Longwood University Athletics

Game 3: Longwood (2-0, 0-0 Big South) at UMES (0-2, 0-0 MEAC)
Date	November 13, 2018
Time	7 p.m.
Location	Princess Anne, Md. (Hytche Athletic Center)
Game Notes	Longwood (PDF) | UMES (PDF) | Big South
Statistics	Longwood (2018-19) | UMES (HTML)
Live Stats	UMES Live Stats
Radio	WVHL 92.9 FM Kickin' Country
Video/TV	Not airing on television or webstream
Social Media	@LongwoodLancers | @LongwoodMBB

The Opening Tip
•    In search of their first 3-0 start since making the jump to the Division I level in 2004-05, Longwood plays its second straight road game Tuesday at UMES in Princess Anne, Md.
•    The Lancers are 2-0 to start the year for the first time since the 2015-16 season.
•    Under the direction of first-year head coach Griff Aldrich, Longwood has held both Randolph and Richmond to fewer than 60 points and under 40.0 percent shooting from the field. Longwood has also outrebounded both opponents, including a plus-10 margin against Richmond Friday.
•    Longwood has the Big South's fourth-leading scorer in Isaiah Walton (21.5 ppg.) and two of the conference's top-five rebounders in Walton (8.5 rpg.) and Jordan Cintron (8.5).
•    Longwood leads the Big South with 23 steals with a combined 11 of those coming from Walton (6) and  Lorenzo "Shabooty" Phillips (5).

Last Time Out
•    Lorenzo "Shabooty" Phillips hit a go-ahead three-pointer with 1:10 left in the game, and Longwood held off Richmond to pull out a 63-58 upset win Friday evening in the Robins Center.
•    Phillips' go-ahead trey broke a 56-56 tie and proved to be the winning bucket that gave the Lancers their first win over Richmond in series history.
•    Phillips finished with 13 points and a pair of assists as one of three double-figure scorers for the Lancers, who outrebounded Richmond 41-31 and outscored the Spiders 16-4 on fast-break points.
•    Isaiah Walton also added 23 points — on 15 field goal attempts — while JaShaun Smith added 12 points. Walton added 12 rebounds for his first career double-double.
•    Longwood overcame an eight-point second-half deficit with an 8-0 run that included back-to-back three-pointers from Phillips that tied the game with 8:44 left to play.

By The Numbers
•    Longwood is within reach of what would be the program's first 3-0 start of the Division I era. The Lancers began the 2015-16 season 2-0 with wins over a pair of Division III teams, but the 2018-19 team's 2-0 start is the program's first that includes a win over a Division I program — Richmond, 63-58, on Nov. 9.
•    The Lancers have held each of their first two opponents to under 40.0 percent shooting from the field and 33.0 percent shooting from three-point range.
•    Longwood has also won the rebounding battle in both games, including a plus-10 margin in the win over Richmond on Richmond's home court.
•    A player has had a double-double in each of Longwood's first two games, with sophomore forward Jordan Cintron amassing 13 points and 10 rebounds in the win over Randolph and redshirt senior guard Isaiah Walton posting 23 points and 12 rebounds against Richmond.
•    Walton has scored 20 points in back-to-back games and is averaging 21.5 points per game on the season. He has scored a total of 43 points on just 26 field goal attempts.
•    Walton needs just 120 more points to become the sixth 1,000-point scorer in Longwood's 15-year Division I era.
•    The Lancers average 16.5 points per game on fast-breaks. Of those 33 fast-break points, a team-high nine have come from Walton. JaShaun Smith has also chipped in seven.
•    Longwood's has gotten balanced scoring from its frontcourt and backcourt, with the guards accounting for 53 percent of the team's total points and the forwards making up the other 47 percent. Longwood's highest scoring forward is freshman Gus Okafor, who is averaging 9.5 points per game.
•    Okafor scored 14 points in his collegiate debut against Randolph, the third-most by a freshman in a season-opener in Longwood's Division I era.
 
Series History
•    Longwood and UMES meet for the fifth time in series history and first time since the 2008-09 season Tuesday in Princess Anne, Md.
•    The Lancers have won three of the first four meetings in the series, including two at the Division I level during the 2008-09 season and two at the Division III level in 1980-81.
•    The previous four meetings between Longwood and UMES came during two seasons, during which the teams squared off twice during the regular season.
•    Longwood's last trip to UMES came on Nov. 22, 2008 when the Lancers ran away with a 61-49 win over the Eagles in Princess Anne, Md.

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