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MEN’S BASKETBALL at Richmond Saturday • December 12, 2015 • 6:30 p.m. Richmond, Va. • Robins Center (7,201) 10 CBS 6 (Richmond) • WVHL 92.9 FM (Farmville) • ESPN 950 AM (Richmond) 2015-16 Schedule THE MATCHUP 11/7 HAMPDEN-SYDNEY (Exh.) W, 71-68 Longwood Richmond 11/13 RANDOLPH W, 69-49 11/16 LA ROCHE W, 89-65 LANCERS SPIDERS 11/20 #vs. S.C. State L, 83-77 Farmville, Va. • Big South Richmond, Va. • Atlantic 10 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 .........................................3-6 (0-1) 2015-16 Record ....................................................5-3 11/28 at Columbia W, 70-69 Conference................................................ Big South Conference...............................................Atlantic 10 12/2 *at High Point L, 90-66 Last Game.................. L, 70-59 vs. UMBC (12/5) Last Game....W, 82-67 vs. Northern Iowa (12/5) 12/5 UMBC L, 70-59 12/12 ^at Richmond 6:30 p.m. Richmond, Va. (Robins Center) Head Coach ........Jayson Gee (Charleston, ’88) Head Coach ...... Chris Mooney (Princeton, ’94) 12/15 &at Oklahoma State 9 p.m. Career Record .................182-108 (10 Seasons) Career Record ..................210-161 (12 Seasons) 12/19 at George Mason 8 p.m. Longwood Record ........22-53 (Three Seasons) Richmond Record ........... 192-149 (11 Seasons) 12/22 at Dartmouth 7 p.m. Gee vs. Richmond .............................................. 0-0 Mooney vs. Longwood ..................................... 3-0 12/28 CAIRN 7 p.m. 12/31 *UNC ASHEVILLE 7 p.m. 1/2 *GARDNER-WEBB 2 p.m. THE OPENING TIP LAST TIME OUT 1/6 *at Presbyterian 7 p.m. • Longwood opens a five-game road swing at neigh- • UMBC’s Rodney Elliott scored 18 points and Cody 1/9 *COASTAL CAROLINA 2 p.m. 1/14 *at Campbell 7 p.m. boring Richmond Saturday at 6:30 p.m., the first Joyce added 16 off the bench to lead the Retriev- 1/19 *at Liberty 7 p.m. matchup between the teams since the Spiders ers to a 70-59 win over Longwood Saturday after- 1/23 *WINTHROP 5 p.m. took down the Lancers 65-52 on Nov. 24, 2009. noon in Willett Hall. 1/27 *RADFORD 7 p.m. 1/30 *at UNC Asheville 2 p.m. • The trip will mark Longwood’s first regular season • Elliott’s 18 points came on 5-of-8 shooting as one 2/3 *CAMPBELL 7 p.m. game in the Richmond era during head coach of four double-figure scorers for UMBC, including 2/6 *at Charleston Southern 5:30 p.m. Jayson Gee’s three-year tenure at Longwood. Joyce, who hit 7-of-12 shots and added six re- 2/11 *at Winthrop 7 p.m. • The game is a homecoming for Longwood redshirt bounds to lead a UMBC bench that contributed 21 2/13 *LIBERTY 2 p.m. 2/18 *HIGH POINT 7 p.m. sophomore Khris Lane, a Richmond, Va., native points. 2/20 *%at Gardner-Webb 7 p.m. and product of Benedictine Prep. • Longwood opened the game with a 22-7 run that 2/25 *PRESBYTERIAN 7 p.m. • Senior forward Shaquille Johnson returns to the included 11 consecutive points by Kanayo Obi- 2/27 *at Radford 4 p.m. 3/3-8 %at Big South Championship TBA lineup Saturday for his first game of the season. Rapu but gave up the lead for good when UMBC The 2015 Big South All-Tournament Team selec- responded with a 27-6 run of their own. Home games in BOLD CAPS tion averaged 13.4 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.8 as- • Obi-Rapu scored a team-high 18 points and All times eastern and subject to change # at Eastern Kentucky Hoops Classic (Richmond, Ky.) sists and 1.3 steals per game last season. hit 4-of-7 three-pointers. Redshirt senior center ^ Televised on CBS6 (Richmond, Va.) • Longwood leads the Big South in assists (14.9 Lotanna Nwogbo added 11 on a night in which he & Televised on ESPNU apg.) and free throw percentage (.771). was limited to just 22 minutes due to foul trouble. % Broadcast on ESPN3 * Big South game THE LINEUP No. Name (Ht., Wt., Yr.) Pos. PPG RPG APG Notables 0 Tra’Vaughn White (5-10, 190, R-Sr.) G 9.2 2.2 3.2 Starting PG is day-to-day with hand injury BROADCAST INFO 1 • Leron Fisher (5-11, 160, Sr.) G 11.0 3.5 5.2 Longwood assists leader (31) despite just 4 starts 2 Bryan Gee (6-0, 175, R-Fr.) G 1.1 1.9 2.8 Leads Longwood with 3.1 assist-to-turnover ratio (23/7) TELEVISION: CBS 6 (Richmond) 3 • Darrion Allen (6-2, 165, Jr.) G 8.8 3.2 2.8 Perfect 19-of-19 from free throw line 4 • Khris Lane (6-6, 225, R-So.) F 11.4 8.0 0.8 One of two in Big South with 10.0 ppg., 8.0 rpg. Play-by-Play: Bob Black 10 • Lotanna Nwogbo (6-8, 255, R-Sr.) C 15.1 6.8 0.9 Top 10 in Big South in PPG, RPG and BPG Commentary: Greg Beckwith 11 • Kanayo Obi-Rapu (6-3, 190, So.) G 15.2 2.7 1.2 3rd in NCAA with .508 3-point percentage RADIO: WVHL Kickin’ Country 92.9 FM 12 Jacob Thibodeau (6-4, 195, Fr.) G — — — Joined program as freshman walk-on in September Play-by-Play: Scott Bacon 14 Victor Dorsey (6-9, 200, So.) F — — — Appeared in 24 games as a freshman 15 Isaac Belton (6-4, 205, Jr.) G 2.7 1.6 0.1 Hit back-to-back treys off the bench vs. High Point Commentary: Darius Thigpen 21 Shaquille Johnson (6-5, 220, Sr.) G/F — — — Will play first game of season Saturday vs. Richmond Station: 92.9 FM (Farmville, Va.) 22 Aron Petros (6-7, 190, Fr.) F — — — Joined program as freshman walk-on in October Website: www.WVHL.net 23 Al Burge (6-4, 190, Fr.) G 1.6 1.6 0.0 At least 1 offensive rebound in 3 of first 5 games RADIO: ESPN 950 AM // 93.1 HANK FM 24 Damarion Geter (6-7, 215, Jr.) F — — — Captain; will miss 2015-16 season with shoulder injury 30 Chris Shields (6-8, 205, Fr.) F/G 8.4 3.5 1.3 First player off bench in 7 of first 9 games Play-by-Play: Robert Fish • denotes projected starter Website: www.ESPN950AM.com Longwood at Richmond • Dec. 10, 2015 • Richmond, Va. (Robins Center) LONGWOOD GAMEDAY > Notes Media Information BY THE NUMBERS LONGWOOD MBB • Longwood is the top free throw shooting team in MEDIA CONTACTS the Big South and the league’s second-best three- QUICK FACTS Chris Cook point shooting squad, shooting .771 (148-of-192) Assistant VP/Athletics Communications Email: [email protected] from the charity stripe and .384 (66-of-172) from UNIVERSITY Office: 434-395-2718 beyond the arc. Name .......................................... Longwood University Cell: 434-808-5127 • The Lancers are tied for the Big South lead with City/Zip .........................................Farmville, VA 23909 Todd Lindenmuth 14.9 assists per game and have four players aver- Founded ...............................................................1839 Asst. Director of Athletics Communications aging at least 2.8 helpers per game. Enrollment (Undergraduate) ................................4,507 Email: [email protected] • Richmond, Va., native and Drexel transfer Khris Nickname .........................................................Lancers Office: 434-395-4802 Lane (Benedictine Prep) has emerged as one of Mascot ..............................................................Elwood Cell: 919-724-8161 Colors .......................... Navy Blue (PMS 282) & White Darius Thigpen the conference’s top rebounders in his first season Fight Song ................................... Hail to Longwood U! Asst. Director of Athletics Communications at Longwood, averaging 8.0 boards per game to Affiliation ............................................. NCAA Division I Email: [email protected] rank second in the Big South. Conference ...................................................Big South Office: 434-395-2345 • Lane is one of only two players in the Big South 813-299-7578 President ..................W. Taylor Reveley IV (Princeton) Cell: averaging at least 10.0 points and 8.0 rebounds Tim Castaneda Director of Athletics .........................Troy Austin (Duke) Athletics Communications Assistant per game. He has grabbed at least eight boards Athletics Phone ....................................(434) 395-2057 Email: [email protected] five times, including a school Division I-record ty- Tickets Phone ......................................(434) 395-2138 ing 20 in his first game as a Lancer. Website ...........................www.LongwoodLancers.com INTERVIEW REQUESTS • Lane is shooting .531 (17-of-32) from the floor Twitter ..........................................@LongwoodLancers All interview requests for Longwood men’s basketball players and coaches will be co- over his past four games with two double-figure scoring games during that stretch. PROGRAM HISTORY ordinated through the Longwood athletics Seasons of Basketball ..............................................39 communications office. • Longwood Big South Preseason All-Conference First Season ................................................... 1976-77 center Lotanna Nwogbo is one of only two play- All-Time Record .............................................. 509-598 GAME BROADCASTS ers in the Big South averaging at least 15.0 points, All Longwood men’s basketball games air Division I Eligible ....................................2007-Present live on WVHL 92.9 FM Kickin’ Country in 6.0 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per game. He joins Division I Record ....................................90-173 (9) Farmville, online at www.WVHL.net and reigning Big South Player of the Year John Brown First Season D-I Schedule ........................ 2004-05 on the TuneIn Radio app. Select games of High Point on that list. Reclassifying D-I Record..........................20-72 (3) stream on a free, live video broadcast • Nwogbo has scored in double figures in five straight Division II Eligible ....................................... 1980-2004 on the Big South Network, available at games and is averaging 17.4 points and 9.0 free Division II Record ...............................342-317 (24) www.bigsouthsports.com/schedule.