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WBB: Lancers' strong start fades against sharp-shooting Campbell

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WBB: Longwood vs. Campbell

Campbell pulled away from the Longwood women’s basketball team during a third quarter surge on Jan. 21 in Willett Hall. The Camels defeated Longwood 66-54 on the Saturday afternoon contest, dropping Longwood to 3-14 (0-6) and Campbell to 13-4 (5-1).

The Lancers opened up the game strongly and gained an eight point lead on Campbell in the first quarter. Senior forward Eboni Gilliam and junior guard Autumn Childress both had four points within the first ten minutes of the game.

“During the rest of season we have struggled to come out of the locker room on fire, but I think we did a lot better today and started off the game a lot stronger than normal,” said Childress.

At halftime the score was 24-22, but the Camels came out on fire to start the second half. Campbell outscored the hosts 24-10 in the third quarter, and outshot the Lancers 24-14 in the paint overall.

The Lancers fought hard until the end of the game closing the 18 point deficit to a 12 point deficit within the last two minutes of the game. Freshman guard Khaila Hall tallied up five points in the final two minutes after she completed three consecutive drives to the basket.

“We fought back every possession until the end, especially when you saw Khaila driving at the end of the game, there was consistent fight throughout the whole game,” said junior guard Micaela Ellis.

Ellis, who played the entire forty minutes, finished the game with a total of thirteen points, the most on the team. This was also Childress’s first game back since the loss to West Virginia Tech on Nov. 26. As conference play continues more players will return from injuries.

“We have a lot of veteran players, including Autumn who are coming back from injuries, I think as this goes a long they are going to be playing into shape and getting better,” said head coach Bill Reinson. “I think getting those veteran players back as we move along in conference games will help us.”

The Lancers are about a third of the way through their conference games, and still have twelve games left to think about before getting into Big South Tournament play.

“I think we need to lock in on what we’re doing defensively, we have a game plan, it’s just that we need to stick to it,” said Ellis. “We need to start contesting threes we need to do a better job of closing out and talking on our switches.”

The Lancers’ next game is a conference match at Winthrop on Jan. 24, in Rock Hill, S.C.

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