The Opening Tip
•   Longwood hosts Charleston Southern on Saturday night to begin the second half of conference play.
•   The Lancers are tied for second in the Big South with Radford, with the two teams one game behind UNC Asheville.
•   Longwood has totaled 15 wins for a second straight season and third time in five years under head coach
Griff Aldrich.
•   The Lancers have outrebounded 11 of their past 12 opponents. The team is 9-2 in those 11 games.
•   In the team's past 12 games, Longwood has grabbed at least 12 offensive rebounds nine times.
•   Nine Lancers average at least six points per game.
Isaiah Wilkins leads Longwood in scoring at 12.6 points per game.
Walyn Napper and
DeShaun Wade each average double figures.
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Last Time Out
•   Longwood lost a nailbiter on the road at Radford on Thursday night, 63-59.
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Leslie Nkereuwem totaled 11 points to lead the Lancers, and
Isaiah Wilkins added 10, but Radford had four players score in double figures.
•   Radford jumped out to a 12-2 lead in the first four minutes and extended it to 14-3 a few minutes later.
•   The Lancers responded with a defensive surge and outscored Radford 28-15 over the remainder of the half.
Isaiah Wilkins hit a shot at the halftime horn for a 31-29 lead.
•   After halftime, Longwood extended the lead to 49-41, but Radford responded with a run to bring the game within one possession.
•   Down the stretch, the Highlanders closed the game on a 12-4 run in the final four minutes.
•   Josiah Jeffers led Radford with 13 points, and Bryan Antoine added 12.
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By The Numbers
•   Longwood leads the Big South in rebounding margin (+5.0), which is 48th in the nation.
•   The Lancers have outrebounded their opponent in 11 of their past 12 games. In six of those games, they have outrebounded their opponent by at least 10 rebounds.
•   The Lancers have crashed the offensive glass to create second chances, and the team averages 11.6 offensive rebounds per game (second in the league).
•   In conference play, the Lancers have grabbed 12.4 offensive rebounds per game, the top mark in the league. The team has had at least 10 offensive boards in six of their eight conference games.
•   In Big South play, the Lancer defense is second in points per game allowed at 61.9.
•   The defense forces 14.9 turnovers per game, which leads the Big South.
•   The Lancer defense has held an opponent to fewer than 30 points in a half 15 times this year. Most recently, Longwood held Radford to 29 points in the first half on Thursday, Jan. 26.
•   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 21st in the nation at 28.1 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 outshot their opponent from the free throw line 13 times this season. The team has done it six times in nine conference games, and they are 6-0 when attempting more foul shots.
•   Longwood is No. 150 in the NCAA Net ranking and No. 143 in Kenpom, both the top mark in the Big South.
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Quotable
"We've got to work on being a team that is focused on execution. We've got to be a team that values that. To be a team that is focused on execution, you have to have relentless effort, you have to have an urgent focus on details. This team has that in spurts. We had a tremendous segment in the first half to fight to get back in, but then we went away from it. We got up, and then we let them back in. That's what we did tonight, but we couldn't pull it out."—Longwood Head Coach Griff Aldrich after a tough loss at Radford
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Series History
All-Time Record vs. Charleston Southern         11-9
First Meeting                              W 73-67 (12/22/2006)
Last Meeting                                  W 79-74 (1/4/2023)
 • Longwood has won six straight against Charleston Southern, but the past two have been by a total of seven points.
• The Lancers stormed back with a 49 point second half to win at CSU.
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Isaiah Wilkins led the way in the win with 15 points, and he was one of four Lancers in double figures.
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Jesper Granlund added 14 points, and
DeShaun Wade and
Walyn Napper each chipped in 11 points.
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