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MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME at Virginia Tech Monday • December 21, 2020 • 8 p.m. Blacksburg, Va. • Cassell Coliseum (9,275) 8 Video: ACC Network • Radio: WVHL 92.9 FM 2020-21 Schedule THE MATCHUP Longwood Virginia Tech N 26 vs. Delaware St. CANCELED N 27 at Wake Forest L 71-60 LANCERS HOKIES Farmville, Va. • Big South Conference Blacksburg, Va. • Atlantic Coast Conference D 1 at VMI L 84-71 D 3 Regent POSTPONED 2020-21 Record...................1-6 (0-2 Big South) 2020-21 Record............................... 6-1 (1-0 ACC) D 6 Greensboro College L 67-64 Conference................................................ Big South Conference....................................... Atlantic Coast D 8 North Carolina A&T W 77-60 Last Game..... L, 91-89 vs. The Citadel (12/19/20) Last Game......W, 97-57 vs. Coppin St. (12/19/20) D 14 at Radford L 67-66 D 15 at Radford L 62-53 Head Coach ...Griff Aldrich (Hampden-Sydney, ’96) Head Coach .........Mike Young (Emory & Henry, ’86) D 19 The Citadel L 91-89 Career Record ..................31-42 (Third Season) Career Record ...............321-261 (19th Season) D 21 at Virginia Tech 8 p.m. Longwood Record .......................................... Same Virginia Tech Record .. 22-17 (Second Season) Blacksburg, Va. (Cassell Coliseum) Aldrich vs. Virginia Tech ................................. 0-0 Young vs. Longwood ......................................... 0-0 D 30 UNC Asheville TBA D 31 UNC Asheville TBA THE OPENING TIP LAST TIME OUT • Longwood plays its final non-conference game of • Fletcher Abee hit a go-ahead three-pointer with 52 J 4 at USC Upstate 6 p.m. the regular season this Monday at Virginia Tech. seconds remaining, and The Citadel followed with J 5 at USC Upstate 6 p.m. The game will be Longwood’s second against an two defensive stops to pull out a 91-89 victory over J 9 Campbell TBA ACC opponent this season and the team’s second Longwood Saturday afternoon in Willett Hall. J 10 Campbell TBA time appearing on ACC Network. • In a matchup that was back-and-forth throughout, J 14 at Winthrop 6 p.m. J 15 at Winthrop 6 p.m. • Longwood has relied heavily on a number of fresh- the lead changed times nine times in the final 5:31. J 19 High Point TBA men and first-year players this season following • DeShaun Wade scored six straight points to give J 20 High Point TBA the injuries to veteran guards Heru Bligen and the Lancers an 89-86 advantage at the 1:42 mark, J 29 at Presbyterian TBA DeShaun Wade. Freshmen Jesper Granlund but Abee put The Citadel ahead for good with his J 30 at Presbyterian TBA and Justin Hill have started every game, while 44 game-winning three-pointer. percent of Longwood’s total minutes have come • Longwood sophomore Leslie Nkereuwem and F4 Hampton TBA from its freshman class. freshman Justin Hill both hit career scoring highs, F5 Hampton TBA • The Lancers have been within one possession in with Nkereuwem netting 20 on 9-of-11 field goals, F11 at Charleston So. TBA the final minute in each of their past four losses. and Hill finished with 18 on 5-of-10 shooting from F12 at Charleston So. TBA • Longwood athletics director Michelle Meadows the floor and 8-of-10 from the free throw line. F18 Gardner-Webb TBA is a Virginia Tech alum, a member of the Hokie • Hayden Brown had 26 points and 10 rebounds for F19 Gardner-Webb TBA Athletics Hall of Fame, and has her jersey number The Citadel, while Abee finished with 16 and Kaid- retired as a member of the Hokie softball program. en Rice with 19. BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP M 2 Big South First Round TBA THE LINEUP M 4 Big South Quarterfinals TBA No. Name (Ht., Wt., Yr.) Pos. PPG RPG APG Notables M 5 Big South Semifinals TBA 0 Leslie Nkereuwem (6-7, 225, So.) F 8.6 2.1 0.3 Career-high 20 points vs. The Citadel Saturday M 7 Big South Championship TBA 1 •Christian Wilson (6-6, 195, Fr.) F 9.7 4.4 1.3 3 games w/ 10+ points this season (7 in 2019-20) 2 Nate Lliteras (6-7, 210, R-Fr.) G 4.3 1.9 0.4 Has hit 7 of past 10 three-point attempts Home games in BOLD | All times EST 3 DeShaun Wade (6-2, 200, Jr.) G 14.0 3.0 1.0 Made 2020-21 debut Saturday vs. The Citadel 4 •Zac Watson (6-7, 215, Jr.) F 5.4 4.6 0.4 Made first start at Longwood Saturday vs. The Citadel 5 Bennett Mohn (6-6, 185, R-Fr.) F 3.4 0.4 0.0 Hit a 3-ptr. in each of his first 6 career games 10 Ilija Stefanovic (6-10, 215, Sr.) F 1.3 1.2 0.2 Has hit all 3 field goal attempts this season BROADCAST INFO 11 •Justin Hill (6-0, 185, Fr.) G 12.7 5.3 4.4 10+ points in 5 of first 7 collegiate games 13 Heru Bligen (6-3, 180, So.) G 0.0 0.0 0.0 Limited to just 13 minutes so far due to injury TV: ACC Network 14 Abraham Deng (6-11, 230, So.) F — — — Started first 13 games of 2019-20 season PBP: Jay Alter 23 Jermaine Drewey (6-2, 190, Jr.) G 1.5 1.5 0.5 Has missed 5 straight games with injury Color: Dan Bonner 24 Cameron O’Conner (6-5, 185, So.) G 0.6 0.2 0.2 First career field goal was a 3-pointer vs. N.C. A&T Website: www.ESPN.com/Watch 30 C.J. Williams (6-0, 180, R-Jr.) G 1.0 0.7 0.3 First career field goal was a 3-pointer vs. Radford 31 Dean Lockley (6-2, 185, Fr.) G — — — Two-time all-conference 1st team in high school RADIO: WVHL Kickin’ Country 92.9 FM 34 Lorenz Boykin (6-0, 185, Fr.) G — — — Averaged 15.0 points & 5.0 rebounds as HS senior 35 •Jesper Granlund (6-6, 210, Fr.) F 4.9 4.1 1.1 Has started all 7 games & ranks 4th on team in minutes PBP: Sam Hovan 55 •Juan Munoz (6-0, 170, R-Jr.) G 15.1 4.0 3.3 Has hit a 3-pointer in 25 consecutive games Website: LongwoodLancers.com/WVHL • denotes projected starter Game 8: Longwood at Virginia Tech • Dec. 21, 2020 • Blacksburg, Va. (Cassell Coliseum) LONGWOOD GAMEDAY > Notes Media Information BY THE NUMBERS QUICK FACTS • Longwood has gotten 44 percent of its minutes MEDIA CONTACTS from freshmen this year. True freshmen Jesper UNIVERSITY Chris Cook Granlund and Justin Hill have started every Name ............................................Longwood University Assistant VP/Athletics Communications City/Zip .......................................... Farmville, VA 23909 game, while redshirt freshmen Nate Lliteras and Email: [email protected] Founded ................................................................ 1839 Office: 434-395-2718 Bennett Mohn are both averaging more than 10 Enrollment (Undergraduate + Graduate) .............. 5,124 Cell: 434-808-5127 minutes per game. Nickname .......................................................... Lancers • The reigning Big South Freshman of the Week, Colors ............................Navy Blue (PMS 289) & White INTERVIEW REQUESTS Hill ranks among the NCAA’s top 10 freshmen with Fight Song .....................................Hail to Longwood U! All interview requests for Longwood men’s 4.4 assists per game. He is also the Big South’s Affiliation ...............................................NCAA Division I basketball players and coaches will be co- Conference .....................................................Big South ordinated through the Longwood athletics No. 2 freshman scorer at 12.7 points per game and ranks 10th overall with 32.1 minutes per game. President ...................................... W. Taylor Reveley IV communications office. Alma Mater ................................................Princeton • After missing the first six games of the season GAME BROADCASTS Director of Athletics ...........................Michelle Meadows with an injury, junior guard DeShaun Wade made Alma Mater ...........................................Virginia Tech All Longwood men’s basketball games air his 2020-21 debut Saturday against The Citadel. live on WVHL 92.9 FM Kickin’ Country in Athletics Phone ......................................(434) 395-2057 Wade played in all 32 games last season and Farmville, online at www.WVHL.net and on Tickets Phone ........................................(434) 395-2138 the TuneIn Radio app. All Longwood home started 21 of the final 23. Website ............................ www.LongwoodLancers.com games and all Big South road games air live • Entering the season, 10 of Longwood’s 17 players Facebook ................................./LongwoodLancers1839 on ESPN+. had never suited up in a Lancer uniform. Only two Twitter ........................................... @LongwoodLancers of those — redshirt junior Juan Munoz and red- Instagram ...................................... @LongwoodLancers LONGWOODLANCERS.COM shirt sophomore Abraham Deng — had been in For unparalleled coverage of the entire PROGRAM HISTORY the Longwood program multiple seasons. intercollegiate athletics department at Seasons of Basketball ............................................... 45 Longwood, access LongwoodLancers. • Longwood men’s basketball earned its highest-ev- First Season .....................................................1976-77 com. The official site of Longwood athlet- er team grade point average this past fall with a All-Time Record ................................................558-705 ics features in-depth coverage of Long- 3.24. That surpassed last spring’s 3.20 team GPA Division I Eligible ......................................2007-Present wood players, coaches and staff as well as and the previous fall’s 3.13, giving the program Division I Record ..................................141-282 (14) game notes, player biographies, statistics three consecutive semesters above a 3.0. First Season D-I Schedule ..........................2004-05 and updates on the Longwood men’s bas- • Longwood has held four of its past five opponents Reclassifying D-I Record............................18-72 (3) Division II Eligible .........................................1980-2004 ketball program. under 70 points. Division II Record .................................342-317 (24) GAMEDAY CREDENTIALS • Juan Munoz is a career .385 shooter from three- Division II Tournament App.