MEN’S BASKETBALL at Dartmouth Tuesday • December 21, 2015 • 7 p.m. Hanover, N.H. • Leede Arena (2,100) 13 Radio: WVHL 92.9 FM • Video: Ivy League Digital Network 2015-16 Schedule THE MATCHUP 11/7 HAMPDEN-SYDNEY (Exh.) W, 71-68 Longwood Dartmouth 11/13 RANDOLPH W, 69-49 11/16 LA ROCHE W, 89-65 LANCERS BIG GREEN 11/20 #vs. S.C. State L, 83-77 Farmville, Va. • Big South Hanover, N.H. • Ivy League 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 ....................3-9 (0-1 Big South) 2015-16 Record .................3-6 (0-0 Ivy League) 11/28 at Columbia W, 70-69 Conference................................................ Big South Conference.............................................. Ivy League 12/2 *at High Point L, 90-66 Last Game.. L, 75-70 at George Mason (12/19) Last Game.... L, 76-56 at New Hampshire (12/19) 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 ...Paul Cormier (New Hampshire, ’74) 12/19 at George Mason L, 75-70 Career Record ................... 182-111 (10 Seasons) Career Record ................221-310 (20 Seasons) 12/22 at Dartmouth 7 p.m. Longwood Record ........22-56 (Three Seasons) Dartmouth Record ........135-199 (13 Seasons) Hanover, N.H. (Leede Arena) Gee vs. Dartmouth ...............................................1-1 Cormier vs. Longwood .......................................1-3 12/28 CAIRN 7 p.m. 12/31 *UNC ASHEVILLE 7 p.m. 1/2 *GARDNER-WEBB 2 p.m. THE OPENING TIP LAST TIME OUT 1/6 *at Presbyterian 7 p.m. • Longwood concludes a four-game road swing • In the first-ever meeting between the schools, 1/9 *COASTAL CAROLINA 2 p.m. 1/14 *at Campbell 7 p.m. Tuesday at Dartmouth in the final non-conference George Mason rode a 15-point second half from 1/19 *at Liberty 7 p.m. road game of the year. Longwood will then have freshman DeAndre Abram to a 75-70 comeback 1/23 *WINTHROP 5 p.m. just one non-conference bout — against Cairn on win over Longwood Saturday at EagleBank Arena. 1/27 *RADFORD 7 p.m. 1/30 *at UNC Asheville 2 p.m. Dec. 28 — before opening Big south play against • Abram broke out for a career-high 24 points as the 2/3 *CAMPBELL 7 p.m. UNC Asheville on Dec. 31. Patriots overcame a 10-point deficit and held off a 2/6 *at Charleston Southern 5:30 p.m. • Longwood is 1-0 against Ivy League teams this late Longwood charge by knocking down eight of 2/11 *at Winthrop 7 p.m. season after defeating Columbia, 70-69, on NOv. their final 10 free throws inside the final minute. 2/13 *LIBERTY 2 p.m. 2/18 *HIGH POINT 7 p.m. 28 in Manhattan, N.Y. Abram hit the last three of those with under 10 2/20 *%at Gardner-Webb 7 p.m. • The Lancers have played nine of their past 10 seconds remaining to fight off a Longwood team 2/25 *PRESBYTERIAN 7 p.m. games on the road. that had trimmed the deficit to three points. 2/27 *at Radford 4 p.m. 3/3-8 %at Big South Championship TBA • Redshirt senior point guard Tra’Vaughn White • The Lancers led by as many as 11 points in the (9.2 ppg., 2.2 rpg.) and sophomore guard Kanayo first half. Home games in BOLD CAPS Obi-Rapu (13.0 ppg., 2.5 rpg.) are day-to-day with • Abram’s 24-point effort neutralized the best game All times eastern and subject to change # at Eastern Kentucky Hoops Classic (Richmond, Ky.) injuries. White has missed seven straight games of the season from Longwood’s Shaquille John- ^ Televised on CBS6 (Richmond, Va.) with a hand injury, while Obi-Rapu suffered a leg son, who hit 9-of-11 field goals and finished with & Televised on ESPNU injury Saturday at George Mason. 23 points and 11 rebounds % Broadcast on ESPN3 * Big South game THE LINEUP No. Name (Ht., Wt., Yr.) Pos. PPG RPG APG Notables 0 Tra’Vaughn White (5-10, 190, R-Sr.) G 9.2 2.2 3.2 Starting PG has missed 7 straight games w/ hand injury BROADCAST INFO 1 • Leron Fisher (5-11, 160, Sr.) G 11.6 3.6 4.4 Has at least one steal in 8 straight games 2 Bryan Gee (6-0, 175, R-Fr.) G 1.1 1.8 2.9 Leads Longwood with 3.6 assist-to-turnover ratio (32/9) RADIO: WVHL Kickin’ Country 92.9 FM 3 • Darrion Allen (6-2, 165, Jr.) G 8.4 3.3 2.2 Leads all Big South guards with seven blocks Play-by-Play: Darius Thigpen 4 • Khris Lane (6-6, 225, R-So.) F 10.8 8.1 0.8 One of two in Big South with 10.0 ppg., 8.0 rpg. 10 • Lotanna Nwogbo (6-8, 255, R-Sr.) C 13.9 6.6 0.7 Has scored 10+ pts in 20 of 29 games at Longwood Station: 92.9 FM (Farmville, Va.) 11 • Kanayo Obi-Rapu (6-3, 190, So.) G 13.0 2.5 1.3 5th in NCAA with .479 3-point percentage (min. 65 3-PTA) Website: www.WVHL.net 12 Jacob Thibodeau (6-4, 195, Fr.) G — — — Joined program as freshman walk-on in September VIDEO: Ivy League Digital Network 14 Victor Dorsey (6-9, 200, So.) F — — — Appeared in 24 games as a freshman 15 Isaac Belton (6-4, 205, Jr.) G 2.4 1.4 0.1 Hit back-to-back 3-ptrs off the bench vs. High Point Play-by-Play: Bill Rohland 21 Shaquille Johnson (6-5, 220, Sr.) G/F 11.0 7.7 3.0 Double-double in 4 of past 6 gms dating back to 2014-15 Website: www.DartmouthSports.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 1.6 1.6 0.0 At least 1 offensive rebound in 3 of first 5 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 7.2 2.7 1.0 Big South’s fourth-leading bench scorer • denotes projected starter Longwood at Dartmouth • Dec. 21, 2015 • Hanover, N.H. (Leede Arena) LONGWOOD GAMEDAY > Notes Media Information BY THE NUMBERS LONGWOOD MBB • In Longwood’s last meeting against an Ivy League MEDIA CONTACTS foe, senior guard Leron Fisher went off for 18 QUICK FACTS Chris Cook points and eight assists to lead the Lancers to a Assistant VP/Athletics Communications Email: [email protected] 70-69 win against Columbia on Nov. 28, 2015. UNIVERSITY Office: 434-395-2718 With six seconds remaining, Fisher fed freshman Name .......................................... Longwood University Cell: 434-808-5127 Chris Shields under the basket for the game-win- City/Zip .........................................Farmville, VA 23909 Todd Lindenmuth ning layup in Manhattan. Founded ...............................................................1839 Asst. Director of Athletics Communications • Fisher one of only five Big South players averaging Enrollment (Undergraduate) ................................4,507 Email: [email protected] at least 10.0 points, 3.0 assists and 1.0 steals per Nickname .........................................................Lancers Office: 434-395-4802 game. He ranks second in the conference with 4.4 Mascot ..............................................................Elwood Cell: 919-724-8161 Colors .......................... Navy Blue (PMS 282) & White Darius Thigpen assists per game, seven with a 1.4 assist-to-turn- Fight Song ................................... Hail to Longwood U! Asst. Director of Athletics Communications over ratio, 13th with 1.2 steals per game and 22nd Affiliation ............................................. NCAA Division I Email: [email protected] with 11.6 points per game. Conference ...................................................Big South Office: 434-395-2345 • Fisher, who led the Big South in steals and steals 813-299-7578 President ..................W. Taylor Reveley IV (Princeton) Cell: per game last season, has recorded at least one Tim Castaneda Director of Athletics .........................Troy Austin (Duke) Athletics Communications Assistant steal in nine straight games. Athletics Phone ....................................(434) 395-2057 Email: [email protected] • Redshirt sophomore forward Khris Lane leads all Tickets Phone ......................................(434) 395-2138 Big South big men with 30.1 minutes per game. Website ...........................www.LongwoodLancers.com INTERVIEW REQUESTS The 6-6, 235-pound Drexel transfer is one of only Twitter ..........................................@LongwoodLancers All interview requests for Longwood men’s basketball players and coaches will be co- two players in the league averaging at least 10.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game. PROGRAM HISTORY ordinated through the Longwood athletics Seasons of Basketball ..............................................39 communications office. • Longwood Big South Preseason All-Conference First Season ................................................... 1976-77 center Lotanna Nwogbo is one of only two Big All-Time Record .............................................. 509-601 GAME BROADCASTS South players averaging at least 13.0 points, 6.0 All Longwood men’s basketball games air Division I Eligible ....................................2007-Present live on WVHL 92.9 FM Kickin’ Country in rebounds and 1.0 blocks per game. He joins reign- Division I Record ....................................90-176 (9) Farmville, online at www.WVHL.net and ing Big South Player of the Year John Brown of First Season D-I Schedule ........................ 2004-05 on the TuneIn Radio app. Select games High Point on that list. Reclassifying D-I Record..........................20-72 (3) stream on a free, live video broadcast • A transfer prior to the 2013-14 season, Nwogbo Division II Eligible ....................................... 1980-2004 on the Big South Network, available at has scored in double figures in 21 of his 29 games Division II Record ...............................342-317 (24) www.bigsouthsports.com/schedule.