THE OPENING TIP
• The Lancers wrap up a two-game homestand with Charleston Southern on Friday night after a winter storm shifted the matchup that was originally scheduled for Saturday at the Joan Perry Brock Center.
• Friday's matchup will be the second of three home games in a four-game stretch for the Lancers after the team played three road games in a four-game stretch.
• Third through seventh place in the Big South standings is separated by only two games, and only two teams have a winning streak of three games or more.
• Longwood and Charleston Southern are two of the six teams in the nine-team league that boast winning records.
• The team had a season-best six players score in double figures in the win over Gardner-Webb.
• Longwood scored at least 90 points for the fifth time this season in the win as well.
LAST TIME OUT
•
Elijah Tucker and
Jacoi Hutchinson led the way in a complete team win for Longwood over Gardner-Webb on Wednesday night, 91-56.
• Tucker tallied a third straight double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds, and Hutchinson had his first career double-double with 14 points and a career-high 10 assists.
• The Lancers had four other players in double figures:
Alphonzo Billups III (15 points, three steals),
Emanuel Richards (11 points),
Redd Thompson Jr. (10 points) and
Jaylen Benard (10 points, five steals).
• The Lancers took the lead with a 9-0 run in the first half thanks to five points from Tucker, and then the defense held Gardner-Webb scoreless for a six-minute stretch that ballooned the advantage to 28-10.
• Colin Hawkins led Gardner-Webb with 14 points, but Longwood's defense held GWU to 38 percent shooting from the floor.
BY THE NUMBERS
• Longwood beat Gardner-Webb by 35, the team's largest margin in Big South play since winning by 36 against USC Upstate a season ago.
•
Elijah Tucker and
Jacoi Hutchinson became the first pair of Lancers to post a double-double in the same game since Szymon Zapala and
Michael Christmas did so in the 2023-24 season.
• For Tucker, it was his third straight double-double and fourth double-double of the season. He has snared 32 percent of the team's 112 rebounds in those three games.
• On the season, Longwood is 10-5 when outrebounding its opposition.
• The Lancer bench has outscored the opposing reserves in 18 of the team's 21 games.
• Longwood's bench averages 28.6 points per game on the season.
• For the season, six different players have led the team in scoring.
• Eight different players have scored in double figures.
•
Jacoi Hutchinson has scored in double figures a team-high 16 times.
• The Lancers are 9-1 when they lead at the half, with the lone loss coming on the road at Wake Forest in December.
• Longwood is 8-2 at home this year and 33-9 at the Joan Perry Brock Center since the venue opened in 2023-24. Since
Ronnie Thomas has been on staff, the team is 69-18 in Farmville for a .793 winning percentage.
• The Lancers have scored at least 90 points five times in front of their home crowd this season.
• The Lancers are second in the Big South in turnovers forced per game with 14.2 and second in the league in steals per game with 8.7.
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time Record vs. Charleston Southern 13-12
Under Coach Thomas 0-0
Current Streak L 1
First Meeting W 73-67 on 12/22/2006
Last Meeting L 89-85 on 2/1/2025
• Longwood and Charleston Southern split the season series last year, with each side winning on its own home floor.
• At Charleston Southern,
Kyrell Luc and
Jaylen Benard tied for the team lead with 14 points apiece as four Lancers scored in double figures.
Elijah Tucker had 11 points.
• In the win in Farmville, Luc had a team-best 19 while
Elijah Tucker scored 13.
STATS COMPARISON
LWU CSU
2025-26 Record 11-10 11-10
Conference 3-3 2-4
Points 77.4 84.4
Opp. Points 72.8 78.2
Scoring Margin +4.6 +6.2
Rebounds 36.8 43.5
Opp. Rebounds 31.4 39.8
Off. Rebounds 12 12.3
Opp. Off. Rebounds 9.9 12.1
Rebounding Margin +5.4 +3.7
Field Goal Pct. .469 .454
Opp. Field Goal Pct .446 .404
3-Point Pct. .306 .359
Opp. 3-Point Pct. .320 .300
3-Point FGs 6 12.4
Opp. 3-Point FGs 7.8 6.3
Free Throw Pct. .755 .641
Opp. Free Throw Pct. .703 .688
Free Throws Made 17.6 12.5
Opp. Free Throws Made 14.8 18.6
Assists 13.7 17.5
Turnovers 14 12.7
Turnovers Forced 14.5 9
Turnover Margin +0.5 -3.7
Assist/Turnover Ratio 1 1.4
Steals 8.7 4.5
Blocked Shots 2.6 4.7
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