Game 30 • Longwood (17-12, 5-9 Big South) at Gardner-Webb (14-15, 9-5 Big South)
Date & Time	Thursday, February 29, 2024 (7 p.m.)
Location	Boiling Springs, N.C. (Paul Porter Arena)
Game Notes	Longwood | Big South
Statistics	Longwood | Gardner-Webb | Big South
Live Stats	Live Stats
Live Video	ESPNU
Live Radio	WVHL
Social Media	@LongwoodLancers | @LongwoodMBB

OPENING TIP
•    Longwood wraps up a two game road swing with a trip to Gardner-Webb that has won three of its past four.
•    Beginning with Gardner-Webb, the Lancers play two of the top three teams in the Big South standings in the final two regular season games this year.
•    The Lancers are tied for fifth in the Big South. Four teams are 5-9 in Big South play with two games left to play.
•    Gardner-Webb won the first meeting between the two teams after shooting a Big South record 92.3 percent from three.
•    The Lancers have hit at least 10 threes in a game three times in their last four outings, including a season-high 13 in a win over UNC Asheville on Wednesday, February 21.
•    Over the past four games, Longwood has recorded an assist on 54 percent of its made shots.
 
LAST TIME OUT
•    Walyn Napper had a team high 21 points, but Radford hit a season high 13 threes to take down Longwood 88-82.
•    The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for the Lancers.
•    DaQuan Smith hit a career high six threes for Radford on his way to 21 points, and five Highlanders scored in double figures.
•    For Longwood, Michael Christmas added 17 points and Elijah Tucker chipped in 13 points and 11 rebounds, his second double-double.
•    Radford never trailed after hitting 9-12 from three in the first half.
•    The Highlanders extended the lead to 18 after halftime after a similarly hot start to the second half, but the Lancers rallied.
•    Longwood closed the gap to two possessions, but Radford hit enough free throws in the game's final minutes to hold off the Lancers.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
•    The Lancers are back on ESPNU on Thursday night for a third time this season, with two of the three games occurring on the road.
•    It will mark the ninth time Longwood has been on ESPNU and second straight season that the team has made three appearances on the national stage.
•    The Lancers are 3-5 in their prior appearances on ESPNU.
•    The game is the 15th and final true road game of the season for Longwood.
•    Longwood has five true road wins for the fifth time in six seasons under head coach Griff Aldrich. The team had never done that in the previous two decades prior to Aldrich's arrival.
•    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 it was from 1992-95, and the team has achieved the streak three times in program history. The longest streak was six straight seasons from 1978-1984.
•    Longwood had nine players score at Radford, the second straight game the Lancers have had nine players score in a game.
•    It also marked the fifth straight game the Lancers have had at least eight players score, a mark the team has hit 23 times in 29 games.
•    When at least nine players score, Longwood is 10-3 this season.
•    The Lancers are the 11-best offensive rebounding team in the nation, averaging 13.8 offensive boards per game.
•    Longwood is fifth in the nation in rebounding margin, out rebounding opponents by 9.4 boards per game.
•    Longwood is 19th in the nation, fourth in the Big South, in free throw attempts per game.
 
QUOTABLES:
"While I was proud of the guys for continuing to play til the end, we neither competed nor executed at the level we needed to be successful. Today was not the same version of the Lancers that we have seen over the past weeks in terms of purpose and urgency. This bunch has been resilient - so I'm confident we will see a better version of ourselves this coming week."
—Longwood Head Coach Griff Aldrich after the game at Radford
 
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