Game 14 • Longwood (12-1) at North Carolina Central (6-7)
Date & Time	Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023 (3 p.m.)
Location	Durham, N.C. (McDougald-McLendon Arena)
Game Notes	Longwood | Big South
Statistics	Longwood | North Carolina Central | Big South
Live Stats	Live Stats
Live Video	NCCU Sports Network
Live Radio	WVHL
Social Media	@LongwoodLancers | @LongwoodMBB

OPENING TIP
•    Longwood hits the road for its final game before a break for the holidays with a trip to North Carolina Central on Wednesday afternoon.
•    The Lancers' 12-game winning streak is the longest in the nation, one more than Houston.
•    On the road, Longwood has gone 4-1 this season, and the team's four straight true road wins are tied for the fourth-longest streak in the nation.
•    Four Lancers rank in the top 25 in the Big South in scoring, with Walyn Napper fourth in the league at 14.8 points per game.
•    Longwood has scored at least 40 points in the paint in eight games this season, with more than 50 points in the paint three times.
•    The Lancers have the most wins among any team in the state of Virginia.
•    Longwood ranks 86th in the NCAA Net Rankings and 143rd in Kenpom's analytics.
 
LAST TIME OUT
•    Longwood gave Griff Aldrich his 100th win by virtue of a lockdown defensive effort after halftime against VMI on Sunday.
•    The Lancers held VMI to 23 second-half points and used a 20-1 run over a 7:29 stretch to turn a three-point halftime lead into a 20-point advantage.
•    During the run, the Lancers forced 10 turnovers without giving up a made shot.
•    Longwood also used 56 points in the paint behind the three-headed monster of Walyn Napper, Szymon Zapala and Johnathan Massie.
•    Napper, the Big South Player of the Week, posted a game-best 19 points while adding four rebounds, four assists and five steals.
•    Zapala chipped in 15 points and five rebounds, and Massie added 12 points and a team-best eight rebounds to go with three steals and two assists.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
•    Longwood's 12 game winning streak is the longest in the nation.
•    Only six teams in the nation have a winning streak of 10 games or more (Houston, James Madison, Ole Miss, Utah State, and Oklahoma).
•    Of those teams, Longwood and James Madison are the only teams to have played more than three true road games.
•    The Lancers are 4-1 on the road this season and have won their past four road games.
•    Longwood's defense ranks eighth in the nation, giving up only 60.2 points per game.
•    The Lancers have held five opponents to fewer than 60 points in a game this season.
•    Sixteen times, Longwood has held an opponent to fewer than 32 points in a half this year.
•    The defense holds opponents to a .391 shooting percentage from the floor, which ranks 35th in the nation and first in the Big South.
•    Longwood's defense forces 15.9 turnovers per game, the top mark in the Big South and 34th in the nation.
•    The Lancers average 8.5 steals per game, which is second in the Big South.
•    Walyn Napper has 26 steals, and Johnathan Massie has 21, to lead Longwood. Naper is first in the Big South and 26th nationally, and Massie ranks fourth in the league and 76th in the nation.
•    The Lancers also pound the glass, outrebounding opponents by 13.6 boards per game, good for third in the nation.
•    Longwood grabs 14.5 offensive rebounds per game, the top mark in the Big South and 16th in the nation.
•    The Lancers have the best offensive-rebounding percentage in the Big South at .415.
•    Michael Christmas has been Longwood's top rebounder this season, averaging 7.6 rebounds per game, which is fourth in the Big South and 126th nationally.
•    Walyn Napper was the Big South Player of the Week on Monday, December 18.
 
QUOTABLE
"It's neat. It's a nice milestone, but I really think it is a milestone for the program. I think the vision, and I talk about this a lot, that President Reveley had to build a program that the university could be proud of, I get a lot of credit, but it really has been an institutional initiative. We wouldn't be where we are otherwise with this new arena, with the Basketball Performance Center. That really translates into being able to recruit the right people. Taylor Reveley, Tim Hall [Athletics Director], Courtney Hodges, who's the head of advancement, Matt McGregor, who's the CFO, this has been a huge institutional initiative, and we're seeing the fruit of everyone's hard work."
—Longwood Head Coach Griff Aldrich on his 100th career win

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