Game 30 • Longwood (14-15, 6-8 Big South) at Charleston Southern (13-15, 4-9 Big South)
Date & Time	Saturday, February 21 | 4 p.m.
Location	Charleston, S.C. | Buccaneer Fieldhouse
Game Notes	Longwood | Charleston Southern | Big South
Statistics	Longwood | Charleston Southern | Big South
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THE OPENING TIP
•    Longwood wraps up its third two-game road trip in Big South play with a trip to Charleston Southern on Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m.
•    The Lancers are the only team in the Big South with three two-game road trips in Big South play.
•    Longwood is sixth in the Big South, half a game behind UNC Asheville in fifth. Charleston Southern is in seventh in the league standings.
•    The Lancers have two games remaining in the regular season. After playing at CSU on Saturday, Longwood returns home for the regular season finale against Radford on Saturday, Feb. 28 at the Joan Perry Brock Center.
•    The Lancers have 10 home wins for a fifth straight season, the first time the team has done so since  the 1985-86 through the 1989-90 season.
•    The Big South Tournament, sponsored by the Air Force Reserve, runs from March 4-8 in Johnson City, Tennessee.
 
LAST TIME OUT
•    Longwood held a halftime lead after an strong close to the first half, but Presbyterian stormed out after halftime, took the lead and won 72-65.
•    Tristan Wilson had a career-high 28 points to lead the Blue Hose as Presbyterian hit 10 of its first 11 shots after halftime while also forcing 10 turnovers in the first 10 minutes to erase a 12-point Longwood halftime lead.
•    Elijah Tucker led Longwood in both halves, scoring 22 points to lead three Lancers in double figures. Johan Nziemi added 13 points, and Jacoi Hutchinson chipped in 10 points, all in the first half.
•    Jaylin Payne matched a career high with eight points, all in the first half, as Longwood held the Blue Hose to two field goals in the final eight minutes of the first half.
•    However, Presbyterian's offense only missed six shots after halftime to flip the script.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
•    The Lancers have had their leading scorer top 20 points for the past three games, matching the longest stretch done once earlier this season.
•    In this stretch, Alphonzo Billups III (20 poitns vs. UNC Asheville, 25 vs. USC Upstate) and Elijah Tucker (22 points) managed the feat. Earlier this season, it was Redd Thompson (21 points at Radford) and Tucker (21 vs. Gardner-Webb and 21 vs. Charleston Southern).
•    Longwood is 6-6 this season when the leading scorer has at least 20 points in a game.
•    Elijah Tucker led the team with 22 points at Presbyterian, his fifth game with at least 20 points this season. The team is 7-3 when he leads the way in scoring.
•    Tucker also leads the team with 80 offensive rebounds this season, good for nearly 25 percent of the 335 offensive boards for the Lancers.
•    As a team, the Lancers have shot at least 50 percent from the floor five times in Big South play and 10 times this season.
•    For the season, Longwood ranks third in the Big South in field goal percentage, shooting .466 from the floor as a team.
•    Longwood is also second in the Big South in steals per game with 8.7. That mark ranks 34th in the nation, and the Lancers have had at least 10 steals in a game 12 times.
•    The Lancers are 24th nationally and second in the Big South in turnovers forced per game at 14.7.
•    Seven different players have led the Lancers in scoring in a game this season.
•    Longwood has held its opponent to 30 points or fewer in the first half 13 times this season after holding Presbyterian to 25 points in the first half on Feb. 19.
•    The Lancers are 13-2 when leading at the half.