Game 17: Longwood (11-5, 3-0 Big South) vs. Winthrop (7-9, 2-1 Big South)
Date & Time	Saturday, Jan. 7 | 4 p.m.
Location	Farmville, Va. (Willett Hall)
Game Notes	Longwood | Winthrop | Big South
Statistics	Longwood | Winthrop | Big South
Live Stats	Live Stats
Video/TV	ESPN+
Radio	WVHL 92.9 Kickin' Country FM
Social Media	@LongwoodLancers | @LongwoodMBB

The Opening Tip
•    Longwood returns home to host Winthrop in a rematch of the Big South Championship game.
•    The two teams have combined to win the past three Big South Championships.
•    The Lancers have won six straight, the fourth-longest winning streak at the Division I level for the program.
•    Longwood's offense has posted 90 points or better five times in seven home games this year.
•    The Lancers are 6-1 at home and boast a 48-18  (.727 winning percentage) record in Willett Hall since head coach Griff Aldrich took the helm.
•    Longwood went 7-2 over the past nine games, with seven of those nine games coming on the road.
•    Longwood has four players averaging in double figures: Isaiah Wilkins (13.3), Leslie Nkereuwem (10.6), Walyn Napper (10.4) and DeShaun Wade (10.0). Four more players average at least seven points per game.
•    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
•    A second-half surge carried Longwood past Charleston Southern on Saturday, 79-74.
•    After the Buc took a 10-point lead over the first nine minutes, Longwood rallied back to cut the deficit to two at the half.
•    The Lancers used a 7-0 run in the final 90 seconds to cut the lead to 32-30.
•    DA Houston scored the final five points of the half, including a buzzer-beating three.He led the team with eight points in the half and finished with 9. In addition, Longwood outscored CSU by 22 when Houston was on the floor in the game.
•    Isaiah Wilkins led Longwood with 15 points while Jesper Granlund tied a career high with 14. He scored 11 in the second half.
•    Claudell Harris and Tahlik Chavez each scored more than 20 points for CSU, with Chavez scoring a game high 22.
 
By The Numbers
•    Longwood has gone 8-2 in its past 10 games, and the team is 11-5 overall for a second straight season.
•    In Willett Hall, the Lancers average 92.6 points per game and have gone 6-1 this season. Under head coach Griff Aldrich, Longwood is 48-18 on their home court.
•    Longwood has five true road wins as well. The team has now won five road games four times in five seasons under Aldrich.
•    Longwood has won six straight games, which is the fourth-longest winning streak for the team at the Division I level. The team won 11 straight last year and then 8 straight while winning the Big South title.
•    Four of the six longest winning streaks at the Division I level have come under Aldrich. The other two came prior to Longwood's membership in the Big South, when the team competed as an indpendent.
•    Longwood's bench has been a huge component of the team's success this year. The bench has contributed 31.1 points per game, good for 14th in the nation.
•    This season, Longwood is 6-1 when four players score at least 10 points, and the team is unbeaten if five or more players achieve the feat (4-0).
•    The Lancers have also been deadly from beyond the three-point line this season, with the team ranking 30th in the nation in three-point percentage. Longwood is shooting .381 from three, which is also second in the Big South.
•    The Lancers average 14.3 assists per game, the top mark in the Big South. The team has assisted on better than 50 percent of their baskets.
•    Five players average at least 1.5 assists per game.
•    In addition, Longwood boasts the best turnover margin in the Big South at +3.1.
•    The Lancers average the fewest turnovers per game (11.9) in the Big South.
•    Longwood is No. 111 in the NCAA Net ranking and No. 126 in Kenpom, both tops in the Big South.
 
Quotable

"The guys did an incredible job, and I'm not an easy grader. I thought their preparation the past two days was probably some of the best preparation that we've had mentally all season long. Coming into this game, I felt like these guys were ready to go and ready to compete. Coming in and being able to take the punches from Charleston Southern in the first half and even in the second half and being able to find a way to come out and win was really a great testament to the team's resilience."
—Longwood head coach Griff Aldrich on his team's effort at Campbell
 
Series History
•  Longwood has won the past two meetings against Winthrop, including the Big South title last year.
•  Isaiah Wilkins poured in 19 points and eight rebounds, and Leslie Nkereuwem added 11 in the win.
•  Wilkins was named the Big South Tournament MVP.
•  The Lancer defense held Winthrop to 27 first half points and led by 18 at the break before comfortably closing it out in the second half.
 
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