Longwood University Athletics

Game 18: Longwood (4-13, 1-3 Big South) at Liberty (12-5, 3-1 Big South)
Date	January 12, 2018
Time	7 p.m.
Location	Lynchburg, Va. (Vines Center)
Game Notes	Longwood (PDF) | Liberty (PDF)
Statistics	Longwood (PDF) | Liberty (PDF)
Live Stats	Liberty Live Stats
Radio	WVHL 92.9 FM Kickin' Country
Video/TV	Big South Network
Social Media	@LongwoodLancers | @LongwoodMBB

The Opening Tip
•    Now back to nearly full strength after enduring a rash of injuries in the first half of the season, Longwood has put together its two highest scoring games against D-I opponents in back-to-back games. The Lancers scored 79 points to beat Gardner-Webb on Jan. 6 and then poured in 80 in a 90-80 loss at Big South preseason No. 1 UNC Asheville on Jan. 9.
•    Longwood is in the midst of a grueling stretch through the Big South, playing four of the conference's predicted top five finishers in four straight games. Longwood beat No. 5 Gardner-Webb and lost to No. 1 UNC Asheville, and will continue that gauntlet against No. 3 Liberty and No. 4 Campbell.
•    Longwood head coach Jayson Gee is one win away from the 200th of his career. He is 199-162 in 12 seasons as a head coach, seven of which were at his alma mater, Charleston (W.Va.).

Last Time Out
•    Reigning Big South Freshman of the Year MaCio Teague poured in a game-high 24 points to help Big South preseason No. 1 UNC Asheville pull away from Longwood 90-80 Tuesday evening at Kimmel Arena.
•    UNC Asheville's Ahmad Thomas added 13 points, seven rebounds, four assists and five steals as the Bulldogs overcame a Longwood squad that shot .531 (26-of-49) from the floor as part of the Lancers' best offensive game of the season.
•    The 90-point game was the third of the season for the Bulldogs and was enough to outpace 80 points from the Lancers (4-13, 1-3 Big South), their most against a Division I opponent this season.
•    Charles Glover scored a season-high 19 points for Longwood, while Isaiah Walton scored 16 and Jahleem Montague added a career-high 12. B.K. Ashe added six assists and just two turnovers.
 
By The Numbers
•    Longwood has put together its two highest-scoring games against Division I opponents in back-to-back games. The Lancers scored 79 points in a win against Gardner-Webb Saturday and then topped that mark with 80 in a 90-80 loss at Big South preseason No. 1 UNC Asheville Tuesday.
•    Longwood is holding opponents to a .311 (146-of-470) three-point shooting percentage, the lowest in the Big South. Only six of Longwood's 17 opponents have shot better than 33.3 percent from long range this season.
•    Longwood is 3-0 this season when guards B.K. Ashe, Charles Glover and Isaiah Walton all score in double figures. 
•    Ashe, Glover and Walton combine to provide 49.2 percent of Longwood's total scoring this season, despite a combined nine missed games from Glover and Walton. They are Longwood's top three scorers and combine to average 39.9 points per game, the second-highest combined scoring average of any guard trio in the Big South.
•    Ashe leads the Big South with 34.1 minutes per game. He is the only Lancer to start all 17 games this season.
•    Ashe is averaging 5.5 rebounds per game, the second-highest rebounding average of all Big South guards. 
•    Isaiah Walton's 17.3 points per game rank as the second-most in a season by a Gee-coached player at Longwood and the fourth-most by a player in Longwood's Division I era. Walton has scored in double figures in 10 of his 12 games this season, including four 20-point games.
•    With forward Spencer Franklin on the floor, Longwood allows a team-low 1.77 points per minute.
•    Freshman Kamil Chapman is the Big South's fourth-leading freshman scorer, averaging 6.6 points per game. He ranks third on the team in made three-pointers (22) and second in attempts.

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