The Opening Tip• Longwood hosts Big South foe Coastal Carolina Saturday at 2 p.m. The game is the first part of a twinbill in Willett Hall, preceding the Longwood women's team's 5 p.m. tipoff against Campbell.
• In his lone meeting against the Chanticleers last season, Longwood center
Lotanna Nwogbo went off for 23 points and 10 rebounds while hitting 10-of-14 shots from the field in a 76-70 loss in Conway, S.C., on Jan. 8, 2015. Nwogbo missed the second meeting of the 2014-15 season after suffering a season-ending hand injury.
• Longwood is 3-3 in Willett Hall this season. Nwogbo and
Darrion Allen have scored in double figures in five of those six games.
• Prior to Saturday's game, the Longwood Office of Alumni & Career Services will host a family-friendly tailgate in the Longwood Fitness Center.
Last Time Out• Led by a 22-point, 15-rebound double-double from Big South scoring leader DeSean Murray, Presbyterian wore down Longwood in the second half en route to a 78-65 win Wednesday in Clinton, S.C.
• Murray led the second half charge with 17 points and 11 rebounds after the break to help the Blue Hose overcome a 34-29 halftime deficit.
• Murray hit 8-of-16 shots from the field and scored nine second-chance points created by his seven offensive rebounds.
• Presbyterian guard Markus Terry scored 22 points on 5-of-7 shooting from three-point range, hitting 4-of-5 treys after halftime.
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Khris Lane hit 7-of-8 shots from the floor to score a team-high 16 points.
Kanayo Obi-Rapu added 14 points, while
Lotanna Nwogbo also scored in double figures with 12 points and eight rebounds.
By The Numbers• Guard
Darrion Allen and center
Lotanna Nwogbo and have scored in double figures in five of their six games in Willett Hall. Allen is averaging 13.0 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game at home, while Nwogbo is averaging 12.2 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game.
• Longwood is shooting .761 (70-of-92) from the free throw line at home this season, compared to .662 (155-of-234) from the line outside of Willett Hall. Allen is shooting .964 (27-of-28) from the line in Willett Hall this season, including a perfect 10-of-10 performance in his last home outing against Gardner-Webb on Jan. 2.
• Opponents are shooting just .268 (37-of-138) from three-point range against Longwood in Willett Hall this season, compared to .408 (106-of-260) from three-point range on the road. The Lancers have held four of their six home opponents to a sub-.300 shooting clip from three-point range.
• Longwood has forced 226 turnovers this season for the fifth most in the Big South. The Lancers, who led the Big South with 505 forced turnovers in 2014-15, average 13.9 points per game off turnovers.
• Since a change to the rotation moved redshirt sophomore
Khris Lane to the bench four games ago, the 6-6, 230-pound power forward has seen an increase in offensive production. Lane is averaging 11.0 points per game off the bench, compared to 10.3 in the starting lineup, while improving his shooting percentage to .655 (19-of-20) from .483 (57-of-118).
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Lotanna Nwogbo is one of only two players in the Big South averaging 14.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per game, joining John Brown of High Point and Tyrell Nelson of Gardner-Webb.
• Nwogbo has led Longwood in scoring a team-high five times and in rebounding a team-high eight times. He ranks among the Big South's top 10 in scoring, rebounding and blocks per game.
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