OPENING TIP
• Longwood heads out on the road to play at Milwaukee to wrap up a busy stretch that sees it play three games in five days.
• The matchup with Milwaukee is the first meeting between the two teams.
• Longwood has won 10 straight, which is tied for the longest winning streak in the nation. Houston has also won 10 straight games.
• The Lancers are 3-1 on the road this season, and they have won their past three true road games.
• The three straight road wins are tied for the sixth-longest road winning streak in the country.
• Longwood has had five different players lead (or tie for the lead) the team in scoring in a game this season:
Johnathan Massie has done so four times, and
Szymon Zapala has done so three times. and
Michael Christmas,
Walyn Napper and
Elijah Tucker have done it twice.
LAST TIME OUT
• Longwood shook off a slow start to win its 10th straight game with a 92-61 victory over Gallaudet.
• The Lancers had four players score in double figures, with
Szymon Zapala leading the way with 13 points.
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Michael Christmas had his third double-double of the season with 11 points and 11 rebounds.
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Walyn Napper and
Saxby Sunderland each had 10 points.
• The quartet were enough to overcome a herculean effort by Gallaudet's Blessed Mbogo, who scored a career high 30 points.
• Mbogo hit six threes, and Gallaudet hit 12 as a team, a season high.
• Gallaudet started hot and hit eight threes in the first half, but Longwood used a 10-0 run before the half to take a 46-36 lead at the break.
• After halftime, Longwood pulled away to earn the win.
BY THE NUMBERS
• Longwood's 10 game winning streak matches Houston for the longest such streak in the nation.
• The Lancers have only surrendered 60.6 points per game, good for tenth-best in the nation.
• Longwood has held five straight opponents to fewer than 65 points.
• During that run, the Lancers have held their opponents to 54 points per game.
• Longwood has not surrendered more than 31 points in the second half in those five games.
• In addition, the Lancers have limited their opponents to fewer than 30 points in a half six times during that stretch.
• Longwood has won three straight true road games, which is tied for the sixth-longest road winning streak in the nation.
• The team's .389 field goal percentage defense leads the Big South and ranks 26th in the nation.
• Longwood also hammers the glass and is outrebounding its opponents by 15.3 boards per game, 2nd in the nation behind only Arizona.
• The Lancers are one of the top offensive rebounding teams in the Big South at 14.6 offensive boards per game, good for 16th nationally and 1st in the Big South.
• They have grabbed at least 15 offensive boards in a game seven times and have surpassed 20 twice.
• Seven players are averaging at least one offensive rebound per game, with
Szymon Zapala (29 offensive rebounds) and
Michael Christmas (28 offensive rebounds) leading the team.
• The Lancers also average 25.6 free throw attempts per game, which ranks 22nd in the nation.
• Longwood has shot at least 30 free throws in a game three times this season.
• The Lancers have shot more free throws than their opponent 10 times this season.
• Longwood has scored 178 second-chance points, and average 16.1 per game.
• The Lancer bench ranks 18th in the nation and chips in 32.6 points per game.
QUOTABLE
"It feels like we are unstoppable, tough. It's a great feeling It feels special because there's a good feeling when you have a group of guys behind you that have your back, and knowing that they have your back, so having that connection, it's a good feeling."
—Longwood senior guard DA Houston on what it feels like when all five guys on the court are playing as one connected unit
Read the full interview here.
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time Record vs. Milwaukee 0-0
Under Coach Aldrich 0-0
Current Streak
First Meeting
Last Meeting
• This will be the first time the two teams have met.
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