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Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Longwood University Men’s Basketball Losing Streak Continues

   It was more of the same for the LU men’s basketball team last week as their long season continued with a pair of road losses in South Carolina.

   The losses pushed their losing streak to four games ahead of two matchups this  week: one in Farmville and one on the road.

   The game against Presbyterian on Wednesday wasn’t expected to be too much of a struggle, as the Blue Hose have been ranked in the bottom five teams out of 349 in the national RPI for much of the year and had yet to win a conference game.

   However, a first half that saw the Lancers (7-18, 2-8 Big South) shoot just 27 percent from the floor gave PC a 35-24 lead at the half. 

   The second half wasn’t much better as the Blue Hose scored 42 points in that period to come away with the 77-62 win. 

   Head Coach Jayson Gee said, “I can’t explain it. We practiced extremely hard (last night) and had a ton of energy, but just didn’t have it tonight. Obviously, Tristan [Carey] getting the two quick fouls and only playing 22 minutes is not going to help us. Give those guys credit, they were focused and played well, and Jordan Downing really, really played well.”

    Carey only had 14 points on the night, as did Jeylani Dublin.The Lancers shot 23-for-70 from the field in total, including 5-for-22 from three. 

   Up next was Coastal Carolina, one of the league’s strongest teams so far this season. As has been the case so far this year, the first half was not Longwood’s strong suit and it featured a 21.4 percent shooting performance by LU, compared to 44 percent for Coastal.

   The Chanticleers led 33-20 at halftime and looked like the better team for much of the contest.

    Longwood outscored CCU in the second half 38-34, but it was for naught as the first half’s shooting numbers were too much for LU to overcome.

   Carey shot an uncharacteristic 4-for-15 from the floor, while Karl Ziegler was 3-for- 11 and Lucas Woodhouse went 1-for-9. Carey’s nine points were a game high.

   Two crucial games are on tap this week for Longwood, who sits last in the Big South’s North Division.

   Winthrop comes to Willett Hall this afternoon with a 13-10 overall record; the Eagles are 6-4 in conference play. That game starts at 4 p.m. after being moved up from its original 7 p.m. tipoff due to the anticipated snow.

   The Lancers scored their first ever Big South win against Winthrop last season in a 62-56 road win. LU travels to Campbell on Saturday for a rematch against the Camels. Campbell won the first game between the two teams earlier this year in Farmville 75- 67.

   Longwood lost a 13-point second half lead that afternoon as Carey was held scoreless for the last 11:10 of the game.

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