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MEN’S BASKETBALL at VMI Tuesday • December 1, 2020 • 5 p.m. Lexington, Va. • Cameron Hall (5,029) 2 Video: ESPN+ • Radio: WVHL 92.9 FM 2020-21 Schedule THE MATCHUP Longwood VMI N 26 vs. Delaware St. CANCELED N 27 at Wake Forest L 71-60 LANCERS KEYDETS Farmville, Va. • Big South Conference Lexington, Va. • Southern Conference D 1 at VMI 5 p.m. Lexington, Va. (Cameron Hall) ....................................................0-1 .....................................................1-1 D 3 Regent 6 p.m. 2020-21 Record 2020-21 Record Conference................................................ Big South Conference.................................................Southern D 8 North Carolina A&T TBA Last Game..... L, 71-60 at Wake Forest (11/27/20) Last Game..... L, 86-65 at Penn State (11/28/20) D 14 at Radford TBA D 15 at Radford TBA Head Coach ...Griff Aldrich (Hampden-Sydney, ’96) Head Coach ...................Dan Earl (Penn State, ’99) D 19 The Citadel TBA Career Record .................30-37 (Third Season) Career Record ................ 45-112 (Sixth Season) D 21 at Virginia Tech TBA Longwood Record .......................................... Same VMI Record ........................................................ Same D 30 UNC Asheville TBA Aldrich vs. VMI ......................................................1-0 Earl vs. Longwood ................................................1-1 D 31 UNC Asheville TBA THE OPENING TIP LAST TIME OUT J 4 at USC Upstate TBA • Longwood tipped off the 2020-21 campaign Fri- • Behind 14 points from graduate transfer Ian Du- J 5 at USC Upstate TBA day at Wake Forest in the first of six scheduled Bose, Wake Forest overcame several standout J 9 Campbell TBA non-conference matchups. The Nov. 27 tipoff is debuts from a host of newcomers and pulled away J 10 Campbell TBA the latest the Lancers have ever opened a season. late to defeat upset-minded Longwood 71-60 Fri- J 14 at Winthrop TBA J 15 at Winthrop TBA • Tuesday’s matchup at VMI was a late addition to day at LJVM Coliseum. J 19 High Point TBA the schedule after the Lancers’ first two scheduled • Longwood battled to a 34-34 halftime draw and led J 20 High Point TBA games of the season were canceled. as late as eight minutes into the second half before J 29 at Presbyterian TBA • The third edition of Longwood basketball under DuBose sparked the Demon Deacons’ game-win- J 30 at Presbyterian TBA head coach Griff Aldrich features a roster full ning rally. He scored nine of his 14 points in the of new faces. In Friday’s season opener at Wake final 13:11, hit a go-ahead layup with 11:57 to play F4 Hampton TBA Forest, six players made their debuts in a Long- that gave the Deacs their final lead, and jumpstart- F5 Hampton TBA wood uniform, which equated to more than half of ed a game-winning 10-0 run. F11 at Charleston So. TBA Longwood’s 10-man rotation. • The Lancer point guard tandem of Juan Munoz F12 at Charleston So. TBA • Friday’s starting lineup included four players who and Justin Hill combined for 24 points. Munoz F18 Gardner-Webb TBA had never started a game at Longwood. Two of scored a team-high 13 of those, while Hill broke F19 Gardner-Webb TBA those were true freshmen in forward Jesper out in his debut with 11 points, four assists and Granlund and guard Justin Hill, who both played three steals. Christian Wilson also scored nine BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP M 2 Big South First Round TBA at least 30 minutes. points and Leslie Nkereuwem finished with eight. M 4 Big South Quarterfinals TBA THE LINEUP M 5 Big South Semifinals TBA No. Name (Ht., Wt., Yr.) Pos. PPG RPG APG Notables M 7 Big South Championship TBA 0 •Leslie Nkereuwem (6-7, 225, So.) F 8.0 4.0 1.0 Scored all 8 points in the paint vs. Wake Forest 1 •Christian Wilson (6-6, 195, Fr.) F 9.0 5.0 1.0 Longwood’s top bench scorer in 2019-20, 9 points in debut Home games in BOLD | All times EST 2 Nate Lliteras (6-7, 210, R-Fr.) G 0.0 3.0 0.0 Grabbed 3 rebounds in collegiate debut * Big South Game 3 DeShaun Wade (6-2, 200, Jr.) G — — — Started 14 of Longwood’s final 15 games in 2019-20 4 Zac Watson (6-7, 215, Jr.) F 4.0 4.0 0.0 Transfer from UC Riverside, first player off bench Friday 5 Bennett Mohn (6-6, 185, R-Fr.) F 6.0 1.0 0.0 Hit 2 3-ptrs in debut, including game-tying trey at halftime 10 Ilija Stefanovic (6-10, 215, Sr.) F 2.0 0.0 0.0 Led Longwood in plus-minutes in season opener BROADCAST INFO 11 •Justin Hill (6-0, 185, Fr.) G 11.0 2.0 4.0 Had team-high 4 assts & 3 stls in collegiate debut 13 Heru Bligen (6-3, 180, So.) G — — — Finished third on team in plus-minus rating in 2019-20 TV: ESPN+ 14 Abraham Deng (6-11, 230, So.) F — — — Started first 13 games of 2019-20 season Website: www.ESPN.com/Watch 23 Jermaine Drewey (6-2, 190, Jr.) G 3.0 2.0 1.0 First player off bench in Longwood debut, scored 4 pts 24 Cameron O’Conner (6-5, 185, So.) G — — — Redshirted as a true freshman in 2019-20 RADIO: WVHL Kickin’ Country 92.9 FM 30 C.J. Williams (6-0, 180, R-Jr.) G — — — Transferred to Longwood after 2 seasons at Frederick CC 31 Dean Lockley (6-2, 185, Fr.) G — — — Two-time all-conference 1st team in high school PBP: Sam Hovan 34 Lorenz Boykin (6-0, 185, Fr.) G — — — Averaged 15.0 points & 5.0 rebounds as HS senior Website: LongwoodLancers.com/WVHL 35 •Jesper Granlund (6-6, 210, Fr.) F 4.0 1.0 0.0 Started and played 32 minutes in collegiate debut 55 •Juan Munoz (6-0, 170, R-Jr.) G 13.0 7.0 1.0 Has hit a 3-pointer in 19 consecutive games • denotes projected starter Game 2: Longwood at VMI • December 1, 2020 • Lexington, Va. (Cameron Hall) LONGWOOD GAMEDAY > Notes Media Information BY THE NUMBERS QUICK FACTS • Prior to Longwood’s season opener at Wake For- MEDIA CONTACTS est this past Friday, 10 of the Lancers’ 17 players UNIVERSITY Chris Cook had never suited up in a Longwood uniform. Six Name ............................................Longwood University Assistant VP/Athletics Communications City/Zip .......................................... Farmville, VA 23909 players made their debut that night, including true Email: [email protected] Founded ................................................................ 1839 Office: 434-395-2718 freshmen Jesper Granlund and Justin Hill, who Enrollment (Undergraduate + Graduate) .............. 5,124 Cell: 434-808-5127 both started. Nickname .......................................................... Lancers • In addition to a 2020-21 signing class of seven Colors ............................Navy Blue (PMS 289) & White INTERVIEW REQUESTS newcomers, the Lancers also have three players Fight Song .....................................Hail to Longwood U! All interview requests for Longwood men’s who redshirted and did not see action as true Affiliation ...............................................NCAA Division I basketball players and coaches will be co- Conference .....................................................Big South ordinated through the Longwood athletics freshmen in 2019-20. Redshirt freshmen Nate Lliteras and Bennett Mohn both made their col- President ...................................... W. Taylor Reveley IV communications office. Alma Mater ................................................Princeton legiate debuts in this past Friday’s season opener GAME BROADCASTS Director of Athletics ...........................Michelle Meadows against Wake Forest. Alma Mater ...........................................Virginia Tech All Longwood men’s basketball games air • Against Wake Forest, Longwood won the rebound- live on WVHL 92.9 FM Kickin’ Country in Athletics Phone ......................................(434) 395-2057 ing advantage 30-21. Fourteen of those boards Farmville, online at www.WVHL.net and on Tickets Phone ........................................(434) 395-2138 the TuneIn Radio app. All Longwood home were corralled by guards, including a team-high Website ............................ www.LongwoodLancers.com games and all Big South road games air live seven from 6-0 point guard Juan Munoz. Facebook ................................./LongwoodLancers1839 on ESPN+. • Longwood point guards Justin Hill and Juan Twitter ........................................... @LongwoodLancers Munoz combined to either score or assist on 34 Instagram ...................................... @LongwoodLancers LONGWOODLANCERS.COM points Friday against Wake Forest, which equates For unparalleled coverage of the entire PROGRAM HISTORY to 56.7 percent of Longwood’s overall scoring. intercollegiate athletics department at Seasons of Basketball ............................................... 45 Longwood, access LongwoodLancers. They both scored in double figures and shot a First Season .....................................................1976-77 com. The official site of Longwood athlet- combined 9-of-19 (.474) from the floor. All-Time Record ................................................557-700 ics features in-depth coverage of Long- • Munoz has hit a three-pointer in 19 consecutive Division I Eligible ......................................2007-Present wood players, coaches and staff as well as games dating back to 2019-20. Division I Record ..................................140-277 (14) game notes, player biographies, statistics • Hill’s four assists against Wake Forest were First Season D-I Schedule ..........................2004-05 and updates on the Longwood men’s bas- the most in a debut by a first-year Lancer since Reclassifying D-I Record............................18-72 (3) Division II Eligible .........................................1980-2004 ketball program. Kanayo