Game 28 • Longwood (16-11, 4-8 Big South) vs. UNC Asheville (19-9, 11-2 Big South)
Date & Time	Wednesday, February 21, 2024 (7 p.m.)
Location	Farmville, Va. (Joan Perry Brock Center)
Game Notes	Longwood |  Big South
Statistics	Longwood | UNC Asheville | Big South
Live Stats	Live Stats
Live Video	ESPN+
Live Radio	WVHL
Social Media	@LongwoodLancers | @LongwoodMBB

OPENING TIP
•    Longwood hosts UNC Asheville on Wednesday night in a game presented by Southside Virginia YMCA.
•    The Lancers have won back-to-back games to climb into a tie for fifth in the Big South standings.
•    One game separates the final five teams in the Big South standings.
•    The first meeting between Longwood and UNC Asheville was a tight game that went down to the wire, with Asheville winning by four.
•    Asheville is tied for first in the Big South standings.
•    Longwood hits the road for back-to-back road games following the contest, with the team's road finale at Gardner-Webb flexed to Thursday, February 29 for the Big South ESPNU Wildcard.
•    Longwood has guaranteed itself a winning season for the third straight year, the first time in more than two decades it has achieved the feat.
 
LAST TIME OUT
•    Walyn Napper and DA Houston led Longwood past Presbyterian on Saturday 81-73.
•    Napper scored 26 points, including 20 after halftime, while Houston had 15.
•    The 26 points were a season-best, and Longwood high, for Napper, who also went a career best 14-17 from the free throw line.
•    The game was tight throughout the first half, and Longwood led by four at the break.
•    After halftime, Presbyterian took the lead behind a strong start from Marquis Barnett, who had 22 points.
•    Napper powered Longwood's response, and the Lancers ripped off an 11-0 run to take a double digit lead.
•    Longwood stretched the lead to 15 points, and the Lancers answered each and every time Presbyterian tried to make a run back into the game.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
•    Longwood is playing its 15th home game out of 16 home games this season.
•    The Lancers are 11-3 at home, the third straight season with at least 11 home wins.
•    It is the first time since a three-year run from 1987-90 where the team has won at least 10 home games in three straight years.
•    The Lancers are also guaranteed to have a winning record for a third straight season for the first time in three decades. The last time the Lancers achieved it was from 1992-95.
•    Longwood has won the turnover battle 14 times this season and is 11-3 when winning the TO battle.
•    The Lancer defense leads the Big South with 13.9 turnovers forced per game.
•    The team has forced at least 15 turnovers 10 times this year.
•    Five different players have scored at least 20 points in a game for Longwood this season. Walyn Napper and Johnathan Massie have each accomplished the feat four times, tied for the team lead.
•    The Lancers are 16th in the nation in free throw attempts per game, averaging 24 free throw attempts per contest.
•    Longwood is fourth in the Big South in free throw attempts per game, with Winthrop and High Point leading the nation in free throw attempts per game while UNC Asheville is 10th.
•    Longwood has also won the battle on the boards 24 times in 27 games and has gone 15-9 when doing so.
•    Longwood has outrebounded opponents by 9.9 boards per game, the second-best mark in the Big South and fifth-best margin in the nation.
•    Longwood averages 15 second chance points per game.
 
QUOTABLES:
"They've got great chemistry. It's fun to watch these guys transform a little bit in the middle of the year. To see the leadership of Walyn and DA in particular, just taking hold of the team. You kind of see it a little bit on the court, but you really, its on the practice floor. This team has been really different the past two weeks, and I'm just proud of the fight."
—Longwood Head Coach Griff Aldrich on the leadership of Walyn Napper and DA Houston after winning on the road at Presbyterian

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