GAME NOTES (PDF) / BSN LIVE VIDEO / LISTEN LIVE / LIVE STATS
FARMVILLE, Va. -- Longwood University will play the first of four-straight home games in men's basketball against NAIA member WVU Tech on Wednesday night, December 4 at 7 p.m. at Willett Hall in Farmville. The Lancers (2-6), led by senior captain
Tristan Carey (18.0 points, 6.6 rebounds), look to halt a five-game losing streak against the Golden Bears (8-4). The game will be streamed live on the Big South Network and can be heard locally on WVHL Radio, Kickin' Country 92.9 FM or via the Internet at
wvhl.net.
Series History
Longwood and WVU Tech have met six times previously on the hardwood, though the two schools have not played since November 21, 2000. The Lancers won that most recent game, 86-85, in West Virginia. The other Longwood win was by a score of 94-86 on February 1, 1982 in Farmville. The Golden Bears own wins by scores of 106-98 on Nov. 21, 1981 in West Virginia; 61-53 in early November 1983 in Farmville; 73-69 on Nov. 25, 1988 in Owensboro, Kentucky; and 96-71 on Nov. 23, 1999 in Farmville.
Looking At Longwood
Longwood is 2-6 overall, 0-0 in the Big South Conference after a 90-89 loss to Mississippi Valley State last Saturday at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey. The Delta Devils made a game-winning layup with just 6.1-seconds remaining. Sophomore
Karl Ziegler led the Lancers with his career-high and game-high 23 points, including 11-12 free throws. Redshirt-junior captain
Jeylani Dublin finished with a season-high 17 points in 18 minutes off the bench, making 7-7 free throws, sophomore
Leron Fisher added a career-high 16 points, senior captain
Tristan Carey posted a double-double with 12 points and a career-high and game-high 16 rebounds, while sophomore captain
Lucas Woodhouse had 11 points and five assists. Longwood shot a season-high 59% (30-51) from the field, including 29% (2-7) on three-point field goals and 84% (27-32) at the free throw line.
Looking At WVU Tech
WVU Tech is 8-4 after a 77-70 home loss to Shawnee State (Ohio) on Monday night. Bob Williams is in his 12th year as head coach of the Golden Bears. WVU Tech was led against Shawnee State by 6-1 senior Brandon Burgraff (19 points, 3 3FGs), 6-6 senior Armond Perez (17 points, 3 assists) and 6-6 junior Jauries Thomas (10 points, 15 rebounds). The other two starters were 5-7 sophomore Cam Powell (3 points) and 5-7 sophomore Eddie Gordon (6 points). The Golden Bears shot 37% (26-70) from the field, including 24% (6-25) on three-pointers and 67% (12-18) at the line.
Barclays Center Classic
Longwood participated 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 and St. John's (L 65-47) of the BIG EAST on Nov. 26. The four-game tournament concluded at Monmouth in New Jersey with games against North Carolina A&T (L 85-78) of the MEAC on Nov. 29 and Mississippi Valley State of the SWAC on Nov. 30.
Karl Ziegler was named to the All-Tournament Team after scoring 40 points in the two games in New Jersey, including 24-28 free throws (86%).
The Gee Era
Longwood continues its first season of the
Jayson Gee Era, as the former associate head coach at Cleveland State for the past seven seasons was appointed at Longwood on April 3, 2013. A veteran with 24 years of collegiate coaching experience, he helped the Vikings to four postseason appearances, including one NCAA Tournament and three NIT bids. Coach Gee continues to implement
PACE … Pressure, Attack, Compete and Energize
"We want to put pressure on teams defensively. Sometimes that pressure is in the full court, sometimes that pressure is in the half court, but we want to constantly apply pressure. We want to be an attack-minded team. We want to be the aggressor defensively and we want to attack offensively. That means when that ball is rebounded, we want to get the ball out, and go and attack that team. Even on made field goals, if a team makes a shot on us, which I hope doesn't happen very often, we want to be able to get the ball out of the net and really attack and then compete. One of the things I think is the mark of a really good program is they are competitors, and when you see a team compete, it makes you want to get behind them. We think that type of pressure, that type of attack mindset, that level of competition will energize our fan base. We will play at a very fast pace, a pace that we believe will energize our fans and energize us as we compete on the basketball court." -- first-year Longwood head coach Jayson Gee
