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Virginia-Lynchburg Dragons

Season: 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2015 2013
Also known as: Virginia Lynchburg Dragons
Program History

2026 Team Stats (10 games)

57.8
PPG
127.0
Opp
-69.2
Margin
29.1%
FG%
24.2%
3P%
67.4%
FT%
23.8
RPG
10.4
APG
15.2
TO
90.5
Pace

Team models unavailable for 2026: verified season membership and model publication are pending.

2026 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2025-11-07 @ Coastal Carolina Chanticleers L 44 - 121
2025-11-10 @ Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles L 58 - 118
2025-11-12 @ VMI Keydets L 54 - 106
2025-11-14 @ Alabama State Hornets L 68 - 124
2025-11-25 @ Norfolk State Spartans L 79 - 136
2025-12-02 @ Western Carolina Catamounts L 62 - 124
2025-12-03 @ App State Mountaineers L 45 - 133
2025-12-07 @ Campbell Fighting Camels L 62 - 149
2025-12-21 @ UNC Greensboro Spartans L 53 - 131
2026-01-20 @ Morgan State Bears L 53 - 128

2026 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM GP PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
Naquan Lyon Naquan Lyon G 1 29.0 12.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 9.0 8.0 - - - - 44.4 0 57.1 - 49.7 44.4
J. Newman J. Newman - 6 32.2 10.5 1.5 2.3 1.2 0.0 2.8 8.8 3.8 - - - - 26.4 0.0 74.5 - 42.8 26.4
F. Paythress F. Paythress - 10 25.1 9.2 2.6 1.9 0.8 0.2 3.0 12.7 -1.0 - - - - 28.3 17.5 54.2 - 33.4 31.1
Matthew Thomas Matthew Thomas F 1 16.0 9.0 3.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.0 8.0 - - - - 80.0 100.0 0 - 90.0 90.0
J. Sasser J. Sasser - 6 23.8 8.3 3.5 3.7 1.3 0.0 3.7 9.0 4.2 - - - - 29.6 22.2 77.8 - 40.4 33.3
B. Smith B. Smith - 8 22.2 8.0 2.1 1.2 0.9 0.1 1.6 9.5 1.2 - - - - 31.6 26.5 42.9 - 40.5 40.1
D. Todd Jr. D. Todd Jr. - 8 19.0 8.0 4.0 1.0 0.8 0.1 1.9 11.6 0.4 - - - - 23.7 22.2 82.4 - 31.8 26.9
Z. Baker Z. Baker - 9 26.2 7.2 2.6 1.7 0.4 0.0 1.1 7.7 3.1 - - - - 29.0 29.6 90.0 - 44.3 40.6
Z. Williams Z. Williams - 10 23.8 6.7 2.7 0.3 0.3 0.1 1.0 8.9 0.2 - - - - 28.1 16.7 52.2 - 33.8 30.9
D. Creedland D. Creedland - 8 15.8 4.5 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.4 3.9 1.5 - - - - 38.7 35.0 100.0 - 54.2 50.0
A. Tolbert A. Tolbert - 10 20.6 3.5 1.8 0.3 0.9 0.2 1.0 3.7 2.0 - - - - 32.4 23.8 54.5 - 41.8 39.2
C. Lawrence C. Lawrence - 4 8.8 1.8 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 2.0 1.5 - - - - 37.5 33.3 0 - 43.8 43.8
M. Hogan M. Hogan - 4 17.0 1.8 2.0 1.5 0.2 0.0 2.0 3.0 0.5 - - - - 16.7 16.7 50.0 - 25.4 20.8
E. Brima E. Brima - 10 11.0 0.7 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 1.3 -0.2 - - - - 23.1 0.0 50.0 - 25.2 23.1
Z. Joppy Z. Joppy - 3 6.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 -0.3 - - - - 0 0 0 - 0 0
Montrell Wright Montrell Wright F 0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

Not enough players with both Numbers/Game and RAPM to plot.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG

2025-2026 Shot Zones

669 located field-goal attempts in 10 games (ESPN). Each zone is coloured by the player with the largest share of the team's made-shot points there (left) and of its misses there (right).

Paythress28% Paythress28% Lyon20% Smith33% Todd27% Davis50% Baker45% Baker21% Williams29% Smith26%
Points: who the team's points here most likely come from
Newman32% Paythress18% Paythress33% Paythress20% Todd26% Baker30% Tolbert36% Paythress18% Paythress21% Paythress23%
Misses: who misses most here

F. PaythressB. SmithZ. BakerZ. WilliamsD. Todd Jr.J. NewmanA. TolbertIsaiah DavisNaquan Lyon

Zone FGM-FGA FG% Pts Top scorer Runner-up Most misses Runner-up
Restricted area 50-109 45.9 100 F. Paythress 28% (28 pts) Z. Williams 22% (22 pts) J. Newman 32% (19 misses) F. Paythress 27% (16 misses)
Paint (non-RA) 50-163 30.7 100 F. Paythress 28% (28 pts) J. Newman 16% (16 pts) F. Paythress 18% (20 misses) D. Todd Jr. 14% (16 misses)
Mid-range left 10-43 23.3 20 Naquan Lyon 20% (4 pts) Z. Baker 20% (4 pts) F. Paythress 33% (11 misses) Z. Williams 12% (4 misses)
Mid-range center 6-21 28.6 12 B. Smith 33% (4 pts) Isaiah Davis 17% (2 pts) F. Paythress 20% (3 misses) Z. Williams 20% (3 misses)
Mid-range right 15-65 23.1 30 D. Todd Jr. 27% (8 pts) Z. Williams 20% (6 pts) D. Todd Jr. 26% (13 misses) F. Paythress 16% (8 misses)
Left corner 3 2-25 8.0 6 Isaiah Davis 50% (3 pts) Z. Baker 50% (3 pts) Z. Baker 30% (7 misses) A. Tolbert 13% (3 misses)
Right corner 3 11-25 44.0 33 Z. Baker 45% (15 pts) F. Paythress 18% (6 pts) A. Tolbert 36% (5 misses) D. Creedland 14% (2 misses)
Above-break 3 left 19-87 21.8 57 Z. Baker 21% (12 pts) B. Smith 16% (9 pts) F. Paythress 18% (12 misses) Z. Baker 15% (10 misses)
Above-break 3 center 7-40 17.5 21 Z. Williams 29% (6 pts) D. Todd Jr. 14% (3 pts) F. Paythress 21% (7 misses) B. Smith 18% (6 misses)
Above-break 3 right 27-91 29.7 81 B. Smith 26% (21 pts) A. Tolbert 7% (6 pts) F. Paythress 23% (15 misses) Z. Baker 16% (10 misses)