Men's basketball sophomore Kanayo Obi-Rapu averaged 15.5 points, 3.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.5 steals per game last week as Longwood avenged a 78-65 midweek loss at Presbyterian by knocking off two-time reigning Big South Champion Coastal Carolina 76-61 Saturday.
A 6-3, 190-pound shooting guard from Greensboro, N.C., Obi-Rapu scored in double figures in both games, including a team-high 17 points in the 15-point win over the Chanticleers. He added six rebounds, four assists and two steals in that game as the Lancers defeated Coastal Carolina for the first time since joining the Big South in 2012-13.
Obi-Rapu opened the week with a 14-point effort at Presbyterian. He carded two assists and three steals in that game as well.
Obi-Rapu’s back-to-back double-digit scoring performances came in just his third game back since returning from a hamstring injury. He suffered the injury on Dec. 19 at George Mason and missed Longwood’s next three games. Despite the absence, he is averaging 12.7 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.5 rebounds per game while shooting .418 (38-of-91) from three-point range for the fourth-highest three-point clip in the Big South.
