2007-08 Men's Basketball
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SCHEDULE/RESULTS 2007-08 MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 12: Longwood (2-9) at VCU (6-3) • December 15, 2007 • 7:30 p.m. November Richmond, Virginia • Stuart C. Siegel Center (7,500) 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 15, 2007 LONGWOOD LANCERS VCU RAMS 23 vs. UNC Wilmington*# L 65-80 Site ................... Richmond, Va. Record ................................. 2-9 Record ................................. 6-3 24 vs. SE Missouri St.*# L 78-82 Arena ..... Siegel Center (7,500) Streak ............................. Lost 8 Streak ............................. Won 3 27 @Liberty L 67-91 Tip ............................. 7:30 p.m. Last 5/10 ....................... 0-5/2-8 Last 5/10 ....................... 4-1/6-3 Radio ............. WVHL-FM 92.9 Head Coach ........ Mike Gillian Head Coach ... Anthony Grant December Talent .................... Scott Bacon Career Record ....... 27-103 (4+) Career Record ......... 34-10 (1+) 1 High Point L 68-80 Internet ...................................... At Longwood ................. Same At VCU ............................ Same 5 @James Madison L 52-84 ... www.longwoodlancers.com SID ....................... Greg Prouty SID .............. Chris Kowalczyk 7 @Virginia L 57-76 Series ................................... 0-2 Web .... longwoodlancers.com Web .............. vcuathletics.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 18.2 Points • 6.4 Rebounds rebounds vs. UVA-Wise … four 20-plus point January 2.1 Assists • 32.5 Minutes games … has 47 dunks in 69 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 6.3 Points • 1.8 Rebounds 60 of last 62 games … ranks fourth in career 21 @Stetson 7:00 3.6 Assists • 29.0 Minutes assists (304), and ninth in career 3FGs (78). 24 @High Point 7:00 28 @Hofstra 7:00 #23 RYAN BOGAN, 6-1, 200 Notes: Started last three games … scored Southern Virginia 31 7:00 Junior, Oxford, Pa./Harcum JC career-high 16 points (including career-high February 10.5 Points • 5.3 Rebounds four 3FGs) vs. High Point … grabbed career- 4 @NJIT 7:00 2.2 Assists • 29.2 Minutes high nine rebounds at #8 Indiana. 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 3.6 Points • 2.7 Rebounds rebounds at Virginia, JMU, and Kent State … 22 Liberty 7:00 0.3 Assists • 12.3 Minutes nine career starts - all 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 101 [BTN] Big Ten Network TV; Senior, Providence, R.I./St. Andrews School of 103 career games … ranks fifth in career *Chicago Invitational Challenge 7.1 Points • 4.5 Rebounds blocks (71) … has scored 772 career points (7.5) #Sears Centre Arena - 1.7 Assists • 27.2 Minutes and grabbed 469 career rebounds (4.6). Hoffman Estates, Illinois PROBABLE VCU STARTERS NCAA DIVISION I It’s Official! Longwood has No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Pts. Rebs. Asts. Mins. successfully completed the 3 Eric Maynor G 6-2 175 Jr. 17.1 3.8 5.6 33.9 11 Kirill Pishchalnikov F 6-8 240 So. 1.1 1.9 0.1 10.6 four-year reclassification 15 Michael Anderson F 6-7 205 Sr. 8.8 5.7 0.8 28.3 process and is one of three 24 Jamal Shuler G 6-3 180 Sr. 17.0 3.9 0.9 30.6 new members to NCAA 50 Ed Nixon G 6-3 190 Fr. 2.6 0.8 0.9 14.4 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 VCU have met two times previously in the sport of men’s basketball, and the Virginia-Wise ................................... 7-1 Rams lead the series 2-0. VCU defeated the Lancers 75-63 on November 13, 2006 as Eric Maynor #8 Indiana ......................................... 0-1 posted 15 points and six assists; the graduated Maurice Sumter led Longwood with 22 points, five Kent State ......................................... 0-1 rebounds, three assists, and three blocks. The Rams defeated the Lancers by a score of 91-80 on UNC Wilmington ............................ 0-1 December 22, 2005 as the departed B.A. Walker scored 22 points; Kirk Williams (off the bench) SE Missouri State ............................. 0-1 had 17 points and seven rebounds to lead Longwood. Liberty ............................................. 16-8 High Point ...................................... 5-11 A Look At VCU James Madison ................................ 1-2 Virginia (enrollment 30,381) of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) is 6-3 with home wins Virginia ............................................ 0-3 past Maryland-Eastern Shore (70-51), Elon (79-61), William and Mary (71-57), and Richmond (65- VCU .................................................. 0-2 45). The Rams also have neutral-site wins against Houston (73-72) and Maryland (85-76). VCU Virginia Intermont ........................... 0-0 has lost on the road at Hampton (64-55) and at neutral-sites to Miami [Fla.] (69-63) and Arkansas Morgan State .................................... 1-0 (70-60). Against Richmond in its most recent game (Dec. 8), the Rams led just 31-30 at halftime George Washington ......................... 0-1 before limiting the Spiders to just 15 points (34-15) in the second half for the victory. Eric Maynor Stetson ............................................... 0-0 led VCU with 25 points, while Jamal Shuler had 16 points. Maynor is averaging 17.1 points and Boston College ................................. 0-0 5.6 assists, while Shuler adds 17.0 points for the Rams. Yale .................................................... 0-2 Campbell .......................................... 0-1 A Look At Longwood Savannah State ................................. 1-3 Longwood (enrollment 4,500), an Independent, is 2-9 with home wins past Norfolk State (80-67) Hofstra .............................................. 0-1 and Virginia-Wise (89-67). The Lancers have lost at home to Navy (88-72) and High Point (80-68), Southern Virginia ............................ 1-1 along with road losses at #8 Indiana (100-49), Kent State (80-62), Liberty (91-67), James Madison NJIT ................................................... 0-2 (84-52), and Virginia (76-57); having neutral-site losses to UNC Wilmington (80-65) and Southeast Florida Atlantic ................................ 0-1 Missouri State (82-78). At Virginia in its most recent game (Dec. 7), Longwood trailed just 29-22 Total ................................... 34-49 (.410) at halftime en route to the road defeat. Kirk Williams led the Lancers with 20 points, while Ryan Bogan had 11 points. Williams is averaging 18.2 points and 6.4 rebounds, while Bogan adds 10.5 points and 5.3 rebounds for the Lancers. Head Coach Mike Gillian Mike Gillian (North Adams State ‘86) was named the seventh head coach for men’s basketball at Longwood on May 2, 2003. Prior to his arrival, he had been an assistant coach for Jim Larranaga at George Mason for six years (1997-2003) after a year with Coach Larranaga at Bowling Green State (1996-97). Coach Gillian is 27-103 at Longwood, including 2-9 this season and 9-22 last year, following a record of 10-20 during 2005-06 that tied for the seventh-best turnaround season in Division I that year. DI INDEPENDENT STANDINGS It’s Official! Team Record Pct. Longwood University is competing this year as one of three new members to NCAA Division I. Texas-Pan American 6-5 .545 The Lancers, along with UC Davis and Northern Colorado, have full certification and eligibility Savannah State 6-7 .462 during 2007-08 after completing their four-year reclassification period during 2006-07. Chicago State 4-8 .333 Longwood began operating under all Division I rules and regulations in September 2004, year Utah Valley State 3-7 .300 two of the transition from Division II, and following an earlier one-year ‘exploratory period’ Winston-Salem State 2-5 .286 (2002-03). This year, the Lancers are playing a complete Division I schedule for the fourth con- LONGWOOD 2-9 .182 secutive season. Among its peer reclassification class, Longwood compiled a 20-72 record (.217) Cal State Bakersfield 1-8 .111 over the last three seasons, along with UC Davis (24-60, .286) and Northern Colorado (17-69, .198). Presbyterian 1-10 .091 N.C. Central 1-11 .083 The Unkind Road NJIT 0-13 .000 Longwood plays 19 games away from Farmville this season, including 17 true road contests, and two neutral-site games. Prior to this year, the Lancers have played 57 games (5-52, .088) away OPPONENT RECORDS TO DATE from home over the past three seasons -- including 10 neutral-site contests -- compiling a record of 2-45 (.043) in true road games and 3-7 (.300) in the neutral-site contests. Longwood has played Navy .................................................. 3-7 in 20 different states and the District of Columbia during the past three years, and is scheduled to Norfolk State ...................................