MEN’S BASKETBALL vs Liberty Thursday • January 26, 2017 • 7 p.m. 20 Farmville, Va. • Willett Hall (1,900) Video: Big South Network • Radio: WVHL 92.9 FM 2016-17 Schedule THE MATCHUP Longwood Liberty 11/5 Hampden-Sydney (exh.) W (OT) 93-85 11/13 Maine L 80-58 LANCERS 11/15 at Stephen F. Austin# L 66-60 FLAMES 11/18 Salem International W 87-74 Farmville, Va. • Big South Lynchburg, Va. • Big South 11/23 at Saint Francis (Pa.) L 87-72 11/28 Dartmouth W 86-80 2016-17 Record .........................................6-13, 3-5 2016-17 Record ........................................11-10, 6-2 12/3 James Madison L 71-59 Conference................................................ Big South Conference................................................ Big South 12/9 at Creighton% L 113-58 Last Game..... L, 76-61 at Charleston So. (1/21) Last Game................L, 61-48 vs Winthrop (1/21) 12/12 at George Mason L 97-60 12/14 Averett W 86-67 Head Coach ........Jayson Gee (Charleston, ’88) Head Coach ..Ritchie McKay (Seattle Pacifi c, ’87) 12/19 at Ball State L 61-45 12/21 at Texas Tech& L 91-60 Career Record .................195-138 (10 Seasons) Career Record ................295-196 (10 Seasons) 12/29 Campbell* W 79-77 Longwood Record ........35-83 (Four Seasons) Liberty Record ...............63-57 (Four Seasons) 12/31 at High Point* W 60-55 Gee vs. Liberty .....................................................3-3 McKay vs. Longwood .........................................3-1 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 has endured a diffi cult stretch in con- • Charleston Southern freshman Christian Keeling 1/14 Gardner-Webb* L 85-79 1/19 Radford* L 72-60 ference play, losing fi ve straight games to a con- scored 19 of his 28 points in the second half to 1/21 at Charleston Southern* L 76-61 tingent that boasts a combined 24-16 Big South propel the Buccaneers past visiting Longwood 76- 1/26 Liberty* 7 p.m. record. Three of those teams — Winthrop, UNC 61 Saturday evening at The Buc Dome. 1/28 at Presbyterian* 5 p.m. Asheville and Gardner-Webb — currently sit in the • After shooting just 4-of-15 from the fl oor to start 2/1 High Point* 7 p.m. top four of the Big South standings. the game, Keeling knocked down six of his fi nal 10 2/4 at Gardner-Webb*@ 5 p.m. • Head coach Jayson Gee announced Wednes- shots against an injury-depleted Longwood team 2/9 at Campbell* 7 p.m. 2/11 UNC Asheville* 5 p.m. day that redshirt sophomore point guard Bryan down to just eight scholarship players. 2/15 Winthrop* 7 p.m. Gee will miss the remainder of the season due to • Keeling’s late-game surge halted a Longwood rally 2/18 at Radford* 5 p.m. prolonged overtraining syndrome. The condition that saw the Lancers fi ght back from a 10-point 2/23 at Liberty* 7 p.m. 2/25 Charleston Southern* 5 p.m. stems from an offseason emergency appendecto- defi cit to cut Charleston Southern’s lead to four my and related complications from the procedure. points with 17-plus minutes to play. BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP • Gee’s absence marks the fourth signifi cant injury • Keeling’s 28 points were the most Longwood has 2/28 Big South Championship (1st Rd.) TBA 3/2 Big South Championship (QF) TBA for a Longwood team down to just seven available allowed to a single player this season and enough 3/3 Big South Championship (SF) TBA scholarship players. He will join Damarion Geter to offset a 20-point effort from Longwood redshirt 3/5 Big South Championship Game TBA (broken foot), Jahleem Montague (torn ACL) and sophomore Isaiah Walton. Home games in BOLD Juan Munoz (torn ACL) on the team’s long-term • Darrion Allen and Khris Lane also scored in dou- * Big South game injury report. ble fi gures for the Lancers. # 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 0.3 0.5 0.0 Walk-on; career-high 12 mins. vs. Asheville (1/11) 1 •Isaiah Walton (6-4, 185, R-So.) G 14.0 4.0 3.0 2nd half of games: 8.8 ppg., .576 FG pct., .519 3-FG pct. 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 13.8 3.7 1.3 Leads Big South w/ 35.3 minutes per game VIDEO: Big South Network 4 •Khris Lane (6-6, 245, R-Jr.) F 16.3 7.5 1.0 10+ points & 5+ rebounds in all 8 Big South games Play-by-Play: Jay Burnham 10 B.K. Ashe (6-1, 160, Sr.) G — — — Will sit out season due to NCAA transfer rules Color Commentary: Trey Eggleston 11 Jahleem Montague (6-8, 230, So.) F — — — Will miss fi rst season at Longwood w/ torn ACL 12 Juan Munoz (5-11, 165, Fr.) G — — — Will miss fi rst season at Longwood w/ torn ACL Website: www.BigSouthSports.com/Watch 15 •Isaac Belton (6-4, 205, Sr.) G 5.1 2.2 0.9 Big South play: 6.5 ppg., 2.6 rpg., 1.6 apg. 20 Obi Romeo (6-10, 245, Jr.) F 1.1 1.6 0.1 Averaging team-best 10.8 rebounds per 40 minutes RADIO: WVHL Kickin’ Country 92.9 FM 21 •JaShaun Smith (6-5, 200, Fr.) F 7.6 3.4 0.7 At least one block in 10 straight games 22 Caius Covrig (6-5, 215, Fr.) G — — — Freshman walk-on; averaged 20.0 ppg, 12.0 rpg in HS Play-by-Play: Darius Thigpen 24 Damarion Geter (6-8, 235, R-Jr.) F 3.0 3.3 0.7 Out indefi nitely with foot injury Station: 92.9 FM (Farmville) 30 Chris Shields (6-8, 210, So.) F/G 5.5 2.8 0.8 Has at least 1 FG in 18 of 19 games Website: LongwoodLancers.com/WVHL • denotes projected starter Longwood vs. Liberty • January 26, 2017 • Farmville, Va. (Willett Hall) LONGWOOD GAMEDAY > Notes Media Information BY THE NUMBERS LONGWOOD MBB • Longwood is 14-1 against Liberty in Willett Hall. MEDIA CONTACTS The Flames snapped a 14-game losing streak on QUICK FACTS Chris Cook Longwood’s home fl oor in a 69-68 win last season. UNIVERSITY Assistant VP/Athletics Communications • Khris Lane averaged 8.0 points and 4.5 rebounds Name ........................................... Longwood University [email protected] Email: per game in two meetings against Liberty last sea- City/Zip ........................................ Farmville, VA 23909 Offi ce: 434-395-2718 son. He shot .800 (4-of-5) from three-point range Founded ............................................................... 1839 Cell: 434-808-5127 Enrollment (Undergraduate) ............................... 4,602 Todd Lindenmuth in the meetings, including 4-of-4 from long range Asst. Director of Athletics Communications the last time the teams met. Nickname ........................................................ Lancers Email: [email protected] • In Big South play, Longwood is 3-1 when entering Colors .......................... Navy Blue (PMS 282) & White Fight Song .................................... Hail to Longwood U! Offi ce: 434-395-4802 the fi nal two minutes of the game either tied, lead- Affi liation ............................................. NCAA Division I Cell: 919-724-8161 ing or trailing by no more than two possessions. Darius Thigpen Conference .................................................... Big South Asst. Director of Athletics Communications • Longwood is 4-0 when outrebounding the opposi- President ..................................... W. Taylor Reveley IV Email: [email protected] tion this season, including all three Big South wins. Alma Mater ............................................. Princeton Offi ce: 434-395-2345 • The injury-riddled Lancers have fi ve players aver- Director of Athletics ..................................... Troy Austin Cell: 813-299-7578 aging at least 20.0 minutes per game and three Alma Mater .................................................... Duke Derrick Bennington — Darrion Allen (35.3 mpg.), Khris Lane (32.7) Athletics Phone ..................................... (434) 395-2057 Athletics Communications Staff Assistant and Isaiah Walton (31.2) averaging at least 30.0 Tickets Phone ....................................... (434) 395-2138 Email: [email protected] Website ........................... www.LongwoodLancers.com minutes per game. Twitter ......................................... @LongwoodLancers INTERVIEW REQUESTS • Longwood ranks second in the Big South with All interview requests for Longwood men’s 4.4 blocks per game and has three players — PROGRAM HISTORY basketball players and coaches will be co- JaShaun Smith (5th, 1.3 bpg.), Khris Lane (t-6th, ordinated through the Longwood athletics Seasons of Basketball ............................................. 40 1.2 bpg.) and Darrion Allen (9th, 0.9 bpg.) — communications offi ce. First Season .................................................... 1976-77 ranked in the top 10 in blocks per game. All-Time Record .............................................. 521-626 GAME BROADCASTS • Smith, Lane and Allen have more combined blocks Division I Eligible ..................................... 2007-Present All Longwood men’s basketball games air (62) than four Big South teams. Division I Record (Seasons)................ 102-200 (10) live on WVHL 92.9 FM Kickin’ Country in • Guards Darrion Allen and Isaiah Walton and for- First Season Full D-I Affi liation ................... 2007-08 Farmville, online at www.WVHL.net and ward Khris Lane are the second-highest scoring Division I Reclassifying Period ....................2004-07 on the TuneIn Radio app. Select games Reclassifying D-I Record........................... 20-72 (3) trio in the Big South, averaging 44.1 points per stream on a free, live video broadcast Division II Eligible .......................................