Game 9 • Longwood (6-2)  vs. Regent (1-5)
Date & Time	Sunday, December 1, 2024 | 1 p.m.
Location	Farmville, Va. (Joan Perry Brock Center
Game Notes	Longwood | Big South
Statistics	Longwood | Regent | Big South
TV	ESPN+
Live Stats	Live Stats
Tickets	www.longwoodlancers.com/tickets
Social Media	@LongwoodLancers | @LongwoodMBB

FARMVILLE, Va. -- Longwood opens up a four-game homestand to begin December following a four-game swing away from home.

THE OPENING TIP
•    Longwood returns home to open a four game homestand, beginning with Regent University on Sunday afternoon.
•    The Lancers wrapped up the 25th annual Paradise Jam in the Third/Fifth place game against Kansas State.
•    Kyrell Luc was named to the Paradise Jam All-Tournament Team at the conclusion of the event.
•    Longwood is ranked 178th in the Kenpom advanced analytics rankings, one of six Big South schools inside the top 205.
•    The Lancers take on a Regent team that is in its exploratory year to move from NCCAA competition to NCAA Division III. Regent will take on Methodist University on Saturday night.
•    The team's six-game winning streak to start the season was the sixth time the Lancers have posted a five-game winning streak under head coach Griff Aldrich.
 
LAST TIME OUT
•    Longwood fell to a hot-shooting Kansas State team that went 11-20 from three to take down the Lancers 80-64.
•    Coleman Hawkins led the charge, going 5-7 from downtown to power Kansas State as four Wildcats scored in double figures.
•    Longwood had three players score in double digits, with Kyrell Luc leading the way with 15 points while Colby Garland added 13 and Johan Nziemi chipped in 11.
•    The Lancers refused to go away throughout the game despite the threes from Kansas State thanks to a 19-5 advantage in free throw attempts.
•    Longwood led early, and the two sides traded the lead back and forth in the first half.
•    A late flurry gave Kansas State the halftime lead, but Longwood trimmed it to five early in the second half.
•    KSU answered and slowly pulled away, turning aside Longwood's repeated attempts to get back into the game.
 
QUOTABLE
"Overall, the trip was really beneficial. We learned a great deal about ourselves. Playing this level of competition three straight contests really showed who this team can be while also exposing some key areas for us to improve upon in order to reach our potential."
—Head Coach Griff Aldrich after the conclusion of the Paradise Jam
 
BY THE NUMBERS
•    Longwood will play a four-game homestand for the second time this season.
•    The Lancers have a pattern of four at home, four away from JPB, four at home, four away over their first 16 games of the year. The run includes the first game of conference play.
•    Longwood will take on Regent, Maryland Eastern Shore, Mary Baldwin and North Carolina Central in the current four-game homestand.
•    The Lancers went 2-2 away from home in the recent four-game stretch away from home.
•    At home, Longwood is 4-0 this season. The Lancers are 17-3 in the Joan Perry Brock Center since opening the building a season ago.
•    Since 2021-22, Longwood is 45-7 at home in Farmville.
•    Longwood has held five of its eight opponents to less than 30 percent shooting from three.
•    The Lancers have held opponents to .296 shooting from three on the season, which ranks second in the Big South.
•    The Lancers have outshot their opponent from the foul line in every single game this season.
•    Six times, Longwood has attempted at least 10 more free throws than their opponent.
•    Longwood ranks ninth in the nation in free throw attempts per game (28.9) and second in the Big South (behind Winthrop).
•    Longwood leads the Big South in both free throws made per game (22.1, fifth nationally) and free throw percentage (.766, 40th nationally).
•    Five players are averaging at least eight points per game, with KJ McClurg the only player averaging in double figures at 12.9.
•    Four different players have led Longwood in scoring in a game this season. KJ McClurg and Michael Christmas have done it three times each.
   
•    This is the first meeting between the two teams
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