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MEN’S BASKETBALL vs. Regent Thursday • December 3, 2020 • 6 p.m. Farmville, Va. • Willett Hall (1,900) 3 Video: ESPN+ • Radio: WVHL 92.9 FM 2020-21 Schedule THE MATCHUP Longwood Regent N 26 vs. Delaware St. CANCELED N 27 at Wake Forest L 71-60 LANCERS ROYALS Farmville, Va. • Big South Conference Virginia Beach, Va. • NCCAA South Region D 1 at VMI L 84-71 D 3 Regent 6 p.m. 2020-21 Record...................................................0-2 2020-21 Record...................................................0-2 Farmville, Va. (Willett Hall) Conference................................................ Big South Conference.........................NCCAA South Region D 8 North Carolina A&T TBA Last Game.........................L, 84-71 at VMI (12/1/20) Last Game......L, 91-69 at St. Andrews (11/19/20) D 14 at Radford TBA D 15 at Radford TBA Head Coach ...Griff Aldrich (Hampden-Sydney, ’96) Head Coach ....Samuel Botta (King’s College, ‘81) D 19 The Citadel TBA Career Record ................ 30-38 (Third Season) Career Record .................7-17 (Second Season) D 21 at Virginia Tech TBA Longwood Record .......................................... Same Regent Record ................................................. Same D 30 UNC Asheville TBA Aldrich vs. Regent ............................................. 0-0 Botta vs. Longwood .......................................... 0-0 D 31 UNC Asheville TBA THE OPENING TIP LAST TIME OUT J 4 at USC Upstate TBA • The Lancers make their 2020-21 debut in Willett • Behind a second straight 20-point game from se- J 5 at USC Upstate TBA Hall Thursday against Regent, returning to a home nior guard Greg Parham, VMI wore down Long- J 9 Campbell TBA court upon which they are 18-11 under third-year wood and pulled away in the final 10 minutes en J 10 Campbell TBA head coach Griff Aldrich. route to an 84-71 win in Cameron Hall. J 14 at Winthrop TBA • Longwood has won three straight in Willett Hall • The Keydets wore down a shorthanded Longwood J 15 at Winthrop TBA J 19 High Point TBA and four of its past five dating back to the 2019-20 squad that for the second straight game played J 20 High Point TBA season. The Lancers’ last home outing was a 57- without key guards DeShaun Wade and Heru Bli- J 29 at Presbyterian TBA 54 win over Tubby Smith-coached Big South rival gen, both sidelined with injuries. J 30 at Presbyterian TBA High Point on Feb. 22, 2020. • Longwood freshman Justin Hill finished with 15 • Longwood’s roster is laden with new faces, as 10 points and fellow freshman Jesper Granlund F4 Hampton TBA of the team’s 17 players had not suited up in a 8, while Juan Munoz led the team for a second F5 Hampton TBA Lancer uniform prior to the season opener. Six of straight game with 18. Zac Watson also flirted F11 at Charleston So. TBA those new Lancers have made their debuts in the with a double-double with eight points and eight F12 at Charleston So. TBA first two games. rebounds in his second career game at Longwood. F18 Gardner-Webb TBA • Thursday’s game is Longwood’s second in less • With the score tied 49-49 at the 12:48 mark, the F19 Gardner-Webb TBA than 48 hours. The Lancers faced VMI on the road Keydets broke the game open with a 14-6 run this past Tuesday in Lexington, Va., and had just bookended by a Parham three-pointer. They led BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP one day of prep before facing Regent Thursday. by at least two possessions the rest of the way. M 2 Big South First Round TBA 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 7.0 3.0 0.5 Team-high 23 dunks since joining program in 2019-20 1 •Christian Wilson (6-6, 195, Fr.) F 10.0 6.0 1.5 Longwood’s top bench scorer in 2019-20 Home games in BOLD | All times EST 2 Nate Lliteras (6-7, 210, R-Fr.) G 1.0 1.5 0.0 Scored first collegiate points versus VMI Tuesday * 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 6.0 6.0 0.5 Transfer from UC Riverside, first player off bench twice 5 Bennett Mohn (6-6, 185, R-Fr.) F 4.5 0.5 0.0 Has hit 3 of first 4 collegiate three-point attempts 10 Ilija Stefanovic (6-10, 215, Sr.) F 2.0 0.0 0.0 Led Longwood in plus-minus in season opener BROADCAST INFO 11 •Justin Hill (6-0, 185, Fr.) G 13.0 2.0 5.0 Has led Longwood in assists in first 2 collegiate games 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 PBP: T.J. Wengert 23 Jermaine Drewey (6-2, 190, Jr.) G 1.5 1.5 0.5 First player off bench in Longwood debut, scored 4 pts Color: Brian Rushing 24 Cameron O’Conner (6-5, 185, So.) G — — — Redshirted as a true freshman in 2019-20 Website: www.ESPN.com/Watch 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 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 6.0 4.0 1.0 Has started and played 32 in each of first 2 games PBP: Sam Hovan 55 •Juan Munoz (6-0, 170, R-Jr.) G 15.5 5.5 1.5 Has hit a 3-pointer in 20 consecutive games Website: LongwoodLancers.com/WVHL • denotes projected starter Game 3: Longwood vs. Regent • Dec. 3, 2020 • Farmville, Va. (Willett Hall) LONGWOOD GAMEDAY > Notes Media Information BY THE NUMBERS QUICK FACTS • Head coach Griff Aldrich’s 2019-20 signing class MEDIA CONTACTS is already paying dividends with both freshmen UNIVERSITY Chris Cook — Jesper Granlund and Justin Hill — starting Name ............................................Longwood University Assistant VP/Athletics Communications City/Zip .......................................... Farmville, VA 23909 Longwood’s first two games and averaging more Email: [email protected] Founded ................................................................ 1839 Office: 434-395-2718 than 30.0 minutes apiece, and both junior trans- Enrollment (Undergraduate + Graduate) .............. 5,124 Cell: 434-808-5127 fers — Jermaine Drewey and Zac Watson — Nickname .......................................................... Lancers playing significant roles off the bench and averag- Colors ............................Navy Blue (PMS 289) & White INTERVIEW REQUESTS ing double-digit minutes. Fight Song .....................................Hail to Longwood U! All interview requests for Longwood men’s • Longwood is averaging 35.0 points in the paint Affiliation ...............................................NCAA Division I basketball players and coaches will be co- Conference .....................................................Big South ordinated through the Longwood athletics through its first two games. Those points have come against Wake Forest and VMI and are a President ...................................... W. Taylor Reveley IV communications office. Alma Mater ................................................Princeton double-digit increase in the 22.6 points in the paint GAME BROADCASTS Director of Athletics ...........................Michelle Meadows the Lancers averaged last season. Alma Mater ...........................................Virginia Tech All Longwood men’s basketball games air • Freshman point guard Justin Hill, leads the team live on WVHL 92.9 FM Kickin’ Country in Athletics Phone ......................................(434) 395-2057 with 8.0 points in the paint per game. Farmville, online at www.WVHL.net and on Tickets Phone ........................................(434) 395-2138 the TuneIn Radio app. All Longwood home • With back-to-back double-digit scoring games, Hill Website ............................ www.LongwoodLancers.com games and all Big South road games air live is the first Lancer freshman to open a season with Facebook ................................./LongwoodLancers1839 on ESPN+. consecutive double-digit outings since Michael Twitter ........................................... @LongwoodLancers Kessens in 2012-13. Instagram ...................................... @LongwoodLancers LONGWOODLANCERS.COM • Prior to Longwood’s season opener at Wake For- For unparalleled coverage of the entire PROGRAM HISTORY est, 10 of the Lancers’ 17 players had never suited intercollegiate athletics department at Seasons of Basketball ............................................... 45 Longwood, access LongwoodLancers. up in a Longwood uniform. Six players made their First Season .....................................................1976-77 com. The official site of Longwood athlet- debut that night, including true freshmen Jesper All-Time Record ................................................557-701 ics features in-depth coverage of Long- Granlund and Justin Hill, who both started. Division I Eligible ......................................2007-Present wood players, coaches and staff as well as • Those first-year Lancers have accounted for 52.7 Division I Record ..................................140-278 (14) game notes, player biographies, statistics percent of the team’s scoring through the first two First Season D-I Schedule ..........................2004-05 and updates on the Longwood men’s bas- games. Reclassifying D-I Record............................18-72 (3) Division II Eligible .........................................1980-2004 ketball program.