2007-08 Men's Basketball
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SCHEDULE/RESULTS 2007-08 MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 11: Longwood (2-8) at Virginia (6-2) • December 7, 2007 • 7 p.m. November Charlottesville, Virginia • John Paul Jones Arena (15,219) 9 Navy L 72-88 13 Norfolk State W 80-67 GAME INFORMATION 15 Virginia-Wise W 89-67 18 @ #8 Indiana* [BTN] L 49-100 20 @Kent State* L 62-80 Date ............ December 7, 2007 LONGWOOD LANCERS VIRGINIA CAVALIERS 23 vs. UNC Wilmington*# L 65-80 Site ........... Charlottesville, Va. Record ................................. 2-8 Record ................................. 6-2 24 vs. SE Missouri St.*# L 78-82 Arena ......... JPJ Arena (15,219) Streak ............................. Lost 7 Streak ............................. Lost 1 27 @Liberty L 67-91 Tip .................................. 7 p.m. Last 5/10 ....................... 0-5/2-8 Last 5/10 ....................... 3-2/6-2 Radio ............. WVHL-FM 92.9 Head Coach ........ Mike Gillian Head Coach ........ Dave Leitao December Talent .................... Scott Bacon Career Record ....... 27-102 (4+) Career Record ....... 122-97 (7+) 1 High Point L 68-80 Internet ...................................... At Longwood ................. Same At Virginia .............. 42-28 (2+) 5 @James Madison L 52-84 ... www.longwoodlancers.com SID ....................... Greg Prouty SID ...................... Rich Murray 7 @Virginia 7:00 Series ................................... 0-2 Web .... longwoodlancers.com Web .......... virginiasports.com 15 @VCU 7:30 17 Virginia Intermont 7:00 PROBABLE LONGWOOD STARTERS 21 @Morgan State 7:00 23 @George Washington 2:00 #2 KIRK WILLIAMS , 6-6, 200 Notes: Scored career-high 29 points vs. 29 Stetson 2:00 Junior, White Plains, N.Y./Woodlands HS Virginia-Wise … grabbed season-high 10 18.0 Points • 6.7 Rebounds rebounds vs. UVA-Wise … three 20-plus point January 2.0 Assists • 32.9 Minutes games … has 47 dunks in 68 career games. 2 @Boston College 7:00 5 @Navy 7:00 8 Yale 7:00 #10 BRANDON GILES, 5-10, 155 Notes: 2007-08 Team Captain … scored season- 15 Campbell 7:00 Senior, Gaithersburg, Md./Magruder HS high 17 points vs. Norfolk State … has started 19 @Savannah State 2:00 6.6 Points • 1.9 Rebounds 59 of last 61 games … ranks fourth in career 21 @Stetson 7:00 3.6 Assists • 29.4 Minutes assists (301), and ninth in career 3FGs (77). 24 @High Point 7:00 28 @Hofstra 7:00 #23 RYAN BOGAN, 6-1, 200 Notes: Started last two games … scored career- Southern Virginia 31 7:00 Junior, Oxford, Pa./Harcum JC high 16 points vs. High Point … grabbed February 10.5 Points • 5.3 Rebounds career-high nine rebounds at #8 Indiana … 4 @NJIT 7:00 2.2 Assists • 28.7 Minutes career-high four 3FGs vs. High Point. 9 Savannah State 2:00 11 @Florida Atlantic 7:00 #44 DANNY WILSON, 6-8, 230 Notes: Scored career-high 11 points vs. 13 @Campbell 7:00 Senior, Pantego, N.C./Louisburg JC Virginia-Wise … grabbed career-high six 18 NJIT 7:00 3.3 Points • 2.4 Rebounds rebounds at both JMU and Kent State … has 22 Liberty 7:00 0.2 Assists • 11.7 Minutes started first eight games of his career this year. All Times Eastern; All Games on WVHL-FM 92.9; #50 LAMAR BARRETT, 6-6, 205 Notes: 2007-08 Team Captain … has started 100 [BTN] Big Ten Network TV; Senior, Providence, R.I./St. Andrews School of 102 career games … ranks fifth in career *Chicago Invitational Challenge 7.5 Points • 4.3 Rebounds blocks (71) … has scored 769 career points (7.5) #Sears Centre Arena - 1.8 Assists • 27.3 Minutes and grabbed 463 career rebounds (4.5). Hoffman Estates, Illinois PROBABLE VIRGINIA STARTERS NCAA DIVISION I It’s Official! Longwood has No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Pts. Rebs. Asts. Mins. successfully completed the 1 Jeff Jones G 6-4 193 Fr. 6.6 2.5 0.9 16.8 24 Mamadi Diane G-F 6-5 201 Jr. 12.6 4.3 1.1 29.1 four-year reclassification 30 Adrian Joseph F 6-7 201 Sr. 11.9 8.8 1.1 26.6 process and is one of three 34 Ryan Pettinella F-C 6-9 249 Sr. 1.9 3.1 0.3 11.3 new members to NCAA 44 Sean Singletary G 6-0 185 Sr. 19.1 4.5 7.1 32.6 Division I men’s basketball during 2007-08, along with Men’s Basketball Contact: Greg Prouty, Assistant Athletics Director for Media Relations UC Davis and Northern Office: 434.395.2097 • Cell: 434.390.3406 • E-Mail: [email protected] Colorado. Fax: 434.395.2568 • www.longwoodlancers.com ALL-TIME VS. 07-08 OPPONENTS 2007-08 LONGWOOD MEN’S BASKETBALL Navy .................................................. 0-4 Series History Norfolk State .................................... 2-2 Longwood and Virginia have met two times previously in the sport of men’s basketball, and the Virginia-Wise ................................... 7-1 Cavaliers lead the series 2-0. Virginia defeated the Lancers 90-49 last February 13 as Sean #8 Indiana ......................................... 0-1 Singletary posted game-highs of 19 points and seven assists; the graduated Maurice Sumter led Kent State ......................................... 0-1 Longwood with 15 points, five rebounds, and a game-high five blocks. The Cavaliers defeated UNC Wilmington ............................ 0-1 the Lancers by a similar score of 91-56 on February 15, 2006 as Singletary scored a game-high 20 SE Missouri State ............................. 0-1 points; the graduated Clayton Morgan along with Kirk Williams (off the bench) each had 11 Liberty ............................................. 16-8 points to lead Longwood. High Point ...................................... 5-11 James Madison ................................ 1-2 A Look At Virginia Virginia ............................................ 0-2 Virginia (enrollment 20,399) of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is 6-2 with home wins past VCU ................................................... 0-2 Vermont (90-72), Howard (92-53), Drexel (72-58), and Northwestern (94-52, ACC-Big Ten Virginia Intermont ........................... 0-0 Challenge). The Cavaliers also have road wins at Arizona (75-72) and Pennsylvania (100-85). Morgan State .................................... 1-0 Virginia has lost on the road at Seton Hall (74-60) and at home to Syracuse (70-68) in its most George Washington ......................... 0-1 recent game on Wednesday (Dec. 5). Against Syracuse, the Cavaliers led 36-29 at halftime before Stetson ............................................... 0-0 the Orange rallied in the second half for the victory. Adrian Joseph led UVA with 19 points and Boston College ................................. 0-0 13 rebounds, while Sean Singletary and Mamadi Diane each had 10 points. Singletary played 35 Yale .................................................... 0-2 minutes and added nine assists despite battling “flu-like symptoms”, according to newspaper Campbell .......................................... 0-1 accounts of the contest. As noted above, Singletary has averaged 19.5 points against Longwood Savannah State ................................. 1-3 in the two previous match-ups -- right at his current average this season (19.1). Diane adds 12.6 Hofstra .............................................. 0-1 points, and Joseph contributes 11.9 points and 8.8 rebounds for the Cavaliers. Southern Virginia ............................ 1-1 NJIT ................................................... 0-2 A Look At Longwood Florida Atlantic ................................ 0-1 Longwood (enrollment 4,500), an Independent, is 2-8 with home wins past Norfolk State (80-67) Total ................................... 34-48 (.415) and Virginia-Wise (89-67). The Lancers have lost at home to Navy (88-72) and High Point (80-68), along with road losses at #8 Indiana (100-49), Kent State (80-62), Liberty (91-67), and James Madison (84-52); having neutral-site losses to UNC Wilmington (80-65) and Southeast Missouri State (82-78). At JMU in its most recent game on Wednesday (Dec. 5), Longwood fell behind 12-2 a the start and trailed 46-26 at halftime en route to the lopsided road defeat. Kirk Williams led the Lancers with 16 points, adding six rebounds, while Jeffrey Ryan had seven points off the bench and Ryan Bogan grabbed eight rebounds. Williams has averaged 7.5 points against Virginia in the two prior contests, the top returning scorer against the Cavaliers, though well- below his current average of 18.0 points (as well as 6.7 rebounds). Bogan adds 10.5 points, and Dana Smith contributes 10.4 points for the Lancers. Unfortunately, Smith suffered a knee injury at JMU and is not expected to be in uniform at Virginia. He missed last year’s UVA game due to DI INDEPENDENT STANDINGS injury (see page four) as well; he had posted 10 points and seven rebounds against the Cavaliers in 2006. Team Record Pct. Texas-Pan American 5-4 .556 Head Coach Mike Gillian Savannah State 5-6 .455 Mike Gillian (North Adams State ‘86) was named the seventh head coach for men’s basketball at Utah Valley State 3-5 .375 Longwood on May 2, 2003. Prior to his arrival, he had been an assistant coach for Jim Larranaga Chicago State 3-7 .300 at George Mason for six years (1997-2003) after a year with Coach Larranaga at Bowling Green LONGWOOD 2-8 .200 State (1996-97). Coach Gillian is 27-102 at Longwood, including 2-8 this season and 9-22 last year, Winston-Salem State 1-5 .167 following a record of 10-20 during 2005-06 that tied for the seventh-best turnaround season in Cal State Bakersfield 1-6 .143 Division I that year. Presbyterian 1-9 .100 N.C. Central 1-10 .091 It’s Official! NJIT 0-9 .000 Longwood University is competing this year as one of three new members to NCAA Division I. The Lancers, along with UC Davis and Northern Colorado, have full certification and eligibility OPPONENT RECORDS TO DATE during 2007-08 after completing their four-year reclassification period during 2006-07. Longwood began operating under all Division I rules and regulations in September 2004, year Navy .................................................. 3-7 two of the transition from Division II, and following an earlier one-year ‘exploratory period’ Norfolk State ...................................