MEN’S BASKETBALL vs. Liberty Saturday • February 13, 2016 • 2 p.m. Farmville, Va. • Willett Hall (1,900) 27 Video: Big South Network • Radio: WVHL 92.9 FM / WHAP 1340 AM 2015-16 Schedule THE MATCHUP 11/7 HAMPDEN-SYDNEY (Exh.) W 71-68 Longwood Liberty 11/13 RANDOLPH W 69-49 11/16 LA ROCHE W 89-65 LANCERS FLAMES 11/20 #vs. S.C. State L 83-77 Farmville, Va. • Big South Lynchburg, Va. • Big South 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 ................. 8-18 (4-9 Big South) 2015-16 Record .................11-15 (8-5 Big South) 11/28 at Columbia W 70-69 Conference................................................ Big South Conference................................................ Big South 12/2 *at High Point L 90-66 Last Game............. W, 88-80 at Winthrop (2/11) Last Game............W, 80-76 at High Point (2/6) 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 ... Ritchie McKay (Seattle Pacific, ’87) 12/19 at George Mason L 75-70 Career Record ................. 187-120 (10 Seasons) Career Record .................215-201 (14 Seasons) 12/22 at Dartmouth L 78-54 Longwood Record ...... 27-65 (Three Seasons) Liberty Record ............50-43 (Three Seasons) 12/28 CAIRN W 90-52 Gee vs. Liberty .....................................................3-2 McKay vs. Longwood .........................................2-1 12/31 *UNC ASHEVILLE L 70-61 1/2 *GARDNER-WEBB L 67-66 1/6 *at Presbyterian L 78-65 THE OPENING TIP LAST TIME OUT 1/9 *COASTAL CAROLINA W 76-61 • Longwood faces Liberty for the second time this • Jimmy Gavin scored 25 points and Xavier Cooks 1/14 *at Campbell W 74-57 1/19 *at Liberty L 55-53 season, looking to avenge a 55-53 loss on Jan. 19 added 20 as Winthrop pulled away late to down 1/24 *WINTHROP L 82-68 that ended on an overturned foul call on review. Longwood, 88-80, and snap the Lancers’ two- 1/27 *RADFORD L 90-81 • The Lancers are undefeated against Liberty in game win streak at Winthrop Coliseum. 1/30 *at UNC Asheville L 88-74 2/3 *CAMPBELL W 80-79 Willett Hall, amassing a 14-0 record against the • Gavin hit seven three-pointers and keyed a 12-3 2/6 *at Charleston Southern W 78-76 (2ot) Flames on their home court. run over the final 3:19 that erased a 77-76 Long- 2/11 *at Winthrop L 88-80 • Lotanna Nwogbo and point guard Tra’Vaughn wood lead and pushed the second-place Eagles to 2/13 *LIBERTY 2 p.m. White both earned player of the week honors last their eighth win in the past nine games. Farmville, Va. (Willett Hall) 2/18 *HIGH POINT 7 p.m. week. Nwogbo was named Big South player of the • After Darrion Allen hit his career-high fifth 2/20 *%at Gardner-Webb 7 p.m. Week by the conference, while White earned the three-pointer of the night to give the Lancers a 2/25 *PRESBYTERIAN 7 p.m. same honor from CollegeSportsMadness.com. one-point lead with 3:48 to play, Gavin responded 2/27 *at Radford 4 p.m. 3/3-6 %at Big South Championship TBA • Leron Fisher and Chris Shields will miss Sat- with eight consecutive points to give Winthrop an urday’s game for what head coach Jayson Gee 84-77 lead with under two minutes to go. Home games in BOLD CAPS termed, “failing to uphold the standards of our • Tra’Vaughn White hit three free throws to pull All times eastern and subject to change # at Eastern Kentucky Hoops Classic (Richmond Ky.) program.” Gee noted that Fisher and Shields, who Longwood back within 84-80, but Winthrop iced ^ Televised on CBS6 (Richmond Va.) have missed the past 11 games, will remain on the the game on four straight free throws from Keon & Televised on ESPNU bench until that issue is resolved. Johnson and Xavier Cooks. % Broadcast on ESPN3 * Big South game THE LINEUP BROADCAST INFO No. Name (Ht., Wt., Yr.) Pos. PPG RPG APG Notables 0 • Tra’Vaughn White (5-10, 190, R-Sr.) G 13.7 3.3 2.6 9 straight double-figure scoring games (19.1 ppg.) VIDEO: Big South Network 1 Leron Fisher (5-11, 160, Sr.) G 9.6 3.1 3.8 130 steals in 77 career games (1.7 spg.) Website: BigSouthSports.com/Schedule 2 Bryan Gee (6-0, 175, R-Fr.) G 1.0 1.8 2.0 Has more than 2 TO in just one of 26 games in 1st season 3 • Darrion Allen (6-2, 165, Jr.) G 9.6 3.9 1.6 Leads all Big South guards w/ 18 blocks 4 • Khris Lane (6-6, 225, R-So.) F 9.3 6.8 0.6 Ranks 8th in Big South with 6.8 rebounds per game RADIO: WVHL Kickin’ Country 92.9 FM 10 • Lotanna Nwogbo (6-8, 255, R-Sr.) C 14.6 7.7 0.6 3 straight double-doubles, 9 this season WHAP Fox Sports 1340 AM (simulcast) 11 • Kanayo Obi-Rapu (6-3, 190, So.) G 12.7 2.8 1.4 Past 5 gms: 15.4 ppg., .412 3-pt pct. (14-of-34) 14 Victor Dorsey (6-9, 200, So.) F — — — Redshirting 2015-16 season Play-by-Play: Scott Bacon 15 Isaac Belton (6-4, 205, Jr.) G 2.8 1.3 0.2 Season-high 9 pts., 3-4 FG vs. UNC Asheville on 1/30 Station: 92.9 FM (Farmville)/1340 AM (Hopewell) 21 Shaquille Johnson (6-5, 220, Sr.) G/F 10.6 6.9 4.2 Leads Longwood w/ 59 assists despite just 13 games Website: WVHL.net & FoxSports1340am.com 22 Aron Petros (6-7, 190, Fr.) F — — — Joined program as freshman walk-on in October 23 Al Burge (6-4, 190, Fr.) G 1.3 0.7 0.1 Has hit 6-of-12 shots from the field in 10 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 6.6 2.6 1.4 Three double-figure scoring games off the bench • denotes projected starter Longwood vs. Liberty • Feb. 13, 2016 • Farmville, Va. (Willett Hall) LONGWOOD GAMEDAY > Notes Media Information BY THE NUMBERS LONGWOOD MBB • Redshirt senior center Lotanna Nwogbo has MEDIA CONTACTS three consecutive double-doubles and dou- QUICK FACTS Chris Cook ble-doubles in four of his past six games. His nine Assistant VP/Athletics Communications double-doubles on the season rank second in the Email: [email protected] UNIVERSITY Big South behind only the 10 by Gardner-Webb’s Name ............................................Longwood University Office: 434-395-2718 Tyrell Nelson. Nwogbo has posted seven of his Cell: 434-808-5127 City/Zip .......................................... Farmville, VA 23909 Todd Lindenmuth double-doubles in Big South play. Founded ................................................................ 1839 Asst. Director of Athletics Communications • Nwogbo has more dunks (42) by himself than Enrollment (Undergraduate) ................................. 4,507 Email: [email protected] Longwood’s opponents (39) this season. The Nickname .......................................................... Lancers Office: 434-395-4802 Lancers have amassed 65 dunks this season, in- Mascot ............................................................... Elwood Cell: 919-724-8161 cluding 15 in 14 games from Shaquille Johnson. Colors ............................Navy Blue (PMS 282) & White Fight Song .....................................Hail to Longwood U! Darius Thigpen • Longwood is 4-5 over the past nine games and Asst. Director of Athletics Communications Affiliation ...............................................NCAA Division I Email: [email protected] 4-2 with Shaquille Johnson in the lineup during Conference .....................................................Big South Office: 434-395-2345 that span. The first loss in those six games with President ....................W. Taylor Reveley IV (Princeton) Cell: 813-299-7578 Johnson was a 55-53 defeat at Liberty in which Director of Athletics ...........................Troy Austin (Duke) Tim Castaneda Johnson sprained his ankle in the final two min- Athletics Phone ......................................(434) 395-2057 Athletics Communications Assistant utes. The injury forced the senior forward to miss Tickets Phone ........................................(434) 395-2138 [email protected] Email: the next three games, all Longwood losses. Website ............................ www.LongwoodLancers.com Twitter ........................................... @LongwoodLancers INTERVIEW REQUESTS • In 13 games with Johnson in the lineup, Long- All interview requests for Longwood men’s wood has held opponents to a .400 (119-of-377) basketball players and coaches will be co- field goal percentage and 70.4 points per game. In PROGRAM HISTORY Seasons of Basketball ............................................... 39 ordinated through the Longwood athletics 12 games without Johnson, opponents shot .490 communications office. First Season .....................................................1976-77 (334-of-681) and averaged 80.5 points per game. All-Time Record ................................................513-609 GAME BROADCASTS • The 6-5, 220-pound Johnson leads Longwood Division I Eligible ......................................2007-Present All Longwood men’s basketball games air with 59 assists this season despite playing in just Division I Record ......................................95-184 (9) live on WVHL 92.9 FM Kickin’ Country in 14 games. First Season D-I Schedule ..........................2004-05 Farmville, online at www.WVHL.net and • Both Tra’Vaughn White and Darrion Allen are on Reclassifying D-I Record............................20-72 (3) on the TuneIn Radio app. Select games Division II Eligible .........................................1980-2004 stream on a free, live video broadcast pace to crack the top three on Longwood’s Divi- Division II Record .................................342-317 (24) on the Big South Network, available at sion I free throw percentage list. Allen’s .902 (46- Division II Tournament App. ................................... 3 www.bigsouthsports.com/schedule.