SCHEDULE/RESULTS 2007-08 MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 17: Longwood (4-12) at Boston College (9-2) • January 2, 2008 • 7 p.m. November Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts • Silvio O. Conte Forum (8,606) 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 ................ January 2, 2008 LONGWOOD LANCERS BOSTON COLLEGE EAGLES 23 vs. UNC Wilmington*# L 65-80 Site ......... Chestnut Hill, Mass. Record ............................... 4-12 Record ................................. 9-2 24 vs. SE Missouri St.*# L 78-82 Arena ..... Conte Forum (8,606) Streak ............................. Won 1 Streak ............................. Won 2 27 @Liberty L 67-91 Tip .................................. 7 p.m. Last 5/10 ....................... 2-3/2-8 Last 5/10 ....................... 4-1/8-2 Radio ............. WVHL-FM 92.9 Head Coach ........ Mike Gillian Head Coach ........... Al Skinner December Talent .................... Scott Bacon Career Record ....... 29-106 (4+) Career Record ... 343-248 (19+) 1 High Point L 68-80 Internet ...................................... At Longwood ................. Same At BC ................. 205-122 (10+) 5 @James Madison L 52-84 ... www.longwoodlancers.com SID ....................... Greg Prouty SID ........................ Dick Kelley 7 @Virginia L 57-76 Series ................................... 0-0 Web .... longwoodlancers.com Web ....................... bceagles.com 15 @VCU L 45-78 17 Va. Intermont W 79-73 (OT) PROBABLE LONGWOOD STARTERS 21 @Morgan State L 51-76 23 @George Washington L 54-63 #2 KIRK WILLIAMS, 6-6, 200 Notes: Scored career-high 29 points vs. 29 Stetson W 78-76 Junior, White Plains, N.Y./Woodlands HS Virginia-Wise … season-high 10 rebounds vs. 16.1 Points • 5.8 Rebounds UVA-Wise … team-best four 20-plus point January 2.3 Assists • 32.3 Minutes games … has 49 dunks in 74 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 … tied career- 15 Campbell 7:00 Senior, Gaithersburg, Md./Magruder HS high 21 points vs. Va. Intermont … has started 19 @Savannah State 2:00 6.9 Points • 2.3 Rebounds 65 of last 67 games … ranks fourth in career 21 @Stetson 7:00 3.3 Assists • 29.3 Minutes assists (318), and sixth (tie) in career 3FGs (89). 24 @High Point 7:00 28 @Hofstra 7:00 #23 RYAN BOGAN, 6-1, 200 Notes: Started last eight games … scored Southern Virginia 31 7:00 Junior, Oxford, Pa./Harcum JC career-high 18 points (career-high 4 3FGs) vs. February 11.0 Points • 5.0 Rebounds Va. Intermont, adding career-high five assists 4 @NJIT 7:00 2.3 Assists • 29.8 Minutes … career-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 … career-high six rebounds on 18 NJIT 7:00 3.4 Points • 2.7 Rebounds road at Virginia, JMU, and Kent State … has 22 Liberty 7:00 0.4 Assists • 12.9 Minutes made 14 career starts - all this season. All Times Eastern; All Games on WVHL-FM 92.9; #50 LAMAR BARRETT, 6-6, 205 Notes: 2007-08 Team Captain … season-high 21 [BTN] Big Ten Network TV; Senior, Providence, R.I./St. Andrews School points at GW … has started 106 of 108 career *Chicago Invitational Challenge 7.9 Points • 4.9 Rebounds games … ranks fifth in career blocks (73) … 821 #Sears Centre Arena - 2.1 Assists • 28.4 Minutes career points (7.6), 499 career rebounds (4.6). Hoffman Estates, Illinois PROBABLE BOSTON COLLEGE STARTERS NCAA DIVISION I It’s Official! Longwood has No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Pts. Rebs. Asts. Mins. successfully completed the 4 Tyrese Rice G 6-1 190 Jr. 19.3 3.7 5.8 39.0 15 Rakim Sanders G-F 6-5 225 Fr. 11.2 5.1 1.5 24.5 four-year reclassification 21 Tyler Roche F 6-7 220 So. 6.1 2.2 2.7 23.8 process and is one of three 34 Shamari Spears F 6-6 238 So. 12.7 8.1 1.2 32.1 new members to NCAA 44 Tyrelle Blair C 6-11 242 Sr. 7.1 4.8 0.8 25.2 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 Boston College have never met previously in the sport of men’s basketball. The Virginia-Wise ................................... 7-1 Lancers are 0-4 against members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), having lost previously #8 Indiana ......................................... 0-1 at Virginia (76-57, Dec. 7; 90-49, 2006-07; 91-56, 2005-06) and at Wake Forest (88-47, 2004-05). Kent State ......................................... 0-1 UNC Wilmington ............................ 0-1 A Look At Boston College [average RPI: 56] SE Missouri State ............................. 0-1 Boston College (enrollment 14,500), a member of the ACC, is 9-2 with home wins past New Liberty ............................................. 16-8 Hampshire (67-57), Florida Atlantic (68-62), Mercer (73-56), Rhode Island (76-72), Saint Louis (61- High Point ...................................... 5-11 39), Northeastern (57-55), and Sacred Heart (80-75). The Eagles also have road wins at Michigan James Madison ................................ 1-2 (77-64) and at Maryland (81-78). BC has lost at home to Massachusetts (83-80), while having a Virginia ............................................ 0-3 neutral-site loss to Providence (98-89). At home against Sacred Heart in its most recent game VCU ................................................... 0-3 (Dec. 28), the Eagles led 44-31 at halftime en route to the five-point victory (80-75). Tyrese Rice Virginia Intermont ........................... 1-0 and Shamari Spears led BC with 16 points each, while Tyrelle Blair and John Oates each had 12 Morgan State ................................... 1-1 points. Rice, from Richmond and L.C. Bird High School, is averaging 19.3 points and 5.8 assists George Washington ......................... 0-2 for Boston College and has already surpassed 1,000 career points (1,106). Spears follows with 12.7 Stetson ............................................... 1-0 points and 8.1 rebounds, while Rakim Sanders adds 11.2 points, and Corey Raji contributes 10.2 Boston College ................................ 0-0 points. Eleventh-year BC head coach Al Skinner is 205-122 with the Eagles, and 343-248 overall Yale .................................................... 0-2 in his 20th season as a collegiate head coach. Campbell .......................................... 0-1 Savannah State ................................. 1-3 A Look At Longwood [average RPI: 319] Hofstra .............................................. 0-1 Longwood (enrollment 4,500), a Division I Independent, is 4-12 with home wins past Norfolk Southern Virginia ............................ 1-1 State (80-67), NAIA Virginia-Wise (89-67) and Virginia Intermont (79-73 OT), as well as Stetson NJIT ................................................... 0-2 (78-76). The Lancers have lost at home to Navy (88-72) and High Point (80-68), along with road Florida Atlantic ................................ 0-1 losses at #8 Indiana (100-49), Kent State (80-62), Liberty (91-67), James Madison (84-52), Virginia Total ................................... 36-52 (.409) (76-57), VCU (78-45), Morgan State (76-51), and George Washington (63-54); having neutral-site losses to UNC Wilmington (80-65) and Southeast Missouri State (82-78). At home against Stetson DI INDEPENDENT STANDINGS in its most recent game (Dec. 29), Longwood led 33-31 at halftime en route to the hard-fought two- point win (78-76). Kevin Swecker led the Lancers with a career-high 23 points off the bench, Team Record Pct. including 5-7 three-point field goals as LU made a season-high 12-22 three-pointers. Kirk Texas-Pan American 7-10 .412 Williams had 18 points and seven rebounds, Ryan Bogan added 12 points, and Brandon Giles had Savannah State 7-11 .389 11 points and five assists. Williams is averaging 16.1 points and 5.8 rebounds for Longwood, Utah Valley State 5-9 .357 while Bogan adds 11.0 points and 5.0 rebounds. Winston-Salem State 4-7 .364 LONGWOOD 4-12 .250 Head Coach Mike Gillian Chicago State 4-12 .250 Mike Gillian (North Adams State ‘86) was named the seventh head coach for men’s basketball at Cal State Bakersfield 3-10 .231 Longwood on May 2, 2003. Prior to his arrival, he had been an assistant coach for Jim Larranaga Presbyterian 1-16 .059 at George Mason for six years (1997-2003) after a year with Coach Larranaga at Bowling Green N.C. Central 1-17 .056 State (1996-97). From Ayer, Massachusetts, Coach Gillian is 29-106 at Longwood, including 4-12 NJIT 0-14 .000 this season and 9-22 last year, following a record of 10-20 during 2005-06 that tied for the seventh- as of Dec. 31, 2007 best turnaround season in Division I that year. OPPONENT RECORDS TO DATE It’s Official! Longwood University is competing this year as one of three new members to NCAA Division I. Navy .................................................. 5-8 The Lancers, along with UC Davis and Northern Colorado, have full certification and eligibility Norfolk State .................................... 3-8 during 2007-08 after completing their four-year reclassification period during 2006-07. Virginia-Wise ................................... 6-8 Longwood began operating under all Division I rules and regulations in September 2004, year #8 Indiana ...................................... 11-1 two of the transition from Division II, and following an earlier one-year ‘exploratory period’ Kent State ......................................