Full Game Notes: Longwood vs. Eastern Kentucky — EKU Hoops Classic (PDF)

Game #5: Longwood (2-2) at Eastern Kentucky (3-1)
Sunday • November 22, 2015 • 2 p.m.
Richmond, Ky. • McBrayer Arena
WVHL 92.9 FM • OVC Digital Network

Radio: WVHL Kickin' Country 92.9 FM (Farmville, Va.)
    Play-by-Play: Scott Bacon
    Commentary: Darius Thigpen

Video: OVC Digital Network

The Opening Tip
•    Longwood concludes its three-day gauntlet at the EKU Hoops Classic against host Eastern Kentucky Sunday at 2 p.m. The game will be the third in three days for the Lancers, who are in the midst of a stretch of six straight away matchups.
•    The Lancers enter Sunday's game after dropping their first two games of the EKU Hoops Classic, 83-77 to S.C. State and 78-67 to Ball State.
•    Longwood has had a 20-point scorer in all four games this season, including three 20-point outbursts from sophomore guard Kanayo Obi-Rapu. Obi-Rapu sits atop the Big South scoring leaderboard with 20.3 points per game.
•    Longwood is two games into a road gauntlet that includes 10 of 11 games away from home. Longwood's lone home contest during that stretch is a Dec. 5 matchup against UMBC in Willett Hall.

Last Time Out
•    Led by 17 points from Ryan Weber, Ball State overcame a 21-point effort from Kanayo Obi-Rapu and a career-high 18 points from Khris Lane to take down Longwood, 78-67, on day two of the EKU Hoops Classic at McBrayer Arena.
 •    Weber did the bulk of his damage at the free throw line, hitting 9-of-10 shots from the charity stripe to spearhead a balanced effort the Cardinals, who blew open a one-point game with 6:05 remaining.
•    Weber scored 12 points as part of a 21-11 run over that final six minutes..
•    The late run overcame several clutch buckets from Obi-Rapu, who either gave Longwood the lead or put the game back within one possession with three of his six second-half field goals.
•    Longwood freshman Chris Shields also added career highs of nine points and eight rebounds.

By The Numbers
•    Guard Kanayo Obi-Rapu is in the midst of a breakthrough sophomore season, scoring 20-plus points in three of his first four games and in double figures in all four contests. Obi-Rapu is averaging a Big South-leading 20.3 points per game on .558 (29-of-52) shooting from the field and .559 (19-of-34) shooting from three-point range.
•    Obi-Rapu has sank at least three treys and shot at least 50.0 percent from beyond the arc in all four games. He ranks second nationally with a .560 three-point percentage among players who have attempted at least 20 treys.
•    Junior Darrion Allen has amassed 15 assists through his first four games for an average of 3.8 per game. Allen averaged just 0.9 assists per game over his first two seasons.
•    Redshirt senior Lotanna Nwogbo has scored in double figures in 14 of his 21 games at Longwood. He has 10-plus rebounds in seven of those games.
•    Longwood is shooting a Big South-best .775 (62-of-80) from the free throw line. The Lancers have shot at least .750 in two of their first threegames, including .870 (20-of-23) against La Roche.
•    Allen is a perfect 13-of-13 from the line this season. He is among five players nationally that have a perfect free throw clip with at least 13 attempts.
•    Longwood's bench averages 17.5 points per game through the first two contests. Redshirt senior point guard Tra'Vaughn White is Longwood's leading scorer off the bench with 9.0 points per game.
•    Redshirt freshman Bryan Gee has recorded 17 assists while turning the ball over just four through the first four games of his career. The son of head coach Jayson Gee, Bryan leads the Big South with a 4.3:1 assist-to-turnover ratio and ranks among the top five with 4.3 assists per game.
•    Freshman Chris Shields set career highs Saturday against Ball State with nine points, eight rebounds, two steals, 26 minutes and 4-of-5 shooting from the floor.

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