MEN’S BASKETBALL at UMBC Sunday, December 14, 2014 • 5 p.m. 10 Baltimore, Md. • RAC Arena (3,824) WVHL 92.9 FM (Farmville, Va.) • WVHL.net 2014-15 Schedule THE MATCHUP Longwood UMBC N 8 HAMPDEN-SYDNEY (Exh.) W, 95-60 N 14 AVERETT W, 79-53 LANCERS RETRIEVERS N 19 at James Madison L, 82-60 N 21 vs. UNC Greensboro# W, 81-79 (OT) Farmville, Va. Baltimore, Md. N 22 vs. Youngstown State# L, 82-72 N 23 at Eastern Michigan# L, 79-48 N 26 at George Washington L, 91-66 2014-15 Record ....................................................3-6 2014-15 Record ................................................... 0-9 N 29 at Iowa L, 77-44 Conference................................................ Big South Conference.........................................America East Last Game............ L, 77-67 vs. UT Martin (12/6) Last Game.....L, 65-53 vs. Central Conn. St. (12/10) D 3 DARTMOUTH W, 74-73 D 6 UT MARTIN L, 77-67 Head Coach ........Jayson Gee (Charleston, ’88) Head Coach ...............Aki Thomas (Howard, ’02) D 14 at UMBC 5 p.m. Career Record ...............172-85 (Ninth Season) Career Record .................. 17-53 (Third Season) Baltimore, Md. (RAC Arena) Longwood Record ......12-30 (Second Season) UMBC Record ....................17-53 (Third Season) D 17 at Miami (OH) 7 p.m. vs. UMBC ........................................ Never Played ............................... Never Played D 20 PENN STATE BEAVER 2 p.m. vs. Longwood D 28 at Ball State 2 p.m. D 31 at Winthrop* 1 p.m. THE OPENING TIP LAST TIME OUT J 3 RADFORD* 5 p.m. • Longwood returns to the court for the fi rst time in • Quincy Taylor notched his second straight J 8 at Coastal Carolina* 7:30 p.m. more than a week to take on UMBC in Baltimore, J 10 at Charleston Southern* 7 p.m. 20-point game in a 77-67 loss to UT Martin last J 14 PRESBYTERIAN* 7 p.m. Md. Longwood has not played since Dec. 6 due to Saturday at Willett Hall. J 17 LIBERTY* 5 p.m. the university’s exam week. • Taylor hit 9-of-18 fi eld goals on the way to 26 J 19 at High Point* 7 p.m. • The contest will be Longwood’s seventh road points just three days after scoring 34 points in a J 22 at Gardner-Webb* 7 p.m. J 28 UNC ASHEVILLE* 7 p.m. game of the season. The Lancers have played six win over Dartmouth. Taylor hit 4-of-8 three-point- J 31 at Presbyterian* 7 p.m. of their fi rst nine games away from home. ers and scored 14 points in the second half. • The Lancers have shot .400 or better from three- • UT Martin guard Deville Smith derailed Long- F 3 GARDNER-WEBB* 7 p.m. point range in three straight games and have hit at F 6 at UNC Asheville* 7 p.m. wood’s bid at a second straight comeback by F 11 at Radford* 5 p.m. least nine treys in back-to-back contests heading matching Taylor nearly point-for-point with 13 of F 14 CHARLESTON SOU.* 5 p.m. into Sunday’s game. his 16 points in the second half. F 17 at Liberty* 7 p.m. • Longwood has forced 132 turnovers this season, • The Skyhawks took advantage of the absence of F 21 WINTHROP* 5 p.m. F 23 COASTAL CAROLINA* 7 p.m. the most in the Big South. Longwood center Lotanna Nwogbo, who scored F 28 CAMPBELL* 2 p.m. • In his six games this season, redshirt senior point 11 points on 4-of-4 fi eld goals but did so in limited guard Quincy Taylor is averaging 17.0 points and action due to foul trouble. UT Martin outscored M 3-8 Big South Tournament TBA 2.8 rebounds per game while shooting .536 (15-of- Longwood 38-29 in the 19 minutes Nwogbo was Home games in BOLD CAPS 28) from three-point range. off the fl oor. # EMU Showcase Tournament (Ypsilanti, Mich.) THE OPENING TIP * Big South game All times eastern and subject to change No. Name (Ht., Wt., Yr.) Pos. PPG RPG APG Notables 0 Tra’Vaughn White (5-10, 190, Jr.) G -- -- -- Will sit out 2014-15 season due to NCAA transfer rules 1 Leron Fisher (5-11, 160, Jr.) G 6.0 1.6 1.8 t-7th in Big South with 1.44 steals per game 2 Bryan Gee (6-0, 175, Fr.) G -- -- -- Will redshirt 2014-15 season 3 • Darrion Allen (6-2, 165, So.) G 6.7 2.1 1.1 Two 20-point games this season 4 Khris Lane (6-6, 225, So.) F -- -- -- Will sit out 2014-15 season due to NCAA transfer rules facebook.com/ 10 • Lotanna Nwogbo (6-8, 255, R-Jr.) C 13.3 8.0 0.1 Double-digit scoring in 7 of 9 games this season LongwoodLancers1839 11 Kanayo Obi-Rapu (6-3, 190, Fr.) G 3.2 3.0 0.8 12+ minutes in every game 14 Victor Dorsey (6-9, 200, Fr.) F 0.9 1.7 0.0 8 rebs in second career game vs. Eastern Michigan 15 Isaac Belton (6-4, 205, So.) G 1.8 1.0 0.2 Scored 5 points in 3 minutes in season-opener 21 • Shaquille Johnson (6-5, 220, Jr.) G/F 11.9 3.7 3.8 3+ assists in 8-of-9 games twitter.com/ 23 Ryan Badowski (6-3, 185, Fr.) G 9.4 2.0 0.4 Has at least one three-pointer in 8 of 9 games 24 • Damarion Geter (6-7, 215, So.) F 1.7 3.3 1.7 Team-leading 7 blocks LongwoodLancers 25 • Quincy Taylor (6-0, 180, R-Sr.) G 17.0 2.7 2.8 Averaging 30.0 ppg. last 2 games 30 Tyler Akers (6-4, 180, Sr.) G 0.4 0.2 0.2 Elected team captain as a senior • denotes projected starter Longwood at UMBC • Dec. 14, 2014 • Baltimore, Md. (RAC Arena) LONGWOOD GAMEDAY > Notes Media Information BY THE NUMBERS LONGWOOD MBB • Longwood has shot over 40.0 percent from three- MEDIA CONTACTS point range in three consecutive games. The QUICK FACTS Chris Cook Lancers are shooting .418 (23-of-55) from beyond Assistant VP/Athletics Communications Email: [email protected] the arc during that span with at least nine treys in UNIVERSITY Offi ce: 434-395-2718 back-to-back games heading into Sunday’s game. Name .......................................... Longwood University Cell: 434-808-5127 • Longwood ranks fourth in the Big South with a City/Zip ........................................Farmville, Va. 23909 Todd Lindenmuth .337 (67-of-199) three-point fi eld goal percentage. Founded ...............................................................1839 Enrollment (Undergraduate) ................................4,507 Athletics Communications Manager • Longwood is 2-0 in one-possession games this Email: [email protected] Nickname .........................................................Lancers season, defeating UNC Greensboro 81-79 in over- Offi ce: 434-395-4802 Colors .......................... Navy Blue (PMS 282) & White Cell: 919-724-8161 time on Nov. 21 and Dartmouth 74-73 on Dec. 3. Fight Song ................................... Hail to Longwood U! Jacob Bell • Redshirt senior point guard Quincy Taylor is aver- Affi liation .............................................NCAA Division I External Relations Assistant aging 30.0 points per game over his last two con- Conference ...................................................Big South Email: [email protected] tests. Taylor scored 34 points in a 74-73 win over President ..................W. Taylor Reveley IV (Princeton) Offi ce: 434-395-4802 Dartmouth on Dec. 3 and followed with 26 points Director of Athletics .........................Troy Austin (Duke) Cell: 615-424-6743 in a 77-67 loss to UT Martin on Dec. 6. Athletics Phone ....................................(434) 395-2057 Tickets Phone ......................................(434) 395-2138 • Taylor has hit 12 of his last 18 three-point shots, INTERVIEW REQUESTS Website ...........................www.LongwoodLancers.com All interview requests for Longwood men’s shooting .667 from three-point range over his last Twitter ..........................................@LongwoodLancers basketball players and coaches will run three games. Taylor has hit at least three treys in through the Longwood athletics communi- all three of those games and is shooting .536 (15- PROGRAM HISTORY cations offi ce. Contact Chris Cook or Jacob of-28) from long range this season. Bell to set up interviews. Seasons of Basketball ..............................................39 • Taylor has scored in double fi gures in fi ve of his six First Season ................................................... 1976-77 GAME BROADCASTS games this season. Taylor, who was the starting All-Time Record ..............................................499-473 All Longwood men’s basketball games air point guard as a sophomore at UAB before suffer- Division I Eligible ....................................2007-Present live on WVHL 92.9 FM Kickin’ Country in ing a torn ACL late in the season, is averaging a Division I Record ....................................80-148 (8) Farmville, online at www.WVHL.net and team-high 17.0 points and 2.8 assists per game. First Season D-I Schedule ........................ 2004-05 on the TuneIn Radio app. Select games Reclassifying D-I Record..........................20-72 (3) • Freshman guard Ryan Badowski has hit a stream on a free, live video broadcast Division II Eligible ....................................... 1980-2004 on the Big South Network, available at three-pointer in eight of nine games this season Division II Record ...............................342-317 (24) www.bigsouthsports.com/schedule. Scott and ranks fourth among all NCAA freshmen with Division II Tournament App. ..................................3 Bacon, the voice of the Lancers, carries 22 made three-pointers. Badowski is the sec- Division II Tournament Record ..........................2-4 radio broadcasts on WVHL, while Jacob ond-leading freshman scorer in the Big South av- Division III Eligible .......................................... 1976-80 Bell and Richard LeSueur handle com- eraging 9.4 points per game. Division III Record ....................................57-36 (4) mentary on the Big South Network.