Game 21 • Longwood (14-6, 3-2 Big South) at Radford (13-7, 3-2 Big South)
Date & Time	Wednesday, January 22, 2025 | 7 p.m.
Location	Radford, Va. (Dedmon Center)
Game Notes	Longwood | Big South
Statistics	Longwood | Radford | Big South
TV/Stream	ESPN+
Live Stats	Live Stats
Tickets	https://radfordtickets.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=1648
Social Media	@LongwoodLancers | @LongwoodMBB

THE OPENING TIP
•    For the second time in as many seasons, Longwood knocked off High Point on a last second shot at the Joan Perry Brock Center, this time on ESPNU.
•    Longwood now plays three of its next four on the road for its heaviest road stretch of Big South play, with trips to Radford, Gardner-Webb and Charleston Southern.
•    The Lancers are part of a tight grouping in the Big South, with no unbeaten teams in the league and six of the nine teams sitting at .500 or better in league play.
•    As a team, Longwood has five players averaging at least eight points per game.
•    Longwood faces a Radford side that is also 3-2 in the Big South and is 13-7 overall. The Highlanders are unbeaten at home, 7-0.
•    Four players average at least seven points per game for Radford.
 
LAST TIME OUT
•    In what felt like a heavyweight title bout, Longwood edged High Point 82-80 behind a late bucket by Colby Garland with 2.5 seconds to play.
•    The two teams, the reigning Big South Champions (Longwood) and preseason favorites (High Point), traded blows throughout the night.
•    The score was tied at halftime at 34 with neither side leading by more than four points in the half.
•    Elijah Tucker scored five of Longwood's first seven points out of the break, and the Lancers extended the lead to 10 points in the opening minutes of the second half. He had 16 points, and all five Lancer starters scored in double figures.
•    High Point responded, with Kezza Giffa leading the way, and tied the game multiple times, including with 11 seconds to go on a Chase Johnston three.
•    Garland put a floater home with 2.5 seconds to play to give Longwood the win.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
•    Longwood is one game out of first in the Big South standings with 11 games left in the regular season.
•    Against High Point, Longwood had all five starters score in double figures, with no player scoring more than 16 points.
•    It was the first time this season Longwood has had at least five players score in double figures in a game.
•    Seven different players have led/tied for the team lead Longwood in scoring in a game this season, with Michael Christmas (6) having done so the most. Colby Garland (3), KJ McClurg (3), Elijah Tucker (3), Johan Nziemi (2), Kyrell Luc (2), and DJ Jefferson (1) are the others.
•    Longwood has scored at least 80 points in a game 10 times this season, and the team is 9-1 when topping 80 points.
•    The Lancers are averaging 78.7 points per game, the most points per game the team has averaged under head coach Griff Aldrich.
•    The points are the most the team has averaged, per game, since the 2000-01 season when the team averaged 88 points per game and Colin Ducharme was the Division II National Player of the Year.
•    Longwood ranks third in the Big South in assists per game (13.6), with Colby Garland and Kyrell Luc leading the charge.
•    Garland leads the Big South with 95 assists (45th nationally) and is first in assists per game (4.8, 70th nationally). He also leads the league in assist/turnover ratio at 2.57.
•    Luc, meanwhile, ranks ninth in the Big South in assists (57).
•    The Lancer defense, meanwhile, ranks second in the Big South in turnover margin (+3.0, 41st nationally) and turnovers forced per game (15.4, 35th nationally).
 
QUOTABLE
"This team looked like the Longwood basketball that we've seen over the years. I thought this group has really taken a lot of steps towards becoming more of a team. I thought tonight they really showed that. Now we have to continue to build on it."
—Head Coach Griff Aldrich after the team's win against High Point where all five starters scored in double figures