Full Game Notes: Longwood at Gardner-Webb (PDF)

Game 21: Longwood (6-14, 2-5 Big South) at Gardner-Webb (12-7, 4-2 Big South)
Thursday, January 22, 2015 • 7 p.m.
Gardner-Webb, N.C. • Paul Porter Arena (3,500)

Broadcast Information
Video Stream: Big South Network (www.bigsouthsports.com/events/)
Radio: WVHL 92.9 FM – Farmville (www.wvhl.net)
Radio: WHAP 1340 AM – Hopewell (http://sportsradio1340.info/)

The Opening Tip
•    Longwood faces the Big South's second-highest RPI team Thursday with a 7 p.m. matchup against Gardner-Webb. Gardner-Webb's RPI (101) trails only High Point (79) for the league's best mark.
•    Longwood redshirt senior Quincy Taylor and freshman Ryan Badowski combine to shoot 45.9 percent (95-of-207) from three-point range this season. Taylor ranks second nationally with a .500 (47-of-94) clip from beyond the arc, while Badowski ranks fourth in the Big South at .425 (48-of-113).
•    Longwood center Lotanna Nwogbo (12.9 ppg., 8.2 rpg.) will miss 4-6 weeks after undergoing surgery Friday to repair a torn thumb ligament.
•    Freshman guard Kanayo Obi-Rapu (4.2 ppg., 2.4 rpg.) will miss Thursday's game following a procedure to treat a foot injury. He will return for the Jan. 28 game against UNC Asheville.

Last Time Out
•    Longwood rallied from an 18-point deficit to cut High Point's lead to four in the final two minutes, but the Panthers took advantage of late free throws to down the Lancers, 72-67.
•    High Point's Devante Wallace scored 16 points with seven rebounds to lead the Panthers. Wallace buried a three-pointer with 1:14 remaining to push High Point's lead from four points to seven and put Longwood in a three-possession hole.
•    Quincy Taylor keyed a 45-point second half for Longwood by scoring 17 of his 19 points in the final 20 minutes of the game. Taylor was one of three double-figure scorers for Longwood.
•    Longwood freshman Kanayo Obi-Rapu matched a career high with 11 points in a return to his native Greensboro area. Obi-Rapu knocked down a career-best 3-of-6 three-pointers.

By The Numbers
•    Longwood leads the Big South with a .367 (160-of-436) three-point percentage. That mark would rank as the second-highest in school history since Longwood joined the Division I ranks in 2007-08.
•    Longwood has forced a Big South-leading 308 turnovers this season while averaging 15.4 points per game off turnovers. Longwood is 4-1 on the year when forcing at least 20 turnovers. The Lancers also lead the Big South with 157 steals.
•    Quincy Taylor ranks tied for second in the nation with a .500 (47-of-94) three-point percentage. That mark leads the Big South and would rank as the highest single-season three-point percentage in Longwood history.
•    Taylor has hit 20 of his last 32 (.625) three-point attempts. He has knocked down at least three three-pointers in five consecutive games while shooting .429 or better in all five of those contests.
•    Taylor has scored in double figures in 15 consecutive games, the longest active streak in the Big South. Taylor has scored 10-plus points in 16 of 17 games this season.
•    Taylor leads the Big South with 35.4 minutes per game. In conference games, he averages a Big South-leading 38.4 minutes per game.
•    Leron Fisher leads the Big South with 36 steals and has at least one steal in 12 straight games.
•    Fisher has scored in double figures in five of his past six games and averages 13.5 points per game during that stretch. He scored in double figures in just one of his first 14 games this season.  
•    Ryan Badowski is the Big South's leading freshman scorer, averaging 9.9 points per game. Badowski also ranks second nationally among all freshmen in made three-pointers (48), third in three-point attempts (113) and sixth with a .425 three-point shooting percentage.
•    Freshman guard Kanayo Obi-Rapu has hit a three-pointer in seven consecutive games and is shooting .500 (10-of-20) from three-point range during that stretch.

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