Game 24 • Longwood (16-7, 5-3 Big South) at Charleston Southern (7-16, 3-5 Big South)
Date & Time	Saturday, February 1, 2025 | 2 p.m.
Location	Charleston, S.C. (Buccaneer Fieldhouse)
Game Notes	Longwood | Big South
Statistics	Longwood | Charleston Southern | Big South
TV/Stream	ESPN+
Live Stats	Live Stats
Tickets	CSU
Social Media	@LongwoodLancers | @LongwoodMBB

THE OPENING TIP
•    Longwood wraps up a two-game road trip with a Saturday afternoon matchup at Charleston Southern.
•    The Lancers currently sit third in the Big South standings with one half of conference play complete.
•    Seven different players have led Longwood in scoring in their eight true road games.
•    The Lancers average 79 points per game, their highest average in seven seasons under Griff Aldrich, and the team has scored more than 80 points 12 times this season.
•    The second round of Big South play will see Longwood play four home and four road games.
•    The Lancer men and women have combined for 32 wins, tied for the second-most in the state.
•    Longwood faces a Charleston Southern side that features the Big South's top scorer and rebounder, Taje' Kelly.
 
LAST TIME OUT
•    Longwood fell in a back-and-forth shootout at Gardner-Webb on Wednesday night, 92-87.
•    Kyrell Luc had a career night, pouring in a career best 25 points to lead Longwood, but Anthony Selden answered for the Runnin' Bulldogs with 27 points on 9-11 shooting.
•    Michael Christmas added 19 points, including four triples, and Johan Nziemi (13 points) and Colby Garland (12 points) also scored in double figures.
•    Elijah Tucker led Longwood with 10 boards.
•    For GWU, Darryl Simmons II (19 points), Pharell Boyogueno (15 points), Jamaine Mann (13 points) and Shahar Lazar (10 points) scored in double figures.
•    The two teams traded the lead back and forth for much of the contest, but Gardner-Webb took a late lead and held on in the waning minutes of the contest.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
•    Longwood is one of four teams in the Big South with a road conference win.
•    Home teams are 27-9 in Big South play, a .750 winning percentage.
•    Four teams in the Big South are in the top 200 in the NCAA Net rankings, with Longwood second in the league at 175. Only one team is below 300.
•    Longwood is one of only 28 teams outside the Power conferences who have won at least 20 games in back-to-back-to-back seasons.
•    Against Gardner-Webb, Longwood shot better than 50 percent from the floor for the eighth time this season, and the team is 6-2 when shooting at least 50 percent from the deck.
•    The Lancers also hit 10 threes for the second time in three games.
•    Longwood went 10-20 from downtown, marking the fourth time the team has shot 50 percent or better from three.
•    The Lancers posted 40 points or more in each half against Gardner-Webb for the fourth time this season. The other three outings with at least 40 points in each half were against UAB, Regent and Mary Baldwin.
•    Longwood leads the Big South in turnovers forced per game (15.4), a mark that is 25th nationally.
•    The Lancers also lead the league in three point percentage defense (.313), and the Lancers have held an opponent to 30 percent or less 13 times this season.
•    Five times Longwood has held its opponent to 30 percent or less from three in Big South play.
•    The Lancer defense ranks second in the Big South in steals per game (7.8).
•    Colby Garland, meanwhile, leads the Big South in assists (107), assists per game (4.7) and assist/turnover ratio (2.49).