2024 Tournament PreviewDespite finishing fifth in the Big South at 6-10, the Lancers romped through the conference tournament to capture the automatic bid for the second time in three years. Longwood doesn't have much height -- just two rotational players are taller than 6-7 -- but it still gets most of its offense in the paint, helped significantly by second-chance points thanks to ranking 12th nationally in offensive rebounding rate. Senior Szymon Zapala (9.9 ppg, 5.7 rpg) is a 7-0 center, but the top rebounder is 6-6 forward Michael Christmas (11.5 ppg, 6.2 rpg), who also shoots 41.1 percent from 3-point range. The third Lancer averaging double digits is leading-scorer Walyn Napper (14.6 ppg). Longwood's best win was a Quad 2 road victory against regular-season champ High Point in league play, but it stayed within 10 points of A10 opponents Dayton and St. Bonaventure. The Lancers are one of the better 16 seeds with a 162 NET ranking and 157 KenPom ranking.
Scouting Report Offense Defense
Efficiency N/A N/A
Pace 67.1 (231)
Effective FG% 49.14 (243) 51.87 (252)
Turnover % 15.70 (232) 17.53 (40)
Off Reb % 36.59 (13) 25.87 (52)
FTA/FGA 39.47 (28) 36.24 (270)
3P% 33.97 (175) 35.07 (256)
2P% 48.42 (257) 51.38 (224)
FT% 69.30 (282) 69.73 (61)
3PA/FGA 28.38 (338) 39.63 (260)
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Longwood
Big South
Rankings
NET: #162 RPI: #161
Record
Overall: (21-14) Conference: (6-10) Quad 1: (0-2) Quad 2: (0-2) Quad 3: (5-4) Quad 4: (12-6)
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