ........................ 2004-05 on the TuneIn Radio app. Select games Reclassifying D-I Record..........................20-72 (3) stretch while shooting 15-of-27 (.556) from three- stream on a free, live video broadcast Division II Eligible ....................................... 1980-2004 on the Big South Network, available at point range. The scoreless game against UMBC Division II Record ...............................342-317 (24) www.bigsouthsports.com/schedule. Scott was the only such game of his career. Division II Tournament App. ..................................3 Bacon, the voice of the Lancers, carries • Badowski is the Big South’s leading freshman Division II Tournament Record ..........................2-4 radio broadcasts on WVHL, while Jacob scorer at 10.4 points per game.