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Thursday, July 3, 2025

MBB: Longwood wins battle for the real LU

Tuesday night snow covered all of Virginia, but that didn’t stop the Longwood Lancers (8-20, 4-11) from traveling to Lynchburg, Virginia to battle the Liberty Flames (7-21, 1-14).

The game consisted of a dominant performance from Longwood along with a collapse down the stretch that almost cost them the game. In the end, the Lancers pulled out a 78-72 victory over the rival LU.

“Our guys have hung tough all year and they haven't gotten down regardless of how many points have been on the scoreboard. They’ve done an outstanding job of fighting every game. If you watch us practice and watch us play, it's not indicative of our record. They don't feel sorry for themselves. They just continue to compete,” Longwood men’s basketball Head Coach Jayson Gee told Longwood’s official athletics’ website.

Junior guard, Leron Fisher, posted his fourth 20-point game of the season, after only scoring four against Charleston Southern University. Fisher’s productivity has proven to be a game changer for the Lancers, as they’re 3-1 when Fisher goes for 20 or more.

The Flames had one lead through the entire game, from the 18:05 mark to the 17:55 mark, before senior guard, captain Quincy Taylor, hit one of his two shots from behind the arc against the Flames.

After this, Longwood never looked back, leading the Flames for the rest of the 37:05 left in the game. At one point the team’s lead hit 20 points with 10 minutes, until Liberty slowly dwindled the lead and brought it down to six to finish the game.

Liberty junior guard/forward, Theo Johnson, posted over half (8) of his second half points in the last ten minutes, leading the final 32-18 run by the Flames.

Liberty senior forward Andrew Smith’s double-double (21 points, 12 rebounds)—combined with Johnson’s 17 points—wasn’t enough to overcome the Lancer offense; Longwood shot 49.0 percent (25-of-51) from the field, 47.6 percent (10-of-21) from beyond the arc.

Longwood has just three games left before traveling to Conway, South Carolina, for the Big South Tournament, hosted by Coastal Carolina University, from March 3-8. The Lancers’ last three games will all be in Farmville, Virginia, inside of Willett Hall, against Winthrop University (Feb. 21, at 5 p.m.), Coastal Carolina University (Feb. 23, at 7 p.m.) and Campbell University (Feb. 28, at 2 p.m.).

“With three games at home left, we feel pretty good, but right now we just have to regroup and take it one game at a time," Gee told Longwood’s official athletics’ website. "I just challenged our players and told them with three games left– all at our place– what a great chance this is to finish strong and get ready for the tournament."

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