Men's Basketball | 2/11/2022 5:09:00 PM

Longwood Lancers at North Carolina A&T  
When: Saturday, February 12, 4 p.m.
Where: Corbett Sports Center (East Greensboro, N.C.) 
TV/Radio: ESPN+ / Spencer Turkin, pxp; Cy Alexander, analyst 

A&T Team Leaders
Points: Marcus Watson (12.3 PPG)
Rebounds: Marcus Watson (5.7 RPG)
Assists: Kameron Langley (4.7 APG)
Blocks: Harry Morrice (19)
Steals: Kameron Langley (36)
Field Goal Percentage: Tyler Maye (.468)
3-pt Field Goal Percentage: Demetric Horton (.350)
Free Throw Percentage: Tyler Maye (.725) 

A&T Big South Leaders (Top-10) 
Rebounds: Marcus Watson (5.7) – 8th
 Assists: Kameron Langley (112) – 1st
Blocks: Harry Morrice (19) – t-8th
Steals: Kameron Langley (36) – 5th; Demetric Horton (34) – 7th  

A&T National Leaders (Top-100)
Assists: Kameron Langley (112) – t-38th 

NORTH CAROLINA A&T AGGIES (10-15, 5-6 BIG SOUTH): A&T finally broke their losing skid last time out, beating the Charleston Southern Buccaneers, 62-51, inside the Corbett Sports Center on Wednesday night. 

The Aggies did it on the defensive end like they have all year long, forcing a season-best 23 turnovers on 14 steals, led by Kameron Langley's five. It was his 10th-career game with five-plus steals, and he now has 261 in his career. 

In February, A&T is 9-5 (.643) under head coach Will Jones, but 7-0 at home. They averaged 71.4 points in those home contests while holding their opponents to just 60.6 points per game. The last time the Lancers came to #ClubCorbett, they mustered just 41 points, and the Aggies won by 11. 

Earlier this season against Longwood, Demetric Horton tallied his first career double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds. However, the Aggies will need to do more on the defensive end this time, as they only turned the Lancers over four times in that game. 

Coach Jones is in his third season overall and second full season after initially taking over on an interim basis on December 24, 2019. In that same season, Jones earned Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) coach of the year honors and sports a 35-30 (.531) overall record at A&T. 

LONGWOOD (18-5, 10-0 BIG SOUTH): The Lancers are riding an 11-game winning streak coming into Saturday's showdown, and they are fresh off an 85-72 win over USC Upstate. Longwood is 13-1 at home on the year but just 5-4 on the road. 

The Lancers are averaging a Big South-leading 77.8 points per game on the season, but they average just 60.4 points per game on the road. The team is led by a foursome of double-figure scorers in Justin Hill (13.4), Isaiah Wilkins (12.5), DeShaun Wade (11.6) and Leslie Nkereuwem (10.4). 

In their last matchup against A&T, Nkereuwem dropped 24 points off the bench on 7-of-13 shooting, but 10-of-12 shooting from the free throw line. 

Head coach Griff Aldrich is in his fourth season with a 60-58 record at Longwood. Aldrich was an assistant at Hampton-Sydney for the 1999-2000 season before taking a hiatus from coaching before returning to take over the Lancers program in 2018. After back-to-back .500 seasons in conference play, Aldrich has already tied his most Big South wins in a single year at 10 with two weeks of games left to play. 

THE SERIES: Saturday will be the seventh all-time game between A&T and Longwood. The two teams have split the series history, 3-3, with the Lancers winning the previous two. 

QUOTABLE: "(Longwood) is coming in here on the road. They've played a ton of games at home on this first stretch, but now they've got to go on the road, and hopefully, we can make this a tough environment for them when they come in on Saturday and try to get a win." 

Head coach Will Jones ahead of Saturday's game against first-place Longwood 

GAME NOTES: 

• Earlier this year, Longwood overcame a 14-point second-half deficit to defeat A&T, 79-71, on Jan. 26 in Farmville, Va. 
• Jones is 0-2 as a head coach against Longwood. 
• The last time these two teams met inside Corbett, the Aggies won, 52-41, on Dec. 4, 2019. 
• The Aggies have had 16 games decided by 10 points or less this season. They are 8-9 (.438) in those games. 
• Longwood has had eight such games, and they are 8-2 in them, including their win over the Aggies earlier this season. 
• The Lancers average a league-best 77.8 points per game and hold a plus-13.1 scoring margin. 
• However, they do it with team play with no one player in the top-10 for scoring but averaging a league-best 14.9 assists per game as a team. 
• However, the Aggies will be in every passing lane with their conference-leading 8.3 steals per game. 
• Graduate guard Kameron Langley leads the Big South in assists per game (4.8). His 869 career dimes are first in the country among active players.