Full Game Notes: Longwood vs. UNC Greensboro (PDF)

Game Three: Longwood vs. UNC Greensboro (EMU Showcase)
Friday, November 21, 2014 • 4:30 p.m.
Ypsilanti, Mich. • EMU Convocation Center (9,500)
WVHL 92.9 FM

The Opening Tip
• Longwood plays the second game of a six-game road stretch Friday against UNC Greensboro as part of the EMU Showcase. The game will be the first of the three-team tournament, hosted by Eastern Michigan at the EMU Convocation Center.
• Longwood will also face Youngstown State Saturday and Eastern Michigan Sunday.
• The Lancers split their first two games of the season, defeating Averett 79-53 and falling at James Madison, 82-60.
• The Lancers enter their second year under head coach Jayson Gee. Longwood went 8-24 overall and 3-13 in the Big South in Gee's first season.
• Longwood has seven newcomers to the lineup for 2014-15, including three eligible transfers and four freshmen. Longwood does not have a single player on the roster who has been with the program more than two seasons.

Last Time Out
• Winston Grays scored 20 points to lead James Madison past Longwood, 82-60, in the Lancers' first road game of the year.
• Grays was one of four double-digit scorers for the Dukes, who shot .615 (8-of-13) from three-point range and .588 (30-of-51) from the floor.
• James Madison cooled off a red-hot shooting Longwood team that had hit a combined 28 three-pointers over their first two games, including a 17-of-26 performance in an exhibition win over Hampden-Sydney.
• Longwood sophomore Darrion Allen scored a career-high 20 points, hitting 7-of-15 shots from the field. Allen added four offensive boards, two assists and a steal over a team-high 33 minutes.
• Redshirt junior center Lotanna Nwogbo powered his way to 12 points and seven rebounds and hit 5-of-6 shots from the floor.

By The Numbers
• Sophomore Darrion Allen scored a career-high 20 points in his last outing for Longwood's second 20-point game of the year. Longwood has had a 20-point scorer in each of its first two games, including freshman Ryan Badowski's 21 points in the season-opening win against Averett.
• Badowski was tabbed by MidMajorMadness.com as the Big South Freshman of the Week after pouring in 21 points on seven three-pointers in the season-opening 79-53 win over Averett. Badowski went 7-of-12 from three-point range in the win to tie for the second-most treys during the NCAA's opening weekend of play.
• Redshirt junior Lotanna Nwogbo is shooting .769 (10-of-13) from the floor to rank second in the Big South in field goal percentage. The 6-8, 255-pound center is also 5-of-6 from the free throw line.
• Longwood does not have a single player on the roster who has been with the program for more than two seasons. Three of Longwood's top five leading scorers this season — Ryan Badowski (15.0 ppg.), Lotanna Nwogbo (12.5 ppg.) and Shaquille Johnson (11.0 ppg.) are in their first season of eligibility at Longwood.
• The Lancers have recorded assists on 30 of their 50 baskets, good for a .600 assist percentage that ranks third in the Big South. The Lancers achieved that mark without starting point guard Quincy Taylor, who will return to the lineup Saturday against Youngstown State.
• Junior point guard Leron Fisher tied for second in the Big South last season with 1.7 steals per game. He has seven steals in two games this season and is tied for the Big South lead.
• Longwood has forced the opposition into 16.5 turnovers per game, which is the fourth-best mark in the Big South.
• Longwood lost its top four leading scorers from one year ago and returns just 25 percent of the scoring from last season's squad.

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