Longwood University Athletics

Game 31: Longwood (15-15, 5-10) at Gardner-Webb (19-11, 9-6)
Date	Saturday, March 2, 2019
Time	3 p.m.
Location	Boiling Springs, N.C. (Paul Porter Arena)
Game Notes	Longwood (PDF) | Gardner-Webb (PDF) | Big South
Statistics	Longwood (HTML) | Gardner-Webb (PDF)
Live Stats	Gardner-Webb Live Stats
Radio	WVHL 92.9 FM Kickin' Country
Video/TV	ESPN+
Social Media	@LongwoodLancers | @LongwoodMBB

The Opening Tip
•    In its final game before the 2019 Big South Championship, Longwood will conclude its breakout 2018-19 season with a regular-season finale at Gardner-Webb Saturday at 3 p.m.
•    In their first year under head coach Griff Aldrich, Longwood has won the second most games in the Division I era and the most since joining the Big South seven years ago. 
•    Among Longwood 15 wins are five Big South victories that tie for the most conference wins since the Lancers joined the Big South in 2012-13.
•    One of Longwood's three overtime games this season came against Gardner-Webb, which the Runnin' Bulldogs won 89-88. Two of Longwood's six games in February went to overtime.
•    Longwood has already set the school single-season records for most made three-pointers and most attempted three pointers. The Lancers are just 291 treys shy of reaching 300 for the season.

Last Time Out
•    Campbell needed 41 points from Chris Clemons to survive an end-game surge from Longwood junior Shabooty Phillips, who went toe-to-toe with the NCAA's leading scorer and nearly pulled Longwood back from a double-digit deficit before Clemons pushed the Fighting Camels over the top for a 74-72 barnburner in Willett Hall.
•    Clemons had Campbell on pace for a double-digit win, but Phillips met him on the big stage and engaged in a five-minute duel that saw the two point guards combine for 24 of the game's final 31 points.
•    Phillips scored 14 of those points in succession for Longwood to pull the Lancers out of a nine-point hole and give his team the final shot at the end of the two-point game.
•    Longwood intercepted an in-bounds pass at the buzzer, but Clemons blocked Phillips' desperation jumpshot to end the game.

By The Numbers
•    Longwood's last win in the final game of the regular season came against Radford on Feb. 27, 2016. Longwood overcame a 20-point second-half deficit in the game's final 14 minutes that game to stun the Highlanders 91-82. 
•    Longwood has won the second-most games in the program's 15-year Division I era under first-year head coach Griff Aldrich, trailing only the 17 wins by the 2008-09 team. The 15 wins are Longwood's most since joining the Big South in 2012-13.
•    Of Longwood's 15 wins, 12 have come against Division I foes, which is the most D-I victories in program history.
•    The Lancers are 2-3 in Big South rematches this year, defeating High Point and USC Upstate in the second meetings of the season.
•    Shabooty Phillips is the Big South's leading free throw shooter at 88.7 percent (94-of-106), which would rank as the fourth-highest single-season mark in school history.
•    Longwood is 6-0 when junior guard Seán Flood scores in double figures. 
•    Jaylon Wilson has enjoyed his best seven-game stretch of the season of late, scoring in double figures in five of those games while averaging 13.9 points per game. 
•    Longwood has broken school records for both made three-pointers and attempted three-pointers this season. The Lancers are just eight treys shy of becoming the first Longwood team to hit 300 three-pointers in a season.
•    Longwood has held eight of its past 16 opponents under 30.0 percent shooting from three-point range. Thirteen of Longwood's 30 foes have shot under 30.0 percent from long range.
•    Longwood is currently ranked 287 in the NCAA NET rankings, the program's highest NCAA ranking in 15 years as a Division I program.

Quotable
"He's really taken a step forward as a player. The exciting thing for him is he has a lot of potential and upside. He's really only starting to scratch the surface of the player he could really be."
— Head coach Griff Aldrich on junior forward JaShaun Smith

Series History
•    Longwood and Gardner-Webb meet for the second time this season and 21st time in series history Saturday in Boiling Springs, N.C.
•    Gardner-Webb owns an 11-1 lead in the series since Longwood became a member of the Big South in 2012-13.
•    Longwood's last win over Gardner-Webb came last season when B.K. Ashe scored 21 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead the Lancers to a 79-73 win in Willett Hall.
•    The first meeting this season saw Gardner-Webb  pull out an 89-88 overtime when after Justin Jenkins dropped in a layup with seven seconds remaining.

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