Full Game Notes: Longwood vs. Ball State — EKU Hoops Classic (PDF)

Game #4: Longwood (2-1) vs. Ball State (1-2)
Saturday • November 21, 2015 • 4:30 p.m.
Richmond, Ky. • McBrayer Arena
WVHL 92.9 FM

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

The Opening Tip
•    The Lancers enter day two of the EKU Hoops Classic after suffering their first loss of the season, 83-77, at the hands of S.C. State.
•    Longwood has had a 20-point scorer in every game, including two 20-point outbursts from sophomore guard Kanayo Obi-Rapu and a 27-point performance from Lotanna Nwogbo. In all three of those games, either Obi-Rapu or Nwogbo set a career scoring high.
•    Longwood is in the midst of 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.
•    Redshirt freshman point guard Bryan Gee is among the most efficient game managers in the Big South, posting 14 assists and just two turnovers the first three games of his career.

Last Time Out
•    Gabriel McCray scored a career-high 23 points to help S.C. State hand Longwood its first loss of the season, an 83-77 defeat on the first day of the Eastern Kentucky Hoops Classic Friday evening at McBrayer Arena.
•    McCray shot 9-of-13 from the field to lead an S.C. State attack that shot .492 from the floor and topped 80 points for the second straight game.
•    McCray's effort helped the Bulldogs overcome a career outing from Longwood redshirt senior Lotanna Nwogbo, who set career highs with 27 points and 15 rebounds over a season-high 30 minutes.
•    Nwogbo scored 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds in the second half. He hit 7-of-12 shots from the field and 13-of-18 from the foul line for the game.

By The Numbers
•    Through two games, Longwood's roster includes the Big South leaders in points per game (Kanayo Obi-Rapu, 20.0 PPG), rebounds per game (Khris Lane, 10.7 RPG), free throw percentage (Darrion Allen, 1.000, 13-13), and assist-to-turnover ratio (Bryan Gee, 7.0 A/TO).
•    Guard Kanayo Obi-Rapu has scored in double figures in three straight games, including a pair of 20-point outings. Obi-Rapu had three double-figure scoring games in 33 games as a freshman.
•    Obi-Rapu leads the Big South in points per game (20.0 ppg.) and made three-pointers per game (4.7). He ranks third with a .560 (14-of-25) three-point percentage and has hit at least three treys in all three games this season.
•    Redshirt senior center Lotanna Nwogbo set career highs with 27 points and 15 rebounds in Friday's EKU Hoops Classic opener against S.C. State. Nwogbo surpassed his previous career bests in a single game en route to his sixth career double-double in 20 games as a Lancer.
•    Nwogbo has scored in double figures in 14 of his 20 games at Longwood. He has 10-plus rebounds in seven of those games.
•    Longwood is shooting a Big South-best .797 (51-of-64) from the free throw line and ranks 13th nationally in that category. The Lancers have shot at least .750 in each of the first two games, 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 18.0 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 point guard Bryan Gee has recorded 14 assists while turning the ball over just twice through the first three games of his career. Gee's 7.0 assist-to-turnover ratio leads the Big South.

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