Lancer Men Return Home After Holiday, Host N.C. Wesleyan Sunday
Men's Basketball
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The Opening Tip
•   Longwood begins a three-game homestand Sunday against N.C. Wesleyan, the Lancers' first home game since Nov. 18 against Saint Francis.
•   Longwood's three upcoming home games take place during a seven-day span, with matchups following against Bluefield State Wednesday and Fayetteville State Saturday.
•   Six of Longwood's first eight games take place in Willett Hall this season.
•   Longwood is 11-0 against non-Division I teams in five seasons under head coach
Jayson Gee.
•   Isaiah Walton is Longwood's leading scorer at home this season, averaging 22.7 points in three home games. Walton has accounted for 35 percent of Longwood's scoring in those games.
•   Longwood has had six players out due to injury in back-to-back games.
Last Time Out
•   A recharged Lancer squad bounced back from a 71-40 point loss to UNCG to take Delaware to the wire Wednesday afternoon before going cold in the final three minutes of a 65-57 loss at the UNCG Spartan Classic.
•   Led by a season-high 20 points from B.K. Ashe and the first career double-double from Charles Glover, Longwood rallied from a 13-point second-half deficit to tie the game at 57-57 with 5:16 to play at Fleming Gymnasium. That charge featured a 21-8 rally that saw the Lancers hold Delaware to 1-of-9 shooting from the field while knocking down 8-of-11 shots themselves.
•   However, the Blue Hens reclaimed the lead on a Derrick Woods putback with 3:09 to play and knocked down all six free throws after Longwood was forced to foul to seal the win.
By The Numbers
•   Redshirt senior B.K. Ashe has heated up over his past two games, leading Longwood with 18.5 points per game during that stretch. He scored 17 points against UNCG Tuesday — all in the first half — and then followed with 20 against Delaware Wednesday for his first 20-point game as a Lancer. A 1,000-point scorer in his three seasons at Mount St. Mary's, the transfer Ashe averaged 8.3 points per game in his first three contests as a Lancer.
•   Longwood had six players out due to injury Tuesday at UNCG and Wednesday against Delaware.
•   True freshmen Kamil Chapman and Jordan Cintron have both played 20-plus minutes in back-to-back games. Chapman is Longwood's second-leading scorer during that span, averaging 9.0 points per game, while Cintron is averaging the fourth-most minutes at 23.5.
•   Freshman Jordan Cintron has a steal in each of the first four games of his college career.
•   Freshman Kamil Chapman has hit multiple three-pointers in three straight games. He is shooting .400 (6-of-15) from long range during that stretch.
•   Longwood has won its first game after Thanksgiving in back-to-back seasons. The Lancers came out of the break in 2015-16 to defeat Columbia 70-69 on Nov. 28. In 2016-17, the Lancers beat Dartmouth 86-80 on Nov. 28.
•   Isaiah Walton is averaging 22.7 points per game in Willett Hall this season, including a pair of 20-point games. He is shooting .471 (8-of-17) from three-point range on his home floor.
•   Redshirt senior Charles Glover is coming off the first double-double of his college career. Glover scored 13 points and pulled down 10 rebounds against Delaware in Longwood's last game, matching fellow guard and Mount St. Mary's transfer B.K. Ashe for the most boards by a Lancer this season.
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