Game 29: Longwood (22-6, 14-1 Big South) at Campbell (15-11, 8-7 Big South)
Date & Time	Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022 | 4:30 p.m.
Location	Buies Creek, N.C. (Gore Arena)
Game Notes	Longwood | Campbell | Big South
Statistics	Longwood | Campbell | Big South
Live Stats	Live Stats
Video/TV	ESPN3
Radio	WVHL 92.9 Kickin' Country FM
Social Media	@LongwoodLancers | @LongwoodMBB

The Opening Tip
• The Lancers have clinched the top seed in the Big South tournament with one game to play by virtue of a 71-66 win over Radford on Wednesday night.
• In addition, Longwood claimed the Big South North Division title as well while also holding the best record in the league.
• The Lancers now have set multiple program high-water marks for wins at the Division I level: posting 14 Big South wins, winning 22 games, going 16-1 at home and winning 11 straight.
• The Lancers are the only team with a winning record on the road in the Big South this season. Longwood is 6-5 away from home.
• Isaiah Wilkins was named the Big South Player of the Week after helping Longwood go 3-0 last week while averaging 18.0 points per game.
• Longwood heads to a Campbell side that is 9-3 at home this season, and the Fighting Camels have won three of their past four in Buies Creek.

Last Time Out
• Longwood took out Radford 71-66 with yet another second half rally and resilience down the stretch.
• The win cinched up the top overall seed for the Lancers in the 2022 Hercules Tires Big South Championship Tournament that begins in Charlotte next week.
• Jesper Granlund had a career high 14 points as one of three Lancers in double figures. Justin Hill had a team-best 18 points, and Isaiah Wilkins added 10 points while going a perfect 3-3 from the floor.
• Granlund drained four three's for Longwood, and the defense came up with critical stops down the stretch to erase a five-point second-half defict.
• Wilkins and DeShaun Wade also hit clutch triples that kept Longwood ahead for good in the last eight minutes.
• Josiah Jeffers and Rashun Williams had 17 points apiece to lead Radford.

By The Numbers
• Longwood's offense has been one of the top outfits in the Big South sharing the basketball all season. The Lancers are first in the league with 14.6 assists per game. Point guard Justin Hill ranks third in the league in assists per game (4.0), and Jordan Perkins is 12th (2.9)
• Longwood has totaled more assists than turnovers in 19 of 28 games this season. The team has had less than 10 turnovers in a game eight times.
• The team's 12.2 turnovers per game rank as the second-fewest in the Big South, and the team is second in the Big South in turnover margin (+2.3).
• Longwood has the most wins among all men's basketball teams in the Commonwealth (22). The men's and women's teams have combined for 39 wins this season, which also ranks first in the Commonwealth.
• The men's and women's teams have also combined for 28 wins in the 2022 calendar year, the top mark in the Commonwealth. 
• The Lancers lead the Big South in scoring offense (76.7 points per game) and rank third in scoring defense (65.5 points allowed per game). Longwood leads the conference in scoring margin with an average of +11.2 points per game, which is 21st in the nation
• Longwood has excelled on its home court under fourth-year head coach Griff Aldrich, amassing a 42-17 record in Willett Hall during his tenure. That includes a 16-1 mark this season, an 8-5 record in 2020-21, an 8-6 record in 2019-20 and a 10-5 mark in 2018-19.
• The Lancers' +6.6 rebounding margin ranks 22nd nationally, while their 12.5 offensive rebounds per game lead the league and are 25th in the nation.
• Longwood's defense is third in the Big South in steals per game (7.9).
• The Lancers are third in the Big South in three-point field goal percentage .367.

Quotables
"It's just phenomenal. This is a massive deal for Longwood basketball, it's a massive transition for the university. This is something that we've been fighting for, to try to get to, to become one of the teams that compete. To be honest in years past, we'd be in a situation where if we make a run maybe we can make some magic happen. Now we've flipped the script and become the top seed. It's incredibly rewarding."
—Longwood head coach Griff Aldrich after the team topped Radford to clinch the top seed

Series History
• Longwood and Campbell meet for a second time this season after the Lancers won back in Farmville in early January.
• In that January win, Lonwgood shot 72 percent from the floor after halftime, going 16-22 overall and 6-10 from three, to erase a six-point halftime hole and win.
• Four Lancers scored in double figures, with Jordan Perkins posting a team-high 14 points while Justin Hill, Leslie Nkereuwem and Isaiah Wilkins all added 12.

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