FARMVILLE, Va. – The Longwood men's basketball team will return to the Richmond, Va., area for the first time in more than six seasons this Saturday, Dec. 12, for a televised matchup against Atlantic 10 contender Richmond at 6:30 p.m. in the Robins Center.
 
Longwood's return to Richmond pits the Lancers (3-6) against a Richmond team that enters the weekend ranked 43rd in the NCAA RPI. The game will air live on WTVR CBS 6, the local CBS affiliate in Richmond.
 
Saturday also marks a homecoming for Longwood redshirt sophomore Khris Lane, a Richmond, Va., native and Benedictine Prep product who has emerged as the second-leading rebounder in the Big South in his first season in Farmville.
 
The Longwood Office of Alumni Relations will hold a pregame alumni gathering in The Robins Center for registered alumni. Special Longwood block tickets are also on sale. To register for the event, contact Longwood Director of Alumni Relations Parks Smith at smithpa@longwood.edu. 

Full Game Notes: Longwood at Richmond (PDF)

Game #10: Longwood (3-6, 0-1 Big South) at Richmond (5-3)
Saturday • December 12, 2015 • 6:30 p.m.
Richmond, Va. • Robins Center (7,201)
WTVR CBS 6 (Richmond) • WVHL 92.9 FM (Farmville) • ESPN 950 AM (Richmond)

Television: WTVR CBS 6 (Richmond, Va.)
    Play-by-Play: Bob Black
    Commentary: Greg Beckwith

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

Radio: ESPN 950 AM (Richmond, Va.)
    Play-by-Play: Greg Fish

The Opening Tip
•    Longwood opens a five-game road swing at neighboring Richmond Saturday at 6:30 p.m., the first matchup between the teams since the Spiders took down the Lancers 65-52 on Nov. 24, 2009.
•    The trip will mark Longwood's first regular season game in the Richmond era during head coach Jayson Gee's three-year tenure at Longwood. 
•    The game is a homecoming for Longwood redshirt sophomore Khris Lane, a Richmond, Va., native  and product of Benedictine Prep.
•    Senior forward Shaquille Johnson returns to the lineup Saturday for his first game of the season. The 2015 Big South All-Tournament Team selection averaged 13.4 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.3 steals per game last season.
•    Longwood leads the Big South in assists (14.9 apg.) and free throw percentage (.771).

Last Time Out
•    UMBC's Rodney Elliott scored 18 points and Cody Joyce added 16 off the bench to lead the Retrievers to a 70-59 win over Longwood Saturday afternoon in Willett Hall.
•    Elliott's 18 points came on 5-of-8 shooting as one of four double-figure scorers for UMBC, including Joyce, who hit 7-of-12 shots and added six rebounds to lead a UMBC bench that contributed 21 points. 
•    Longwood opened the game with a 22-7 run that included 11 consecutive points by Kanayo Obi-Rapu but gave up the lead for good when UMBC responded with a 27-6 run of their own. 
•    Obi-Rapu scored a team-high 18 points and hit 4-of-7 three-pointers. Redshirt senior center  Lotanna Nwogbo added 11 on a night in which he was limited to just 22 minutes due to foul trouble.

By The Numbers
•    Longwood is the top free throw shooting team in the Big South and the league's second-best three-point shooting squad, shooting .771 (148-of-192) from the charity stripe and .384 (66-of-172) from beyond the arc.
•    The Lancers are tied for the Big South lead with 14.9 assists per game and have four players averaging at least 2.8 helpers per game.
•    Richmond, Va., native and Drexel transfer Khris Lane (Benedictine Prep) has emerged as one of the conference's top rebounders in his first season at Longwood, averaging 8.0 boards per game to rank second in the Big South.
•    Lane is one of only two players in the Big South averaging at least 10.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game. He has grabbed at least eight boards five times, including a school Division I-record tying 20 in his first game as a Lancer.
•    Lane is shooting .531 (17-of-32) from the floor over his past four games with two double-figure scoring games during that stretch.
•    Longwood Big South Preseason All-Conference center Lotanna Nwogbo is one of only two players in the Big South averaging at least 15.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per game. He joins reigning Big South Player of the Year John Brown of High Point on that list.
•    Nwogbo has scored in double figures in five straight games and is averaging 17.4 points and 9.0 free throw attempts per game during that stretch.
•    Since his return to the lineup on Nov. 21, senior point guard Leron Fisher has been Longwood's top distributor, dishing out 31 assists in just six games (5.1 apg.). Fisher has averaged 11.0 points per game during that run.
•    Longwood's roster includes one of the nation's leading three-point shooter in sophomore guard Kanayo Obi-Rapu, whose .508 (31-of-61) three-point percentage is the third highest in the country (minimum 60 attempts).

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