The Opening Tip
• Longwood opens the Big South Tournament against Campbell
• The Lancers have earned a first-round bye for a fourth straight season. The team had never had a bye through its first six seasons in the Big South.
• Longwood had a pair of All-Conference selections for a second straight year, with
Isaiah Wilkins earning All-Big South First Team Honors while
DeShaun Wade was named All-Big South Honorable Mention.
Jesper Granlund earned an All-Academic Team nod.
• Wilkins became the first player in team history to earn back-to-back All-Big South First Team honors. Wade also earned All-Big South Honorable Mention for a second straight season.
• Longwood ended the regular season as winners of five of their final seven games.
• The Lancers are 9-9 all time in the Big South Tournament after winning the championship last year.
Last Time Out
• Longwood battled but ultimately fell in the final game in Willett Hall to close out the regular season to UNC Asheville 76-66.
• The Lancers jumped out to an early lead, buoyed by a loud and rowdy sellout crowd.
• UNC Asheville only missed five times after halftime though to vault ahead of the Lancers.
• Fletcher Abee epitomized the day for the Bulldogs, making his first seven shots from the floor to lead UNC Asheville with 20 points.
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Isaiah Wilkins led Longwood with 17 points, five rebounds, two assists and four steals.
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DeShaun Wade and
Leslie Nkereuwem each added 12 points for the Lancers.
• Longwood honored its seniors prior the game starting: Nate Llitersas,
Leslie Nkereuwem,
Cameron O'Conner,
DeShaun Wade,
Zac Watson and
Isaiah Wilkins.
By The Numbers
• Longwood enters the Big South Tournament as the No. 2 seed, the second-best finish in the program's Big South history.
• The Lancers now have 20 wins for a second straight season, marking the first time the team has done so in program history, regardless of level.
• Longwood is the only team in the Big South riding back-to-back 20-win seasons, and the team's 46 wins in the past two seasons are five more than the next closest team in UNC Asheville.
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Isaiah Wilkins (First Team) and
DeShaun Wade (Honorable Mention) became the first Lancers in the Big South era to earn All-Big South honors in back-to-back years. The last player to earn such recognition is back-to-back years was Antwan Carter, who was a three-time All-DI-Independent selectionf from 2010-12. Tristan Carey was an All-DI-Independent selection in 2012 and an All-Big South Honorable Mention in 2014.
• The Lancer bench mob has played a big part in the team's success this year. The team's reserves lead the Big South and rank 14th nationally with 27.7 points per game.
• The Lancers lead the Big South in turnover margin (+2.6). That mark is 40th in the nation.
• The Lancer defense is second in the Big South in turnovers forced per game (14.4).
• Meanwhile, the Lancer offensive only turns it over 11.8 times per game, the second-best mark in the Big South.
• The team has won the turnover battle 19 times this year. The team is 14-6 in those games.
• Longwood's defense only surrenders 65.7 points per game, the third-best mark in the Big South and 64th in the nation.
• The Lancers have also outrebounded their opponents on the season and lead the Big South in rebounding margin (+3.5).
Quotable
"Credit to Asheville, they showed tonight why they won the regular season adn are the Number 1 seed. They continued to make play after play. I thought we were out of sync. I thought we started out fine, and then we started to do a little bit more one-on-one after that. We have a situation right now where we've got to be a team that's consistently focused on execution. That has to be who we are."
—Longwood Head Coach Griff Aldrich after UNC Asheville
Longwood • Big South Championship Results
Round Date Site Opponent W/L Score LWU High Opp High
2013 • Seed #6N
First Round 3/5 Conway, S.C. UNC Asheville3S W 87-72 21 - Carey 19 - Atkinson
Quarterfinals 3/7 Conway, S.C. VMI2N L 86-90 36 - Kessens 31 - Okoye
2014 • Seed #6N
First Round 3/5 Conway, S.C. Gardner-Webb3S L 65-81 18 - Carey 15 - Nelson
2015 • Seed #9
First Round 3/4 Conway, S.C. Presbyterian8 W 65-61 25 - Johnson 21 - Terry
Quarterfinals 3/6 Conway, S.C. Charleston Southern1 W 68-60 22 - Johnson 17 - Harper
Semifinals 3/7 Conway, S.C. Winthrop5 L 71-58 23 - Taylor/Fisher 15 - Johnson
2016 • Seed #8
First Round 3/3 Buies Creek, N.C. Charleston Southern9 W 75-69 22 - Allen 28 - Potter
Quarterfinals 3/4 Buies Creek, N.C. High Point1 L 89-78 22 - Johnson 19 - Bowman/McIntyre
2017 • Seed #9
First Round 2/28 Charleston, S.C. Charleston Southern8 L 79-74 24 - Allen/Lane 29 - Keeling
2018 • Seed #10
First Round 2/27 High Point, N.C. High Point7 W 68-55 14 - Glover/Walton 16 - Proctor
Quarterfinals 3/1 Asheville, N.C. Radford2 L 59-53 15 - Ashe/Glover 16 - Hicks
2019 • Seed #9
First Round 3/5 Hampton, Va. Hampton8 L 77-71 23 - J. Wilson 28 - Marrow
2020 • Seed #4
First Round 3/3 Campus Sites FIRST ROUND BYE — — — —
Quarterfinals 3/5 Radford, Va. Hampton5 L 78-53 17 - J. Wilson 32 - Marrow
2021 • Seed #5
First Round 2/27 Campus Sites FIRST ROUND BYE — — — —
Quarterfinals 3/1 Asheville, N.C. UNC Asheville4 W 77-61 18 - Nkereuwem 14 - Jones
Semifinals 3/4 Rock Hill, S.C. Winthrop1 L 82-61 17 - Munoz 19 - Falden
2022 • Seed #1
First Round 3/2 Charlotte, N.C. FIRST ROUND BYE — — — —
Quarterfinals 3/4 Charlotte, N.C. N.C. A&T9 W (OT) 79-65 24 - Hill 27 - Watson
Semifinals 3/5 Charlotte, N.C. USC Upstate4 W 79-70 18 - Hill/Wade 24 - Mozone
Finals 3/6 Charlotte, N.C. Winthrop2 W 79-58 19 - Wilkins 14 - Burns, Jr.
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