Game 29: Longwood (18-10, 10-5 Big South) vs Radford (17-11, 11-4 Big South)
Date & Time	Saturday, Feb. 18 | 3 p.m.
Location	Farmville, Va. (Willett Hall)
Game Notes	Longwood | Radford | Big South
Statistics	Longwood | Radford | Big South
Live Stats	Live Stats
Video/TV	ESPN+
Radio	WVHL 92.9 Kickin' Country FM
Social Media	@LongwoodLancers | @LongwoodMBB

The Opening Tip
•    Longwood heads home and hosts Radford with three games to play in the regular season
•    The matchup features two of the top teams in the Big South. Radford is in sole possession of second place, and the Lancers are tied for third, one game back.
•    Over its final three games, the Lancers will play the rest of the top of the league. Longwood hosts Radford and UNC Asheville with a road trip to Gardner-Webb in between.
•    The game is one of the final three games in historic Willett Hall, the long-time home court of the Lancers. The Lancer men play this Saturday and next Saturday while the women play this coming Wednesday.
•    The Lancers have won 53 games in Willett Hall under head coach Griff Aldrich.
•    Isaiah Wilkins was named the Big South Player of the Week on Monday.
•    The Lancers have guaranteed a finish above .500 for back-to-back seasons for the first time since  the 93-94 and 94-95 seasons.
•    Longwood will also finish with a conference record of .500 or better for a fourth straight season. It is the first time in program history the team has done so.
 
Last Time Out
•    Longwood battled but fell 72-67 on the road at USC Upstate on Wednesday night.
•    USC Upstate jumped out to an early lead behind Co-Big South Player of the Week Jordan Gainey's 14 first half points, but the Lancers rallied and trimmed the deficit to two at the half.
•    Upstate used an 8-0 lead to open up a double figure advantage to start the second half.
•    The Lancers rallied behind DeShaun Wade's triples and a late surge from Isaiah Wilkins, but they Upstate fended off the Lancers late.
•    Wade led the Lancers with 14 points and hit four threes. He added seven rebounds.
•    Isaiah Wilkins added 12 points and scored 10 after halftime. Walyn Napper chipped in 11 points, and Michael Christmas had 10 points.
•    Jordan Gainey led USC Upstate with 17 points, and Justin Bailey added 15. Khydarius Smith had 14 points, including the game sealing bucket.
 
By The Numbers
•    Longwood has locked in a top five spot in the Big South for the fourth straight season.
•    The Lancers are guaranteed a bye for a fourth straight season, with the top six teams in the Big South earning a first-round bye this season. All 10 teams qualify for the Big South Tournament.
•    The Lancers will finish .500 or better in conference play for the fourth straight season, the first time in program history.
•    The Longwood bench has been one of the top reserve units in the nation. The Lancer bench averages 28.7 points per game, which is 16th in the nation.
•    The Lancers lead the Big South in turnover margin (+2.4). That mark is 48th in the nation.
•    The Lancer defense is second in Big South in turnovers forced per game (14.4).
•    Meanwhile, the Lancer offensive only turns it over 12 times per game, the second-best mark in the Big South.
•    The team has won the turnover battle 17 times this year. The team is 12-5 in those games.
•    Longwood's defense only surrenders 65.6 points per game, the third-best mark in the Big South and 61st in the nation.
•    The Lancers have also outrebounded their opponents on the season and lead the Big South in rebounding margin (+3.9). 
•    Longwood has outrebounded its opponent in 14 of its past 18 games. The team is 11-3 in that stretch when winning the rebounding battle.
•    Isaiah Wilkins leads Longwood in scoring at 12.7 points per game, and Walyn Napper averages 10 points per game. Eight players average at least 6.0 points per game.
•    Wilkins was named the Big South Player of the Week after leading Longwood to wins over Presbyterian and High Point. 
•    The Lancers are 11-2 at home this season and 27-3 over the past two years in Willett Hall.
 
Quotable

"I was proud of the guys for battling back there and continuing to fight. The problem is as I told the guys we have to be a more competitive team than we were tonight. The silver lining for this group, and I told them, is there's not a team that can beat them when we're playing at a high level and competing...No great team is a great team unless they're a high-level consistent team, and we just are inconsistent there."
—Longwood Head Coach Griff Aldrich after the game at USC Upstate
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