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MEN’S BASKETBALL at George Mason Saturday • December 19, 2015 • 8 p.m. Fairfax, Va. • EagleBank Arena (10,000) 12 Radio: WVHL 92.9 FM • Video: GoMason Digital Network 2015-16 Schedule THE MATCHUP 11/7 HAMPDEN-SYDNEY (Exh.) W, 71-68 Longwood George Mason 11/13 RANDOLPH W, 69-49 11/16 LA ROCHE W, 89-65 LANCERS PATRIOTS 11/20 #vs. S.C. State L, 83-77 Farmville, Va. • Big South Fairfax, 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 ....................3-8 (0-1 Big South) 2015-16 Record ..............................4-7 (0-0 A-10) 11/28 at Columbia W, 70-69 Conference................................................ Big South Conference...............................................Atlantic 10 12/2 *at High Point L, 90-66 Last Game.... L, 73-55 at Oklahoma St. (12/15) Last Game....L, 69-46 at James Madison (12/12) 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 ..........Dave Paulsen (Williams, ’87) 12/19 at George Mason 8 p.m. Career Record ..................182-110 (10 Seasons) Career Record .............. 400-221 (22 Seasons) Fairfax, Va. (EagleBank Arena) Longwood Record ........22-55 (Three Seasons) GMU Record .............................. 4-7 (One Season) 12/22 at Dartmouth 7 p.m. Gee vs. George Mason ..................................... 0-0 Paulsen vs. Longwood ..................................... 0-0 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. • The Lancers will play their third straight road game • Leyton Hammonds scored 22 points to help, Okla- 1/9 *COASTAL CAROLINA 2 p.m. 1/14 *at Campbell 7 p.m. Saturday when they head to Fairfax, Va., to take homa State wrestle control of a one-possession 1/19 *at Liberty 7 p.m. on George Mason at 8 p.m. The game will be the game late in the second half and dispatch visiting 1/23 *WINTHROP 5 p.m. first meeting between the two Virginia schools. Longwood, 73-55, on ESPNU. 1/27 *RADFORD 7 p.m. 1/30 *at UNC Asheville 2 p.m. • Longwood is nearing the end of a lengthy road • Hammonds scored nine points inside the final 2/3 *CAMPBELL 7 p.m. gauntlet, having played eight of the past nine 11 minutes to key a game-changing 19-4 run for 2/6 *at Charleston Southern 5:30 p.m. games on the road. Longwood will play two more the Cowboys, who pulled away from the Lancers 2/11 *at Winthrop 7 p.m. road games during that stretch before returning immediately following a 43-minute delay due to a 2/13 *LIBERTY 2 p.m. 2/18 *HIGH POINT 7 p.m. home on Dec. 28 to face Cairn. power outage in Gallagher-Iba Arena. 2/20 *%at Gardner-Webb 7 p.m. • Longwood has two more non-conference games • Longwood had cut a 19-point deficit to 37-35 in 2/25 *PRESBYTERIAN 7 p.m. remaining before the start of Big South play. the second half before the power outage sent both 2/27 *at Radford 4 p.m. 3/3-8 %at Big South Championship TBA • Redshirt senior point guard Tra’Vaughn White is teams to the locker room with Oklahoma State day-to-day with a hand injury. Prior to suffering the leading by eight. The Cowboys came out after the Home games in BOLD CAPS injury before Longwood’s Nov. 25 game at Maine, delay with a 19-4 that put the game away. All times eastern and subject to change # at Eastern Kentucky Hoops Classic (Richmond, Ky.) White had scored 21 points against Eastern Ken- • Leron Fisher scored 18 points for Longwood, ^ Televised on CBS6 (Richmond, Va.) tucky and was averaging 9.2 points, 2.2 rebounds while Khris Lane recorded his second dou- & Televised on ESPNU and 3.2 assists per game. ble-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds. % 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 has missed 6 straight games w/ hand injury BROADCAST INFO 1 • Leron Fisher (5-11, 160, Sr.) G 11.4 3.5 4.4 Has at least one steal in seven straight games 2 Bryan Gee (6-0, 175, R-Fr.) G 1.2 1.6 2.6 Leads Longwood with 3.2 assist-to-turnover ratio (29/9) RADIO: WVHL Kickin’ Country 92.9 FM 3 • Darrion Allen (6-2, 165, Jr.) G 8.5 3.2 2.3 Leads all Big South guards with seven blocks Play-by-Play: Scott Bacon 4 • Khris Lane (6-6, 225, R-So.) F 11.0 8.4 0.8 One of two in Big South with 10.0 ppg., 8.0 rpg. 10 • Lotanna Nwogbo (6-8, 255, R-Sr.) C 14.1 6.6 0.7 Has scored 10+ pts in 19 of 28 games at Longwood Analyst: Darius Thigpen 11 • Kanayo Obi-Rapu (6-3, 190, So.) G 14.2 2.6 1.5 5th in NCAA with .479 3-point percentage (min. 65 3-PTA) Station: 92.9 FM (Farmville, Va.) 12 Jacob Thibodeau (6-4, 195, Fr.) G — — — Joined program as freshman walk-on in September Website: www.WVHL.net 14 Victor Dorsey (6-9, 200, So.) F — — — Appeared in 24 games as a freshman 15 Isaac Belton (6-4, 205, Jr.) G 2.4 1.4 0.1 Hit back-to-back 3-ptrs off the bench vs. High Point VIDEO: GoMason Digital Network 21 Shaquille Johnson (6-5, 220, Sr.) G/F 5.0 3.0 3.5 Double-double in 3 of past 5 gms dating back to 2014-15 Play-by-Play: Bill Rohland 22 Aron Petros (6-7, 190, Fr.) F — — — Joined program as freshman walk-on in October Website: www.GoMason.com 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 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 7.3 3.0 1.1 Big South’s fourth-leading bench scorer • denotes projected starter Longwood at George Mason • Dec. 19, 2015 • Fairfax, Va. (EagleBank Arena) LONGWOOD GAMEDAY > Notes Media Information BY THE NUMBERS LONGWOOD MBB • Longwood Big South Preseason All-Conference MEDIA CONTACTS center Lotanna Nwogbo is one of only two play- QUICK FACTS Chris Cook ers in the Big South averaging at least 14.0 points, Assistant VP/Athletics Communications Email: [email protected] 6.0 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per game. He joins UNIVERSITY Office: 434-395-2718 reigning Big South Player of the Year John Brown Name .......................................... Longwood University Cell: 434-808-5127 of High Point on that list. City/Zip .........................................Farmville, VA 23909 Todd Lindenmuth • Nwogbo is tied for the Big South lead with 80 free Founded ...............................................................1839 Asst. Director of Athletics Communications throw attempts. He has twice attempted 18 free Enrollment (Undergraduate) ................................4,507 Email: [email protected] throws in a game this season, hitting 13-of-18 Nickname .........................................................Lancers Office: 434-395-4802 against S.C. State on Nov. 20 and 11-of-18 at High Mascot ..............................................................Elwood Cell: 919-724-8161 Colors .......................... Navy Blue (PMS 282) & White Darius Thigpen Point on Dec. 2. Fight Song ................................... Hail to Longwood U! Asst. Director of Athletics Communications • A transfer prior to the 2013-14 season, Nwogbo Affiliation ............................................. NCAA Division I Email: [email protected] has scored in double figures in 20 of his 28 games Conference ...................................................Big South Office: 434-395-2345 as a Lancer. He is averaging 13.4 points per game 813-299-7578 President ..................W. Taylor Reveley IV (Princeton) Cell: in his two seasons at Longwood, compared to the Tim Castaneda Director of Athletics .........................Troy Austin (Duke) Athletics Communications Assistant 1.9 he averaged in two seasons at Tulane. Athletics Phone ....................................(434) 395-2057 Email: [email protected] • Redshirt sophomore Khris Lane has put togeth- Tickets Phone ......................................(434) 395-2138 er back-to-back 10-rebound games, including a Website ...........................www.LongwoodLancers.com INTERVIEW REQUESTS 13-point, 10-rebound double-double at Oklahoma Twitter ..........................................@LongwoodLancers All interview requests for Longwood men’s basketball players and coaches will be co- State on Dec. 15. The 6-6, 225-pound Lane ranks second in the Big South with 8.4 rebounds per PROGRAM HISTORY ordinated through the Longwood athletics Seasons of Basketball ..............................................39 communications office. game and has three double-digit rebound games First Season ................................................... 1976-77 this season. All-Time Record .............................................. 509-600 GAME BROADCASTS • Junior guard Darrion Allen leads all Big South All Longwood men’s basketball games air Division I Eligible ....................................2007-Present live on WVHL 92.9 FM Kickin’ Country in guards with seven blocks. He also ranks sixth in Division I Record ....................................90-175 (9) Farmville, online at www.WVHL.net and the conference with 1.5 steals per game and has First Season D-I Schedule ........................ 2004-05 on the TuneIn Radio app. Select games at least one steal in eight of his 11 games. Reclassifying D-I Record..........................20-72 (3) stream on a free, live video broadcast • Allen has hit at least three field goals in eight of his Division II Eligible ......................................