Game 5 • Longwood (4-0) at Binghamton (2-3)
Date & Time	Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024 (6 p.m.)
Location	Vestal, N.Y. (Dr. Bai Lee Court)
Game Notes	Longwood
Statistics	Longwood | Binghamton
TV	ESPN+
Live Stats	Live Stats
Social Media	@LongwoodLancers | @LongwoodMBB

FARMVILLE, Va. -- Longwood travels to New York to open a four-game road swing this week.

THE OPENING TIP
•    Longwood travels to its first true road game of the season with a trip to Binghamton on Tuesday night.
•    The Lancers are 4-0 for the second time under head coach Griff Aldrich after also achieving the mark in 2018-19.
•    Longwood will play Binghamton for the first time in program history, with this also marking the team's first trip to New York since the season opener in 2023-24 at St. Bonaventure.
•    The Lancers, picked third, will take on a Binghamton team picked to finish sixth in the America East.
•    Longwood has two players averaging double figures in points: KJ McClurg (15.8) and Johan Nziemi (10). However, five players average at least seven points per game.
•    Three players average in double figures for Binghamton, with Ben Callahan-Gold leading the way at 13.6 points per game.
 
LAST TIME OUT
•    Longwood's defense and grit, and some timely shots from KJ McClurg and Jaylen Benard, turned a double-digit deficit into a 64-62 win over UT Martin on Saturday afternoon.
•    McClurg erupted for 20 of his 25 points after halftime, and Benard drained a pair of late triples during the comeback. Kyrell Luc hit two foul shots with 3.9 seconds to play to break a 62-62 tie and give Longwood its first and only lead of the day.
•    Josue Grullon led UT Martin with 22 points as the visitors hit 10 threes.
•    McClurg, meanwhile, hit five of Longwood's seven threes, and Benard had the other two.
•    UT Martin led from the opening tip and led by as much as 13 in the first half.
•    McClurg came out on fire to start the second half and pulled Longwood back in, and Benard added the energy. He had a team-best six rebounds, with four on the offensive glass.
 
QUOTABLE
"Credit our guys for finding a way to win. So much of sports is finding a way regardless of how you are playing, how you are shooting, or how things are clicking. I thought our guys never gave up, particularly the guys who were on the court at the end of the game."
—Longwood Head Coach Griff Aldrich after the 64-62 win over UT Martin

BY THE NUMBERS
•    Longwood's 4-0 start is among the best starts to the season among the 14 programs in the Commonwealth.
•    The four wins are tied with Norfolk State, VCU, Liberty and VMI for the most, and Longwood is undefeated along with VCU and Virginia.
•    In addition, the combined record of Longwood's men and women (7-2) coming in to Monday night marks the second-highest win total among men's and women's teams in the state.
•    The Lancers have held their past three opponents to below 30 percent shooting from three (.211, 15-71).
•    Longwood has also held its past two opponents below 36 percent shooting from the floor (.359 vs. Milwaukee  on 11-13 | .317 vs. UT Martin on 11-16).
•    The team's three-point percentage defense leads the Big South and ranks 47th in the nation, holding opponents to a .262 shooting percentage.
•    The Lancers are also second in the Big South in turnovers forced per game at 17.3. That mark ranks 37th in the nation.
•    Meanwhile, Longwood goes to the foul line a ton  on offense and ranks fourth in the nation in free throw attempts per game (33.5).
•    The team is third in the nation in made free throws per game (24.8).
•    KJ McClurg is tied for the lead in the Big South in free throw attempts at 34, and he is second in makes with 27.
•    He has scored at least 10 points in all four games, and he surpassed 20 points for the first time in his Longwood career against UT Martin
•    Seven different players have scored in double figures in a game this season for the Lancers.
•    The Longwood bench ranks second in the Big South in points per game with 32.
 
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