WHERE TO WATCH
OPENING TIP
•   Longwood hosts Radford on Thursday night or a national matchup on ESPNU.
•   This Lancers are 3-2 on ESPNU over the past five seasons and 1-0 in Farmville.
•   Longwood has hosted ESPNU once, with the Lancers winning 85-72 over USC Upstate in 2022.
•   Last season, the Lancers played on ESPNU three times, but all three were on the road.
•   Longwood's defense surrenders 62.6 points per game, the top mark in the Big South.
•   In addition, Longwood leads the Big South in offensive rebounding at 13.7 offensive boards per game.
•   Ten times this season, Longwood has had at least four players score in double figures in a game.
•   Four players average double figures in scoring:
Walyn Napper (13.9 ppg),
Johnathan Massie (12.1),
Michael Christmas (11.5) and
Szymon Zapala (10.6).
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LAST TIME OUT
•   Longwood's defense and depth powered the Lancers past Charleston Southern in the team's Big South home opener on Saturday.
•   Four Lancers scored in double figures, with
Michael Christmas leading the pack 15 points, but 10 players tallied points for Longwood in the game.
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DA Houston and
Szymon Zapala added 13 points apiece, and
Walyn Napper chipped in 12.
•   Taje' Kelly had 19 for Charleston Southern.
•   Zapala got Longwood off to a great start and scored nine of the team's first 13 points.
•   Napper hit a three that stretched the Lancer advantage to double digits, 20-10, midway through the first half.
•   The Lancers answered every Charleston Southern run from that point on.
•   Christmas powered in 13 of his 15 after halftime to prevent Charleston Southern from getting back into the game.
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BY THE NUMBERS
•   Longwood is unbeaten at home this season with a 9-0 record at the Joan Perry Brock Center.
•   The Lancers are one of two teams in the Big South unbeaten at home heading into the third conference game of the season.
•   Longwood has had a winning record at home in six straight seasons now, the longest stretch since the team accomplished the feat in seven straight seasons from 1991-1998.
•   Six times this year, Longwood has held its opponent to fewer than 60 points.
•   Longwood's defense has been the stingiest in the Big South, holding opponents to a league-low 62.6 points per game, which is the 16th best mark in the nation.
•   Nineteen times, Longwood has held an opponent to fewer than 32 points in a half.
•   The defense has held back-to-back opponents to below .400 percent shooting from the floor and below .200 shooting from three.
•   The Lancers have also forced at least 15 turnovers in a game eight times this season.
•   Longwood has served as one of the top rebounding outfits in the country, with a +11.4 rebounding margin that is eighth in the nation and second in the Big South.
•   Longwood has won the battle on the glass 14 times in 16 games and is 12-3 when doing so.
•   Longwood grabs 13.7 offensive rebounds per game, 25th best in the nation and first in the Big South.
•   Offensively, Longwood pounds the paint and averages better than 40 points per game in the painted area.
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Michael Christmas is second in the Big South and 64th nationally with four double-doubles.
•   Longwood has had 10 games where four players scored in double figures, including each of the past three games. The season high was six players in double figures.
•   The Lancers rank second in the Big South in attendance.
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QUOTABLE
"I thought our approach was much better through the whole game. We had a few dips, but for the most part, I thought our guys were pretty locked in. I think it showed defensively. I didn't think they got many open looks. To hold a team to 30 percent shooting and 18 percent from three, it's a real credit to those guys competing on the defensive end."
—Longwood Head Coach Griff Aldrich after Charleston Southern
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SERIES HISTORY
All-Time Record vs. Radford                              10-28
Under Coach Aldrich                                              3-6
Current Streak                                                        W 1
First Meeting                      L 130-59 (1976-77 season)
Last Meeting                                W 73-63 (2/18/2023)
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•   The two sides split the season series in the 2022-23 season with each winning at home.
•   At Radford, the Highlanders won 63-59 in a tight, back-and-forth game. Among Lancer returners,
Michael Christmas and
DA Houston had nine points apiece.
•   In the return game in Farmville, four Lancers hit double figures. Among returners,
DA Houston had seven points.
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