Liberty and Longwood renew their rivalry from Willett Hall this evening at 7pm. What you need to know about the Lancers:

  • Longwood leads the overall series 17-9.
  • Liberty won the last meeting on January 22, 2013 in dominating fashion 74-47.
  • In the previous meeting, Liberty shot 53% from the field while holding Longwood to just 31%. The Flames were paced by 20 points from John Caleb Sanders and 12 from Casey Roberts.
  • The Lancers are 5-22 overall and 2-11 in the Big South.
  • Longwood has won 2 of their last 3 games with wins over Winthrop and Radford
  • Junior guard Tristan Carey leads the Lancers in scoring with 15.0 points per game.
  • Freshman forward Michael Kessens is 2nd on the team in scoring (12.6) and 1st in rebounds (8.7). Kessens also ranks 2nd in the conference in rebounding.
  • Longwood ranks last in the Big South in 3 point FG % offense & defense compared to Liberty which ranks 1st in each of these categories.
  • Longwood ranks #341 out of 347 teams according to kenpom.com.
  • Liberty is 0-10 inside Willett Hall which seats approximately 1,800.
  • The Flames and Lancers have not matched up inside Willett Hall since 2008.