Game 29 • Longwood (17-11, 5-8 Big South) at Radford (14-14, 4-9 Big South)
Date & Time	Saturday, February 24, 2024 (2 p.m.)
Location	Radford, Va. (Dedmon Center)
Game Notes	Longwood | Radford | Big South
Statistics	Longwood | Radford | Big South
Live Stats	Live Stats
Live Video	ESPN+
Live Radio	WVHL
Social Media	@LongwoodLancers | @LongwoodMBB

OPENING TIP
•    Longwood hits the road for the first of back-to-back road games with their trip to Radford on Saturday.
•    The Lancers have won three straight and scored 80 points or more in all three wins.
•    Longwood has hit at least 10 threes in a game three times this season, including twice in their past three games.
•    The Lancers are tied for fifth in the Big South standings, and 1.5 games separates fifth from ninth.
•    Radford won the first meeting between the two teams on January 11 and is coming off a comfortable win over Gardner-Webb on Thursday.
•    The Lancers are guaranteed a third straight winning season for the first time in 30 years, and the team's 63 wins in three seasons are the second-most in a three-year span in program history.
 
LAST TIME OUT
•    A full team effort led Longwood past UNC Asheville on Wednesday night at the Joan Perry Brock Center.
•    Walyn Napper had a team-best 16 points, and added seven assists, but nine Lancers played and scored in the game.
•    Johnathan Massie added 14 points, and Michael Christmas chipped in 13 points.
•    Josh Banks led UNC Asheville with 23 points, and four Bulldogs hit double figures in scoring.
•    Despite only shooting 9-29 from the floor in the first half, Longwood entered halftime trailing by six.
•    After halftime, Longwood drained 10 threes, going 10-15 from deep. Six different players made at least one three.
•    Longwood stretched the lead to 10 before Asheville cut the lead to one late in the game.
•    Johnathan Massie scored the final seven points of the game to preserve the win.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
•    Longwood will play its 14th road game of the season on Saturday afternoon.
•    The Lancers have five true road wins, tied for the third most in the Big South.
•    Longwood has five true road wins for the fifth time in six seasons under Head Coach Griff Aldrich. The team had never won five true road games in the prior 15 years to his arrival.
•    The team's 63 wins in the past three seasons are three shy of the top mark in team history. The Lancers notched 66 wins over three seasons from 1978-81.
•    The Lancers are also guaranteed to have a winning record for a third straight season for the first time in three decades. The last time the Lancers achieved the feat was from 1992-95. This is also the third time the Lancers have had three straight winning seasons in team history, with the longest streak being six straight seasons from 1978-84.
•    All nine players that played, scored on Wednesday against UNC Asheville. It is the fourth time this season the Lancers have had a game where every player that checked in also recorded points.
•    Seven different players have led the team in scoring in a game this season, and five different players have scored at least 20 points in a game.
•    The Lancer defense leads the Big South with 13.8 turnovers forced per game.
•    Longwood has won the turnover battle 15 times this season and is 12-3 when winning the turnover battle.
•    The Lancers are the ninth-best offensive rebounding team in the nation, averaging 14 offensive boards per game.
•    Longwood averages 14.9 second chance points per game.
•    Longwood is 20th in the nation, fourth in the Big South, in free throw attempts per game.
 
QUOTABLES:
"I loved our second half purpose. I thought our guys really responded. I thought we got really frustrated in the first half and got disconnected. In the second half, we were really connected and stayed the course. If we can do that for 40 minutes, we'll live with the results...I really think after that Charleston Southern away game, our approach has been very different and I credit Walyn Napper and DA Houston in large part for bringing a real sense of purpose. You see a team now that is becoming more and more confident and believing in itself. That's a big thing."
—Longwood Head Coach Griff Aldrich after the win over UNC Asheville

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