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MEN’S BASKETBALL vs. Coastal Carolina Saturday • January 9, 2016 • 2 p.m. Farmville, Va. • Willett Hall (1,900) 18 Radio: WVHL 92.9 FM / WHAP 1340 AM • Video: Big South Network 2015-16 Schedule THE MATCHUP 11/7 HAMPDEN-SYDNEY (Exh.) W, 71-68 Longwood Coastal Carolina 11/13 RANDOLPH W, 69-49 LANCERS CHANTICLEERS 11/16 LA ROCHE W, 89-65 Clinton, S.C. • Big South 11/20 #vs. S.C. State L, 83-77 Farmville, Va. • Big South 11/21 #vs. Ball State L, 78-67 11/22 #at Eastern Kentucky L, 110-97 11/25 at Maine L, 92-82 2015-16 Record ................. 4-13 (0-4 Big South) 2015-16 Record ....................8-7 (2-3 Big South) 11/28 at Columbia W, 70-69 Conference................................................ Big South Conference................................................ Big South 12/2 *at High Point L, 90-66 Last Game......... L, 78-65 at Presbyterian (1/6) Last Game.....................L, 62-61 vs. Liberty (1/6) 12/5 UMBC L, 70-59 12/12 ^at Richmond L, 77-59 12/15 &at Oklahoma State L, 73-55 Head Coach ........Jayson Gee (Charleston, ’88) Head Coach ............... Cliff Ellis (Florida State ’68) 12/19 at George Mason L, 75-70 Career Record ..................183-115 (10 Seasons) Career Record ............... 778-454 (41 Seasons) 12/22 at Dartmouth L, 78-54 Longwood Record ......23-60 (Three Seasons) Coastal Record ..........166-105 (Nine Seasons) 12/28 CAIRN W, 90-52 Gee vs. Coastal Carolina ................................ 0-3 Ellis vs. Longwood ............................................. 4-0 12/31 *UNC ASHEVILLE L, 70-61 1/2 *GARDNER-WEBB L, 67-66 1/6 *at Presbyterian L, 78-65 THE OPENING TIP LAST TIME OUT 1/9 *COASTAL CAROLINA 2 p.m. • Longwood hosts Big South foe Coastal Carolina • Led by a 22-point, 15-rebound double-double from Farmville, Va. (Willett Hall) 1/14 *at Campbell 7 p.m. Saturday at 2 p.m. The game is the first part of Big South scoring leader DeSean Murray, Presby- 1/19 *at Liberty 7 p.m. a twinbill in Willett Hall, preceding the Longwood terian wore down Longwood in the second half en 1/23 *WINTHROP 5 p.m. women’s team’s 5 p.m. tipoff against Campbell. route to a 78-65 win Wednesday in Clinton, S.C. 1/27 *RADFORD 7 p.m. 1/30 *at UNC Asheville 2 p.m. • In his lone meeting against the Chanticleers last • Murray led the second half charge with 17 points 2/3 *CAMPBELL 7 p.m. season, Longwood center Lotanna Nwogbo went and 11 rebounds after the break to help the Blue 2/6 *at Charleston Southern 5:30 p.m. off for 23 points and 10 rebounds while hitting Hose overcome a 34-29 halftime deficit. 2/11 *at Winthrop 7 p.m. 10-of-14 shots from the field in a 76-70 loss in • Murray hit 8-of-16 shots from the field and scored 2/13 *LIBERTY 2 p.m. 2/18 *HIGH POINT 7 p.m. Conway, S.C., on Jan. 8, 2015. Nwogbo missed nine second-chance points created by his seven 2/20 *%at Gardner-Webb 7 p.m. the second meeting of the 2014-15 season after offensive rebounds. 2/25 *PRESBYTERIAN 7 p.m. suffering a season-ending hand injury. • Presbyterian guard Markus Terry scored 22 points 2/27 *at Radford 4 p.m. 3/3-8 %at Big South Championship TBA • Longwood is 3-3 in Willett Hall this season. Nwog- on 5-of-7 shooting from three-point range, hitting bo and Darrion Allen have scored in double fig- 4-of-5 treys after halftime. Home games in BOLD CAPS ures in five of those six games. • Khris Lane hit 7-of-8 shots from the floor to score All times eastern and subject to change # at Eastern Kentucky Hoops Classic (Richmond, Ky.) • Prior to Saturday’s game, the Longwood Office of a team-high 16 points. Kanayo Obi-Rapu added ^ Televised on CBS6 (Richmond, Va.) Alumni & Career Services will host a family-friend- 14 points, while Lotanna Nwogbo also scored in & Televised on ESPNU ly tailgate in the Longwood Fitness Center. double figures with 12 points and eight rebounds. % Broadcast on ESPN3 * Big South game THE LINEUP BROADCAST INFO No. Name (Ht., Wt., Yr.) Pos. PPG RPG APG Notables 0 • Tra’Vaughn White (5-10, 190, R-Sr.) G 8.8 3.0 2.3 Leads team in FG attempts (59) since return on 12/22 VIDEO: Big South Network 1 Leron Fisher (5-11, 160, Sr.) G 9.6 3.1 3.8 Has at least one steal in 9 of 11 games Play-by-Play: Darius Thigpen 2 • Bryan Gee (6-0, 175, R-Fr.) G 1.5 2.2 2.5 Averaging 17.8 mpg., 2.3 A:TO ratio in 1st season 3 • Darrion Allen (6-2, 165, Jr.) G 9.1 3.7 1.8 First career double-double vs. GWU (18 pts, 10 rebs) Analyst: Derrick Bennington 4 Khris Lane (6-6, 225, R-So.) F 10.5 7.4 0.7 Shooting .625 (15-of-24) from field in Big South play Website: BigSouthSports.com 10 • Lotanna Nwogbo (6-8, 255, R-Sr.) C 14.1 7.0 0.7 Has scored 10+ pts in 26 of 34 games at Longwood 11 Kanayo Obi-Rapu (6-3, 190, So.) G 12.4 2.2 1.4 Ranks 4th in BIg South with .419 3-pt pct. (36-of-86) 12 Jacob Thibodeau (6-4, 195, Fr.) G — — — Joined program as freshman walk-on in September RADIO: WVHL Kickin’ Country 92.9 FM 14 Victor Dorsey (6-9, 200, So.) F — — — Appeared in 24 games as a freshman WHAP Fox Sports 1340 AM (simulcast) 15 Isaac Belton (6-4, 205, Jr.) G 2.8 1.4 0.2 Has hit 3 of past 5 3-pt attempts over past 2 games Play-by-Play: Scott Bacon 21 • Shaquille Johnson (6-5, 220, Sr.) G/F 11.3 6.9 3.8 3 double-doubles in 8 games this season Station: 92.9 FM (Farmville, Va.) 22 Aron Petros (6-7, 190, Fr.) F — — — Joined program as freshman walk-on in October 23 Al Burge (6-4, 190, Fr.) G 1.5 1.0 0.1 Has hit 5-of-10 shots from the field in 8 games 1340 AM (Hopewell, Va.) 24 Damarion Geter (6-7, 215, Jr.) F — — — Captain; will miss 2015-16 season with shoulder injury Website: WVHL.net 30 Chris Shields (6-8, 205, Fr.) F/G 6.6 2.6 1.4 Three double-figure scoring games off the bench FoxSports1340am.com • denotes projected starter Longwood vs. Coastal Carolina • Jan. 9, 2016 • Farmville, Va. (Willett Hall) LONGWOOD GAMEDAY > Notes Media Information BY THE NUMBERS LONGWOOD MBB • Guard Darrion Allen and center Lotanna Nwog- MEDIA CONTACTS bo and have scored in double figures in five of QUICK FACTS Chris Cook their six games in Willett Hall. Allen is averaging Assistant VP/Athletics Communications 13.0 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.2 assists per Email: [email protected] UNIVERSITY game at home, while Nwogbo is averaging 12.2 Name .......................................... Longwood University Office: 434-395-2718 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game. Cell: 434-808-5127 City/Zip .........................................Farmville, VA 23909 Todd Lindenmuth • Longwood is shooting .761 (70-of-92) from the Founded ...............................................................1839 Asst. Director of Athletics Communications free throw line at home this season, compared to Enrollment (Undergraduate) ................................4,507 Email: [email protected] .662 (155-of-234) from the line outside of Willett Nickname .........................................................Lancers Office: 434-395-4802 Hall. Allen is shooting .964 (27-of-28) from the line Mascot ..............................................................Elwood Cell: 919-724-8161 in Willett Hall this season, including a perfect 10- Colors .......................... Navy Blue (PMS 282) & White Fight Song ................................... Hail to Longwood U! Darius Thigpen of-10 performance in his last home outing against Asst. Director of Athletics Communications Affiliation ............................................. NCAA Division I Email: [email protected] Gardner-Webb on Jan. 2. Conference ...................................................Big South Office: 434-395-2345 • Opponents are shooting just .268 (37-of-138) from President ..................W. Taylor Reveley IV (Princeton) Cell: 813-299-7578 three-point range against Longwood in Willett Hall Director of Athletics .........................Troy Austin (Duke) Tim Castaneda this season, compared to .408 (106-of-260) from Athletics Phone ....................................(434) 395-2057 Athletics Communications Assistant three-point range on the road. The Lancers have Tickets Phone ......................................(434) 395-2138 [email protected] Email: held four of their six home opponents to a sub-.300 Website ...........................www.LongwoodLancers.com Twitter ..........................................@LongwoodLancers INTERVIEW REQUESTS shooting clip from three-point range. All interview requests for Longwood men’s • Longwood has forced 226 turnovers this season basketball players and coaches will be co- for the fifth most in the Big South. The Lancers, PROGRAM HISTORY Seasons of Basketball ..............................................39 ordinated through the Longwood athletics who led the Big South with 505 forced turnovers communications office. First Season ................................................... 1976-77 in 2014-15, average 13.9 points per game off turn- All-Time Record .............................................. 510-605 GAME BROADCASTS overs. Division I Eligible ....................................2007-Present All Longwood men’s basketball games air • Since a change to the rotation moved redshirt Division I Record ....................................91-180 (9) live on WVHL 92.9 FM Kickin’ Country in sophomore Khris Lane to the bench four games First Season D-I Schedule ........................ 2004-05 Farmville, online at www.WVHL.net and ago, the 6-6, 230-pound power forward has Reclassifying D-I Record..........................20-72 (3) on the TuneIn Radio app.