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MEN’S BASKETBALL at No. 10 Creighton Friday • Dec. 9, 2016 • 7:30 p.m. EST 7 Omaha, Neb. • CenturyLink Center (18,320) TV: Fox Sports 1 • Radio: WVHL 92.9 FM 2016-17 Schedule THE MATCHUP Longwood #10 Creighton 11/5 Hampden-Sydney (exh.) W (OT) 93-85 11/13 Maine L 80-58 LANCERS 11/15 at Stephen F. Austin# L 66-60 Bluejays 11/18 Salem International W 87-74 Farmville, Va. • Big South Omaha, Neb. • Big East 11/23 at Saint Francis (Pa.) L 87-72 11/28 Dartmouth W 86-80 2016-17 Record ....................................................2-4 2016-17 Record ................................................... 9-0 12/3 James Madison L 71-59 Conference................................................ Big South Conference................................................... Big East 12/9 at Creighton% 7:30 p.m. Last Game .....L, 71-59 vs. James Madison (12/3) Last Game........... W, 77-62 vs. Nebraska (12/7) 12/12 at George Mason 7 p.m. 12/14 Averett 7 p.m. Head Coach ........Jayson Gee (Charleston, ’88) Head Coach .....Greg McDermott (N. Iowa, ’88) 12/19 at Ball State 7 p.m. 12/21 at Texas Tech& 5 p.m. Career Record ..................191-129 (10 Seasons) Career Record ..............430-267 (23 Seasons) 12/29 Campbell* 7 p.m. Longwood Record ...........31-74 (Four Seasons) Creighton Record ...........150-72 (Six Seasons) 12/31 at High Point* 7 p.m. Gee vs. Creighton ............................................... 0-0 McDermott vs. Longwood ...............................1-0 1/4 Presbyterian* 7 p.m. 1/7 at Winthrop* 5 p.m. THE OPENING TIP LAST TIME OUT 1/11 at UNC Asheville* 7 p.m. • Longwood makes its second national television • James Madison won the battle of the boards, us- 1/14 Gardner-Webb* 2 p.m. 1/19 Radford* 7 p.m. appearance of the season this Friday at No. 10 ing a plus-20 rebounding margin and a 22-point 1/21 at Charleston Southern* 5 p.m. Creighton on Fox Sports 1. The 7:30 p.m. tipoff will night from Jackson Kent to take down Longwood, 1/26 Liberty* 7 p.m. mark Longwood’s second appearance on a major 71-59, Saturday in Willett Hall. 1/28 at Presbyterian* 5 p.m. television network this season following the Dec. • The game took place on Longwood’s newly named 2/1 High Point* 7 p.m. 15 matchup at Stephen F. Austin on ESPN2 as Jerome Kersey Court, which was dedicated to the 2/4 at Gardner-Webb*@ 5 p.m. part of the ESPN College Tip-Off Marathon. university’s most prominent athletics alumnus pri- 2/9 at Campbell* 7 p.m. • Friday’s game will be Longwood’s fi rst against a or to Saturday’s tipoff. 2/11 UNC Asheville* 5 p.m. 2/15 Winthrop* 7 p.m. top-25 program since the Lancers faced No. 15 • Kent led the Dukes offensively, hitting 7-of-8 shots 2/18 at Radford* 5 p.m. Georgetown on Dec. 10, 2012. Longwood also from the fi eld and all fi ve three-pointers. Tom 2/23 at Liberty* 7 p.m. faced No. 12 Creighton on Nov. 20 of that year. Vodanovich added 13 rebounds and seven points 2/25 Charleston Southern* 5 p.m. • Longwood will be without redshirt junior forward to key the dominant rebounding effort. BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP Damarion Geter for the fourth straight game • Darrion Allen turned in his sixth consecutive 2/28 Big South Championship (1st Rd.) TBA Friday. Geter suffered a broken foot on Nov. 18 double-digit scoring game for Longwood with 13 3/2 Big South Championship (QF) TBA 3/3 Big South Championship (SF) TBA against Salem International and is out indefi nitely points. Kendrick Thompson added 12 points — 3/5 Big South Championship Game TBA following surgery. A three-year team captain, Get- all on three-pointers, and all in the second half. er missed the entire 2015-16 season with a shoul- JaShaun Smith chipped in nine points and two Home games in BOLD * Big South game der injury. blocks in his third straight start. # ESPN Tip-Off Marathon (televised on ESPN2) % Televised on Fox Sports 1 THE LINEUP & Televised on Fox Sports Southwest @ Televised by American Sports Network No. Name (Ht., Wt., Yr.) Pos. PPG RPG APG Notables All times eastern and subject to change 0 Dominic Ezeani (5-11, 165, Fr.) G 0.0 0.0 0.0 Freshman walk-on; averaged 9.0 ppg & 9.0 apg in HS 1 •Isaiah Walton (6-4, 185, R-So.) G 13.3 3.0 3.0 Top 10 in assists, FT pct., steals & A/T ratio 2 •Bryan Gee (6-0, 180, R-So.) G 3.8 1.7 1.8 3 starts, 13+ minutes in all six games this season BROADCAST INFO 3 •Darrion Allen (6-2, 176, Sr.) G 15.7 4.3 1.3 Captain; Multiple 3’s & 10+ points in every game 4 •Khris Lane (6-6, 245, R-Jr.) F 15.5 8.3 2.3 Captain; top 10 in BSC in scoring, rebounding, blocks & FG pct. TV: Fox Sports 1 5 Kendrick Thompson (6-2, 170, Jr.) G 5.7 2.3 4.2 Leads Big South in A/T ratio (2.8), 2nd in assists Play-by-Play: Vince Welch 10 B.K. Ashe (6-1, 160, Sr.) G — — — Will sit out season due to NCAA transfer rules Color Commentary: Dickey Simpkins 11 Jahleem Montague (6-8, 230, So.) F — — — Will miss fi rst season at Longwood w/ torn ACL 12 Juan Munoz (5-11, 165, Fr.) G — — — Will miss fi rst season at Longwood w/ torn ACL Website: FoxSports.com/watch/FS1 15 Isaac Belton (6-4, 205, Sr.) G 4.0 1.7 0.2 Captain; Has played in 76 games during Longwood career 20 Obi Romeo (6-10, 245, Jr.) F 0.0 0.3 0.0 Former ESPN.com 3-star recruit RADIO: WVHL Kickin’ Country 92.9 FM 21 •JaShaun Smith (6-5, 200, Fr.) F 6.6 2.6 0.8 Averaging 10.0 ppg., 4.3 rpg. & 1.3 bpg. in past 3 starts Play-by-Play: Darius Thigpen 22 Caius Covrig (6-5, 215, Fr.) G — — — Freshman walk-on; averaged 20.0 ppg, 12.0 rpg in HS 24 Damarion Geter (6-8, 235, R-Jr.) F 3.0 3.3 0.7 Captain; out indefi nitely with foot injury Station: 92.9 FM (Farmville) 30 Chris Shields (6-8, 210, So.) F/G 5.3 2.2 1.5 Shooting .565 (7-12) from the fi eld, 2nd best on the team Website: LongwoodLancers.com/WVHL • denotes projected starter Longwood at Creighton • December 9, 2016 • Omaha, Neb. (CenturyLink Center) LONGWOOD GAMEDAY > Notes Media Information BY THE NUMBERS LONGWOOD MBB • Longwood is among the top three-point shooting MEDIA CONTACTS teams in the Big South, shooting .387 (53-of-137) QUICK FACTS Chris Cook from long range to rank third in the Big South. UNIVERSITY Assistant VP/Athletics Communications Leading scorers Darrion Allen and Khris Lane Name ........................................... Longwood University [email protected] Email: are both shooting over .400 from three-point range City/Zip ........................................ Farmville, VA 23909 Offi ce: 434-395-2718 with Lane leading the team with a .474 (9-of-19) Founded ............................................................... 1839 Cell: 434-808-5127 Enrollment (Undergraduate) ............................... 4,602 Todd Lindenmuth clip and Allen shooting .413 (19-of-46) after lead- Asst. Director of Athletics Communications ing the Big South in that category a year ago. Nickname ........................................................ Lancers Email: [email protected] • Longwood’s trio of G Darrion Allen, F Khris Lane Colors .......................... Navy Blue (PMS 282) & White Fight Song .................................... Hail to Longwood U! Offi ce: 434-395-4802 and G Isaiah Walton combines for 44.5 points per Affi liation ............................................. NCAA Division I Cell: 919-724-8161 game, 63.2 percent of Longwood’s scoring this Darius Thigpen Conference .................................................... Big South Asst. Director of Athletics Communications season. The highest scoring trio in the Big South, President ..................................... W. Taylor Reveley IV Email: [email protected] each of those three ranks among the conference’s Alma Mater ............................................. Princeton Offi ce: 434-395-2345 top 15 in points per game. They have combined for Director of Athletics ..................................... Troy Austin Cell: 813-299-7578 13 of Longwood’s 18 double-fi gure scoring games. Alma Mater .................................................... Duke Derrick Bennington • Lane is one of only two players in the Big South Athletics Phone ..................................... (434) 395-2057 Athletics Communications Staff Assistant to rank among the league’s top 10 in scoring (6th, Tickets Phone ....................................... (434) 395-2138 Email: [email protected] Website ........................... www.LongwoodLancers.com 15.5 ppg.), rebounding (3rd, 8.3 rpg.), fi eld goal Twitter ......................................... @LongwoodLancers INTERVIEW REQUESTS percentage (3rd, .528) and blocks (4th, 1.3 bpg.). All interview requests for Longwood men’s He joins Winthrop’s Xavier Cooks on that list. PROGRAM HISTORY basketball players and coaches will be co- • Allen has scored in double fi gures and hit multiple ordinated through the Longwood athletics Seasons of Basketball ............................................. 40 treys in all six games this season. At 6-2, he is also communications offi ce. First Season .................................................... 1976-77 the shortest player ranked among the league’s top All-Time Record .............................................. 517-618 GAME BROADCASTS 10 in blocks, averaging 1.2 per game. Division I Eligible ..................................... 2007-Present All Longwood men’s basketball games air • Walton has been Longwood’s top free throw Division I Record (Seasons).................. 99-193 (10) live on WVHL 92.9 FM Kickin’ Country in shooter, leading Longwood with a .909 (20-of-22) First Season Full D-I Affi liation ..................