Game 20: Longwood (13-6, 5-1 Big South) vs. Gardner-Webb (8-10, 3-3 Big South)
Date & Time	Wednesday, Jan. 18 | 7 p.m.
Location	Farmville, Va. (Willett Hall)
Game Notes	Longwood | Gardner-Webb | Big South
Statistics	Longwood | Gardner-Webb | Big South
Live Stats	Live Stats
Video/TV	ESPN+
Radio	WVHL 92.9 Kickin' Country FM
Social Media	@LongwoodLancers | @LongwoodMBB

The Opening Tip
•    Longwood wraps up a two-game homestand in Willett Hall by hosting Gardner-Webb on Wednesday night.
•    The Lancers have won 50 home games under head coach Griff Aldrich in his five seasons in Farmville.
•    The Lancers are 8-1 in Willett Hall this season and 24-2 overall at home over the past two seasons.
•    Seven Big South teams are at .500 or better in league play. Longwood and UNC Asheville are tied for first at 5-1, and Radford is one game behind. USC Upstate, Gardner-Webb, Winthrop and Charleston Southern are all 3-3.
•    Isaiah Wilkins has posted back-to-back double-doubles for Longwood and has amassed 27 rebounds in his past two games.
•    Nine different Lancers average at least 6.5 points per game, with Isaiah Wilkins leading the team at 13.1 points per game (9th in the Big South).
•    Wilkins was named to the Watch List for the 2022-23 Lou Henson Award, which is given annually to the top mid-major player at the Division I level.
 
Last Time Out
•    Longwood won its 11th straight home Big South contest with a gritty effort against USC Upstate, 72-65.
•    DeShaun Wade led the charge with 19 points as one of three Lancers in double figures.
•    Isaiah Wilkins stuffed the stat sheet with 12 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals. It was his second straight double-double.
•    Jesper Granlund added a career high 16 points.
•    On a night when shots weren't going in, Longwood snared 13 offensive rebounds that led to 15 second chance points. The Lancers also shot a season-high 40 free throws.
•    Wade scored 7 points during a 15-3 run early in the second half that put Longwood up double figures, and the Lancers held off USC Upstate after that.
•    Khydarius Smith led Upstate with 16 points, while Jordan Gainey added 15.
 
By The Numbers
•    Longwood is 8-1 at home this seasn and 50-18 in Willett Hall in five years under Griff Aldrich.
•    The Lancers had won a total of 30 home games in the previous six years in the Big South prior to Aldrich taking control of the program.
•    The Lancers are 24-2 in their past 26 home games and have won 11 straight home conference games.
•    Longwood has controlled the glass throughout conference play, and the Lancers have the best rebounding margin in the Big South (+5.4). The margin is 46th best in the nation.
•    The Lancers have outrebounded their opponent in their past nine games. Six of those games, they have outrebounded their opponent by at least 10 rebounds.
•    Nine players average at least 6.5 points per game for Longwood, with two averaging in double figures.
•    The Lancer defense has held an opponent to fewer than 30 points in a half 12 times this year. Most recently, Longwood held USC Upstate to 24 points in the first half on Saturday, Jan. 14.
•    The Lancers have had nine different players lead or tie for the team lead in scoring in a game, tied for the most in the nation.
•    Longwood's bench has had a big say in that success, with the Lancer bench ranking 18th in the nation at 29.6 points per game.
•    This season, the Lancers are 7-1 when four players score at least 10 points. The team is unbeaten if five or more players achieve the feat (5-0).
•    The Lancers have one of the top three-point attacks in the nation, shooting .372 from three, which is 50th in the nation. The percentage is third in the Big South.
•    The Lancer defense lead the Big South in turnovers forced. Longwood forces 15.2 turnovers per game.
•    In addition, the Lancers boast the best turnover margin in the Big South with a +2.9 advantage. That turnover margin ranks 47th in the nation.
•    The Lancers have attacked the glass and average 11.7 offensive rebounds per game on the season. Longwood has grabbed one third of its own misses, per Kenpom, and ranks 47th in the nation in offensive rebounding percentage.
•    The Lancers have the second-best field goal percentage defense in the Big South, holding opponents to a .425 shooting percentage.
•    Longwod is No. 137 in the NCAA Net ranking and No. 135 in Kenpom, both the top mark in the Big South.
 
Quotable

"I was really proud of the guys for battling. The Thursday-Saturday turnaround…It's a joy to play on national television, but we also got the joy of having to get back from Asheville and immediately turn around and prepare. That's a significant advantage that Upstate enjoyed of having an extra day, and they played at home on Wednesday. So there was really only travel up here. I thought our guys showed a lot of toughness."
—Longwood Head Coach Griff Aldrich after USC Upstate
 
Series History  •  Longwood won the only meeting between the two sides last season.
•  The Lancers have won four straight in the series, but all four have been by 7 points or less.
•  Isaiah Wilkins had a team-best 20 points and was the only Lancer in double figures in the win. However, nine different Lancers scored in the game.
 
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