Big South foes will collide when the Liberty Flames (5-15) challenge the Longwood Lancers (6-13) at Vines Center. Action begins at 7:00 pm ET on Tuesday, Jan. 19 and can be seen on EFC and ES3.
The Flames are hoping to rebound after their 74-58 loss to Winthrop on Saturday. John Dawson was the team’s leading scorer with 15 points. The Lancers, meanwhile, are coming off a 74-57 win against Campbell on Thursday. Lotanna Nwogbo was the team’s top scorer, accounting for 19 points on 8-for-10 shooting.
Notes
With 64.5 possessions and .965 points per possession, the Liberty Flames perform worse on both metrics than the Longwood Lancers. Longwood averages 69.8 possessions and 1.015 points per possession.
Liberty has an average effective field goal percentage of 51.8%. Longwood is an abysmal 1-9 when opponents have a similar or higher effective field goal percentage.
On average, the Liberty Flames attempt 22.0 three point field goals per game and the Longwood Lancers attempt 17.0. In games where they attempt at least 20 threes, both teams have losing records; Liberty is 2-11 and Longwood is 1-3.
Liberty has forced an average turnover percentage of 19.0% this season. Longwood has a subpar 4-8 record when its TO% is 19.0% or higher.
