Game 9 • Longwood (7-1) at Morgan State (2-7)
Date & Time	Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023 (2 p.m.)
Location	Baltimore, Md. (Hill Field House)
Game Notes	Longwood | Morgan State
Statistics	Longwood | Morgan State
Live Stats	Live Stats
Live Video	Morgan State Sports Network
Live Radio	WVHL
Social Media	@LongwoodLancers | @LongwoodMBB

OPENING TIP
•    Longwood begins a two-game road swing with a trip to Baltimore to take on Morgan State on Sunday afternoon.
•    The team opened the year with six of their first eight at home. The Lancers, at 7-1, are off to their best start at the Division I level and best start since the team opened 7-1 in the 2000-01 season ad a Division II team.
•    For the Lancers, six of their next eight games are on the road, including the beginning of conference play.
•    Longwood has won 31 true road games under Griff Aldrich since he took the helm in 2018-19.
•    The team has finished at .500 or better on the road in each of the last two years.
•    Longwood's seven-game winning streak ties the third-longest winning streak at the Division I level. It is the fifth time the team has at least won seven straight at this level, all but once under Aldrich.
 
LAST TIME OUT
•    Longwood cruised to its seventh straight win with a 95-46 victory over Newport News Apprentice School on Thursday, November 30.
•    All 12 players that played in the game scored for Longwood in the win.
•    Szymon Zapala scored the first six points for Longwood and punched out a double-double in the first half. He finished the game with 17 points and 13 rebounds in 13 minutes.
•    Walyn Napper was perfect from the floor, going 8-8 while adding 17 points and six assists of his own.
•    Saxby Sunderland added 10 points, a career best, and Longwood's offense posted a season-best 17 assists on 38 made shots.
•    The Lancer defense held the visitors to eight made shots in each half while forcing 19 turnovers.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
•    Longwood is 1-1 on the road this season, and the team has won 31 road games since the beginning of the 2018-19 season.
•    In true road games, Longwood has finished at .500 or better in each of the last two season (8-8 in 2022-23 | 7-5 in 2021-22).
•    Longwood's defense surrenders the fewest points per game, 61.4, in the Big South, and it has held an opponent to fewer than 50 points three times this season.
•    Four times, Longwood has held an opponent to below a .365 shooting percentage. The team's .379 field goal percentage defense is the best mark in the Big South.
•    The Lancers have won the battle on the glass seven times in eight games, and they are 6-1 when winning the battle on the boards.
•    Longwood has hit the offensive glass hard this season, grabbing at least 13 offensive rebounds in six games this season.
•    The team's 14.9 offensive boards per game ranks 19th in the nation and serves as the top mark in the Big South.
•    Szymon Zapala and Michael Christmas both rank in the top 130 in the nation in offensive rebounds per game. Zapala is 64th (3.0) and Christmas is 13th (2.6). The duo rank second and fifth, respectively, in the Big South.
•    Offensively, Longwood gets to the free throw line and ranks 17th in the nation in free throw attempts per game. The Lancers average 27 free throw attempts per contest.
•    Longwood has shot at least 30 free throws in a game three times this season and are 3-0 in those contests.
•    The Lancers are also 6-1 when attempting more free throws than their opposition.
•    Johnathan Massie is 46th in the nation and leads Longwood with 47 free throw attempts.
•    Longwood has scored 126 second-chance points. Three times, the team has had at least 20 second-chance points in a game.
•    The Lancer offense ranks third in the Big South at 79 points per game.
•    Longwood shares the load offensively, with three players ranking in the top 25 in the Big South in scoring. Johnathan Massie is eighth at 14.1 points per game while Walyn Napper is 16th (13 ppg) and Michael Christmas is 17th (12.7ppg).
 
QUOTABLE
"We've got to have purpose, we have to have relentless effort, we have to have urgent focus to win every single possession. I think that's one of the biggest steps that this team saw this weekend."
—Longwood Head Coach Griff Aldrich said following the conclusion of the Brock Challenge.
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