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QUEENS, N.Y. -- Longwood University will play at St. John's University of the BIG EAST Conference in men's basketball on Tuesday night, November 26 at 7 p.m. at Carnesecca Arena in Queens, New York. It's the second of four games in the exempt Barclays Center Classic presented by Continental Tire. The game against the Red Storm will be televised nationally on FOX Sports 1, and can be heard locally on WVHL Radio, Kickin' Country 92.9 FM or via the Internet at wvhl.net.
Barclays Center Classic
Longwood is participating in the exempt Barclays Center Classic presented by Continental Tire on November 24-30. The Lancers played at Penn State (L 93-67) of the Big Ten Conference on Nov. 24, before this second game at St. John's, a program that played in the second round of the NIT last season. The four-game tournament concludes at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey with games against Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) member North Carolina A&T on Nov. 29, and either Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference member and host Monmouth or Southwestern Athletic Conference member Mississippi Valley State University on Nov. 30. North Carolina A&T won the MEAC Tournament and played in the second round of the NCAA Tournament last year.
Series History
Longwood and St. John's have never met on the hardwood, though the Lancers are 0-8 all-time against members of the BIG EAST. Longwood lost 95-69 to Cincinnati (ranked No. 17 at the time) on December 30, 2004 in Las Vegas; 90-77 to Villanova (ranked No. 4 at the time) on Dec. 10, 2005 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City; 107-69 at Providence on January 2, 2007 in Rhode Island; 96-65 at Marquette on Dec. 4, 2010 in Milwaukee; 78-51 at Seton Hall on Dec. 13, 2010 in Newark, New Jersey; 87-61 to Seton Hall on Dec. 23, 2011 in Farmville; 89-53 at Georgetown (ranked No. 23 at the time) on Dec. 10, 2012 in Washington, D.C.; and 79-61 at Seton Hall on Dec. 19, 2012 in Newark.
Looking At St. John's
St. John's is 3-1 overall, 0-0 in the BIG EAST after a 64-54 home win past Monmouth last Friday night. Steve Lavin is in his fourth year as head coach of the Red Storm. SJU was led against Monmouth by 6-2 junior Phil Greene IV (22 points, 8 rebounds), 6-4 junior D'Angelo Harrison (15 points, 3 3FGs) and 6-9 sophomore JaKarr Sampson (14 points, 9 rebounds). The other two starters were 6-9 senior Orlando Sanchez (6 assists) and 6-9 sophomore Chris Obekpa (9 blocks). The Red Storm shot 46% (24-52) from the field, including 38% (8-21) on three-point field goals and 50% (8-16) at the free throw line.
Looking At Longwood
Longwood is 2-3 overall, 0-0 in the Big South Conference after a 93-67 road loss at Penn State on Sunday afternoon in Pennsylvania. Freshman Isaac Belton scored a career-high 17 points (7-8 FTs) in 21 minutes off the bench, while redshirt-junior captain Jeylani Dublin added a season-high 16 points (7-10 FGs) off the bench and senior captain Tristan Carey had 13 points (3-8 3FGs) for the Lancers. Longwood shot 40% (21-52) from the field, including 35% (7-20) on three-pointers and 75% (18-24) at the line.
Joining The 1,000 Career Point Club
Tristan Carey became the 20th player in Longwood men's basketball history to surpass the magical 1,000 career point plateau with his game-high 21 points vs. Brown on Nov. 22. Through the Penn State game, he now totals 1,026 points with the Lancers in 69 games (14.9 average) since transferring from La Salle University following his freshman season in 2009-10. Carey is averaging 20.3 points and 5.5 rebounds this season with 14 three-point field goals (3.5) and nine steals, recently earning Big South Player of the Week honors.
Coach Gee On The Penn State Loss
"They're a good team, their two guards are really, really good and they do a great job of constantly attacking you. I thought the biggest difference in the game was their post guy's ability to shoot the basketball. We really didn't have an answer for that, particularly with the depth in which they were shooting those three's." -- Longwood head coach Jayson Gee
