- Longwood plays its fourth game in nine days and third at home to start the 2026-27, when it welcomes St. Mary's (Md.) to the Joan Perry Brock Center on Tuesday night.
- The Joan Perry Brock Center has been home, sweet home for the Lancers since opening in 2023. After starting the season 2-0 at home, Longwood is 22-3 (.880) in nonconference home games inside the JPB and 38-11 (.776) overall. The Lancers have averaged 12 wins per season in their first three years inside the JPB.
- In each of the last two games, fifth-year wing
Alphonzo Billups III has led the Lancers in scoring. He leads Longwood and ranks sixth in the Big South in scoring at 15.7 points per game. After tallying 17 points at Saint Joseph's, he scored 20 points, hitting 5-of-8 from 3, in the win over NC Central. Billups also ranks ninth in the country in total 3-pointers with 11.
- Senior guard Jaylden Benard nearly picked up his third-straight double-double to start the year with 15 points and nine rebounds in the win over N.C. Central. He ranks third nationally in double-doubles (2) and ninth in total rebounds (29). Benard pushed the Lancers to OT in its Homecoming win on Saturday, converting a 3-point play with 10 seconds left to tie the contest.
- In each of its first three games this season, Longwood hit 11 3-pointers. It marked the first time the Blue and White has hit 10 or more 3-pointers in three-straight games since December of 2021. The last time the Lancers enjoyed a longer streak was five straight in 2020. Longwood ranks second in the Big South and 55th nationally in 3-pointers per game.
- Sophomore forward
Lazar Milosevic enjoyed his best game as a collegiate in the Homecoming win over NC Central. He totaled a career-high 11 points to go with four rebounds and three assists, but more importantly, he came up big in overtime. Milosevic assisted on a bucket and scored seven in a row during the extra period to lift Longwood to the win.
- In each of the first three games of the season, the Lancers had at least four different players in double figures. After putting seven players in double digits in the season-opening win over Pfeiffer, four Lancers scored in 10+ at Saint Joseph's and against N.C. Central. Billups, Benard, and sophomore
TJ Robinson have scored in double figures in all three games this year.
- Longwood ranks 59th nationally and second in the Big South in points per game (92.0). The Lancers are scoring 39.3 points per game off the bench, which ranks 59th in the country and second in the Big South as well. In its season-opening win over Pfeiffer, Longwood scored a DI school record 123 points.
- After finishing tied for fourth in the Big South standings last season, the Lancers were picked in the same spot in the preseason poll by vote of the league coaches and were just three points shy of third-place Winthrop. High Point was the league's preseason favorite followed by Presbyterian.
- Following last year's 16-win campaign, Longwood is currently on a streak of five consecutive seasons with 16 or more wins. The stretch is the longest in school history, and the Lancers have averaged more than 20 wins per season over the last five years.
- Billups III and Williams were named to the preseason All-Big South Second Team in October. Longwood was one of three programs in the league, along with High Point and Presbyterian, to have multiple preseason All-Big South selections.
- Over the summer, Longwood took an 11-day international trip to Italy. The Lancers collected three wins during the trip, and off the court, the program visited sites such as The Vatican, the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica and Michelangelo's David, the Colosseum, the Pantheon, the Roman Forum, the beach in Monterosso, and Lake Commo. The last time Longwood went on an international trip was to England and France prior to the 2023-24 season, and the program went on to win the 2024 Big South championship.
- Longwood Athletics announced Skanska will be the inaugural jersey patch sponsor of Lancer basketball. Longwood and Skanska have built a strong partnership in recent years, with the global construction and development company overseeing several capital projects on campus, including the Joan Perry Brock Center.
