The Opening Tip
•   In the midst of their best 10-game start since making the jump to the Division I level in 2004-05, Longwood takes a 7-3 record to The Keystone State for a Sunday showdown against Duquesne.
•   The Lancers last won at least seven of their first 10 games came in 2000-01 under head coach Mike Leeder, opening that season 9-1. Longwood has started 7-3 or better just 11 times in the program's 41-year history.
•   Duquesne is the second Atlantic 10 opponent Longwood has faced this season after defeating Richmond 63-58 on Nov. 9 in Richmond.
•   Former Longwood point guard Tra'Vaughn White ('17) began his college career at Duquesne before transferring prior to the 2015-16 season.
•   Longwood has held all but two opponents to fewer than 70 points. The Lancers rank 13th in the nation allowing 60.1 points per game and 14th with a .374 opponent field goal percentage.
Last Time Out
•   Longwood needed a double-double from
Damarion Geter and seven points in overtime from
JaShaun Smith to survive an upset bid by Division III Frostburg State 68-65 Friday evening in Willett Hall.
•   Backed by a 33-point, 12-rebound night from leading scorer Daniel Alexander, Frostburg State forced overtime after battling to a 57-57 deadlock at the end of regulation.
•   Alexander carried the Bobcats and finished 12-of-23 from the floor with just two turnovers while playing all 45 minutes.
•   For Longwood, Geter finished with 10 points and a team-high 13 rebounds with eight of those coming on the offensive glass. He added three steals, two blocks and a pair of assists and was one of five double-digit scorers, leading Smith (12),
Shabooty Phillips (13), Seán Flood (13) and
Jordan Cintron (12).
By The Numbers
•   Longwood head coach
Griff Aldrich is among the winningest first-year head coaches in Division I basketball this season, ranking tied for 10th on that 55-member list with a .700 (7-3) winning percentage,.
•   Of the 18 new Division I head coaches who inherited single-digit-win teams from a year ago, Aldrich is tied with Pitt's Jeff Capel for the highest winning percentage and most wins.
•   Longwood leads the Big South in opponent scoring average (60.1), opponent field goal percentage (.374) and rebounding margin (+5.2).
•   Along with leading the Big South, Longwood ranks 13th nationally in opponent scoring average and 14th in opponent field goal percentage.
•   Longwood has held eight of its 10 opponents to fewer than 70 points.
•   Longwood is 3-2 in games decided by one possession this season.
•   Leading scorer
Isaiah Walton has missed the past five games, during which Longwood has gone 3-2, compared to 4-1 with him in the lineup. The Lancers average 68.2 points per game with Walton compared to 62.4 without him.
•   Longwood has outrebounded eight of its first 10 opponents grabs an average of 79.8 percent of rebounds on their glass.
•   The Big South's No. 2 defensive rebounder is 6-1, 180-pound Longwood guard
Shabooty Phillips, who averages 5.5 boards per game on the defensive glass. Phillips has at least five rebounds in seven of his past eight games, including 11 in a win over VMI that was part of his first career double-double.
•   Longwood's point guard duo of
Shabooty Phillips and Seán Flood — both junior transfers as part of head coach
Griff Aldrich's first recruiting class — combine to average 19.6 points, 9.0 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 2.2 steals & a 1.7 assist-to-turnover ratio.
Series History
•   Longwood and Duquesne meet for the first time Sunday in Pittsburgh, Pa.
•   Duquesne is the second Atlantic 10 team Longwood has faced this season following the Lancers' 63-58 win over Commonwealth rival Richmond on Nov. 9.
•   The trip to Pennsylvania will be Longwood's first since Nov. 23, 2016, when the Lancers faced Saint Francis in Loretto, Pa.
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