The Opening Tip
• Longwood matches up with St. Francis Brooklyn for the second time in program history amidst a five-game road trip.
• The Lancers are playing their fourth straight road game, their longest road trip of 2022.
• The last time Longwood played five straight away from home was in 2019, when the team played six straight away from home over a one-month span.
• The Lancer offense ranks 46th in the nation in field goal percentage at .484.
• Longwood's offense has four players averaging in double figures, but no player averages more than 11 points per game:
Walyn Napper (10.9),
Leslie Nkereuwem (10.6),
Isaiah Wilkins (10.6) and
DeShaun Wade (10.3). Five more players average at least six points per game.
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DeShaun Wade has hit a team-best 23 threes and is shooting .500 from deep this season. He has improved his percentage each season at Longwood.
Last Time Out
• Wichita State was lights out from three-point range on Saturday to take down Longwodo 81-63.
• The Shockers hit a season-best 13 threes after coming in only shooting 27 percent from three as a team.
• Four players scored at least 10 points for Wichita State.
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Nate Lliteras led the Lancers with 11 points, and
Walyn Napper added 10 points and five assists.
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Michael Christmas had seven points and a season-best 10 rebounds. Seven of those came on the offensive end.
• A run to end the first half put Wichita State up by 14 at the break. The Shockers hit six of their final eight threes of the half.
By The Numbers
• Longwood's offense is 46th in the nation in field goal percentage (.484), and the team averages 78.6 points per game.
• The Lancers average 14.6 assists per game, the top mark in the Big South. The team has assisted on better than 50 percent of their baskets this season.
• The sharing mentality means that Longwood has shot better than 50 percent from the floor in 11 of their 22 halves of basketball.
• Longwood has been relentless when attacking the basket. The Lancers are averaging 36.8 points per game in the paint this season.
• The team's high-water mark was 56 points in the paint against Pfeiffer. Longwood also scored 54 against Mary Baldwin. The team has had at least 40 points in the paint four times.
• The Lancers are second in the Big South with a .388 three-point shooting percentage.
• Longwood leads the Big South in turnover margin at +3.5, which is also the 47th best margin in the nation. The Lancers force 15.0 turnovers per game while averaging 11.5.
• The Lancers also lead the league in assist/turnover ratio at 1.3. Longwood averages 14.6 assists per game to only 11.5 turnovers.
• The team's 11.5 turnovers per game are 48th fewest in the nation and second-best in the Big South, trailing on Radford (11.3).
• The Lancer defense forces 15 turnovers per game, which is the top mark in the Big South.
• Longwood's defense has held opponents to a .421 shooting percentage, good for third in the Big South. The team has surrendered 68.9 points per game.
Quotable
I thought it was a disappointing performance by the Lancers. We pride ourselves on being a competitive team and being the toughest team. We clearly were not tonight. It's something that's within your control. I thought our guys came out, played well for 10 minutes, and then were a different team after that. We didn't play with energy. We didn't play with activity. There was a stretch until about five or six minutes left where Wichita State was getting every loose ball and offensive rebound. I didn't think we competed at a very high level."
—Longwood head coach Griff Aldrich following the loss at Wichita State
Series History
• This is the second meeting between the two programs
• Longwood hosted St. Francis Brooklyn in 2019 and won 86-77.
• Four Lancers scored in double figures, with Shabooty Phillips posting a game-best 23 points on 7-12 shooting.
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DeShaun Wade had 8 points in the game.
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