MEN’S BASKETBALL at Presbyterian Saturday • January 28, 2017 • 7 p.m. Clinton, S.C. • Templeton Center (2,300) 21 Video: Big South Network • Radio: WVHL 92.9 FM 2016-17 Schedule THE MATCHUP Longwood Presbyterian 11/5 Hampden-Sydney (exh.) W (OT) 93-85 11/13 Maine L 80-58 11/15 at Stephen F. Austin# L 66-60 LANCERS BLUE HOSE Farmville, Va. • Big South 11/18 Salem International W 87-74 Clinton, S.C. • Big South 11/23 at Saint Francis (Pa.) L 87-72 11/28 Dartmouth W 86-80 2016-17 Record ........................................ 6-14, 3-6 2016-17 Record ........................................ 4-16, 0-9 12/3 James Madison L 71-59 Conference................................................ Big South Conference................................................ Big South 12/9 at Creighton% L 113-58 Last Game.................L, 93-62 vs. Liberty (1/26) Last Game....L, 73-47 vs. UNC Asheville (1-26) 12/12 at George Mason L 97-60 12/14 Averett W 86-67 Head Coach ........Jayson Gee (Charleston, ’88) Head Coach ................Gregg Nibert (Marietta, ’79) 12/19 at Ball State L 61-45 12/21 at Texas Tech& L 91-60 Career Record .................195-139 (10 Seasons) Career Record ................415-414 (28 Seasons) 12/29 Campbell* W 79-77 Longwood Record ........ 35-84 (Four Seasons) Presbyterian Record .................................... Same 12/31 at High Point* W 60-55 Gee vs. Presbyterian .........................................3-4 Nibert vs. Longwood .........................................5-3 1/4 Presbyterian* W 79-76 1/7 at Winthrop* L 83-65 THE OPENING TIP LAST TIME OUT 1/11 at UNC Asheville* L 89-68 • Longwood heads to Clinton, S.C., Saturday in • Liberty guard Ryan Kemrite scored 22 points and 1/14 Gardner-Webb* L 85-79 1/19 Radford* L 72-60 search of a regular season sweep against Presby- hit five three-pointers to lead a long-range barrage 1/21 at Charleston Southern* L 76-61 terian. The Lancers won the first meeting this year that lifted the Flames to a 93-62 win against Long- 1/26 Liberty* L 93-62 79-76 in Farmville. wood Thursday evening in Willett Hall. 1/28 at Presbyterian* 7 p.m. • Longwood is down to just seven available scholar- • Behind Kemrite’s 5-of-7 shooting performance 2/1 High Point* 7 p.m. ship players after a rash of injuries. Most recent- from beyond the arc, Liberty netted season highs 2/4 at Gardner-Webb*@ 5 p.m. ly, redshirt sophomore point guard Bryan Gee in points, made three-pointers and three-point 2/9 at Campbell* 7 p.m. 2/11 UNC Asheville* 5 p.m. was shut down for the season due to prolonged percentage against an injury-depleted Longwood 2/15 Winthrop* 7 p.m. overtraining syndrome stemming from offseason team that down to just seven scholarship players. 2/18 at Radford* 5 p.m. surgery. Damarion Geter (broken foot), Jahleem • Seven different Flames hit a trey on a night when 2/23 at Liberty* 7 p.m. 2/25 Charleston Southern* 5 p.m. Montague (torn ACL) and Juan Munoz (torn ACL) Liberty knocked down 17-of-30 three-pointers en are also on the team’s long-term injury report, route to their fifth win in the past six games. BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP while Kendrick Thompson will miss the remain- • Longwood senior Darrion Allen who finished with 2/28 Big South Championship (1st Rd.) TBA 3/2 Big South Championship (QF) TBA der of the year due to academic reasons. a team-high 20 points, hitting 13-of-14 free throws. 3/3 Big South Championship (SF) TBA • Senior guard Darrion Allen is just 33 points shy of • Longwood forward and team scoring leader Khris 3/5 Big South Championship Game TBA reaching 1,000 for his career. Lane added 19 points, carrying the Lancers early Home games in BOLD • Redshirt junior forward Khris Lane has scored in with 10 first-half points. That production came on * Big South game double figures in 10 consecutive games. 6-of-13 shooting, including two three-pointers. # ESPN Tip-Off Marathon (televised on ESPN2) % Televised on Fox Sports 1 & Televised on Fox Sports Southwest THE LINEUP @ Televised by American Sports Network No. Name (Ht., Wt., Yr.) Pos. PPG RPG APG Notables All times eastern and subject to change 0 Dominic Ezeani (5-11, 165, Fr.) G 0.2 0.6 0.1 Walk-on; first career assist & steal vs. Liberty (1-26) 1 •Isaiah Walton (6-4, 185, R-So.) G 13.6 4.1 3.0 Top 10 in BSC in scoring, assists FT pct., steals & A/T ratio BROADCAST INFO 2 Bryan Gee (6-0, 180, R-So.) G 2.4 1.8 1.7 Shut down for season due to overtraining syndrome 3 •Darrion Allen (6-2, 176, Sr.) G 14.2 3.7 1.3 Leads Big South w/ 35.5 minutes per game VIDEO: Big South Network 4 •Khris Lane (6-6, 245, R-Jr.) F 16.4 7.2 1.0 10+ points in 10 consecutive games Website: www.BigSouthSports.com/Watch 10 B.K. Ashe (6-1, 160, Sr.) G — — — Will sit out season due to NCAA transfer rules 11 Jahleem Montague (6-8, 230, So.) F — — — Will miss first season at Longwood w/ torn ACL 12 Juan Munoz (5-11, 165, Fr.) G — — — Will miss first season at Longwood w/ torn ACL RADIO: WVHL Kickin’ Country 92.9 FM 15 •Isaac Belton (6-4, 205, Sr.) G 4.9 2.3 1.0 Has started every Big South game Play-by-Play: Darius Thigpen 20 Obi Romeo (6-10, 245, Jr.) F 1.0 1.5 0.1 Averaging team-best 10.3 rebounds per 40 minutes Station: 92.9 FM (Farmville) 21 •JaShaun Smith (6-5, 200, Fr.) F 7.4 3.3 1.0 At least one block in 11 straight games 22 Caius Covrig (6-5, 215, Fr.) G — — — Freshman walk-on; averaged 20.0 ppg, 12.0 rpg in HS Website: LongwoodLancers.com/WVHL 24 Damarion Geter (6-8, 235, R-Jr.) F 3.0 3.3 0.7 Out indefinitely with foot injury 30 Chris Shields (6-8, 210, So.) F/G 5.8 2.8 0.9 Has at least 1 FG in 19 of 20 games • denotes projected starter Longwood at Presbyterian • January 28, 2017 • Clinton, S.C. (Templeton Center) LONGWOOD GAMEDAY > Notes Media Information BY THE NUMBERS LONGWOOD MBB • In Big South play, Longwood is 3-1 when entering MEDIA CONTACTS the final two minutes of the game either tied, lead- QUICK FACTS Chris Cook ing or trailing by no more than two possessions. UNIVERSITY Assistant VP/Athletics Communications • Longwood is 4-0 when outrebounding the opposi- Name ........................................... Longwood University Email: [email protected] tion this season, including all three Big South wins. City/Zip ........................................ Farmville, VA 23909 Office: 434-395-2718 The Lancers outrebounded Presbyterian 32-27 in Founded ............................................................... 1839 Cell: 434-808-5127 Enrollment (Undergraduate) ............................... 4,602 Todd Lindenmuth the last meeting. Nickname ........................................................ Lancers Asst. Director of Athletics Communications • The injury-riddled Lancers have five players aver- Colors .......................... Navy Blue (PMS 282) & White Email: [email protected] aging at least 20.0 minutes per game and three Fight Song .................................... Hail to Longwood U! Office: 434-395-4802 — Darrion Allen (35.5 mpg.), Khris Lane (33.0) Cell: 919-724-8161 Affiliation ............................................. NCAA Division I and Isaiah Walton (31.3) averaging at least 30.0 Conference .................................................... Big South Darius Thigpen minutes per game. Asst. Director of Athletics Communications President ..................................... W. Taylor Reveley IV Email: [email protected] • Longwood ranks third in the Big South with Alma Mater ............................................. Princeton Office: 434-395-2345 4.4 blocks per game and has three players — Director of Athletics ..................................... Troy Austin Cell: 813-299-7578 JaShaun Smith (5th, 1.3 bpg.), Khris Lane (6th, Alma Mater .................................................... Duke Derrick Bennington 1. bpg.) and Darrion Allen (9th, 0.9 bpg.) — Athletics Phone ..................................... (434) 395-2057 Athletics Communications Staff Assistant ranked in the top 10 in blocks per game. Tickets Phone ....................................... (434) 395-2138 [email protected] Website ........................... www.LongwoodLancers.com Email: • Smith, Lane and Allen have as many or more com- Twitter ......................................... @LongwoodLancers INTERVIEW REQUESTS bined blocks (65) than five Big South teams. All interview requests for Longwood men’s • Guards Darrion Allen and Isaiah Walton and for- basketball players and coaches will be co- PROGRAM HISTORY ward Khris Lane are the second-highest scoring Seasons of Basketball ............................................. 40 ordinated through the Longwood athletics trio in the Big South, averaging 44.2 points per communications office. First Season .................................................... 1976-77 game, trailing only Campbell’s Chris Clemons, All-Time Record .............................................. 521-626 GAME BROADCASTS Shane Whitfield and Kyre’ Hamer (46.6 ppg.). Division I Eligible ..................................... 2007-Present All Longwood men’s basketball games air • Lane has scored in double figures in 10 consec- Division I Record (Seasons)................ 102-200 (10) live on WVHL 92.9 FM Kickin’ Country in utive games and leads Longwood with 17 dou- First Season Full D-I Affiliation ................... 2007-08 Farmville, online at www.WVHL.net and ble-digit scoring games. Division I Reclassifying Period ....................2004-07 on the TuneIn Radio app. Select games Reclassifying D-I Record........................... 20-72 (3) • Lane is the Big South’s only player to rank among stream on a free, live video broadcast Division II Eligible ........................................ 1980-2004 on the Big South Network, available at the league’s top five in both scoring (4th, 16.4 Division II Record (Seasons)............... 342-317 (24) www.bigsouthsports.com/schedule. Scott ppg.) and rebounding (4th, 7.2 rpg.). NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances .........