The much anticipated 2017-18 season for the Longwood men’s basketball team is officially underway, as head coach Jayson Gee’s squad has already hosted two of their first three home games to start the season this past week. The Lancers (0-2) began their three-game home stand on Saturday, Nov. 11 ...
Ending last season with only six players available, men’s basketball head coach Jayson Gee assembled the largest roster in program history with 17 players, finally adding the depth in their lineup he has longed for. Longwood’s injury-plagued 2016-17 season ended with a 6-24 record, finishing second ...
In the summer of 2016, Bryan Gee would wake up and immediately go to the gym. He would spend hours lifting, completing three to four sessions each day. Then, after a morning of full-body aches and vomiting, Bryan went into Centra Southside Community Hospital on June 16, 2016. After his initial examination, ...
Last season, Longwood women’s basketball ended with a 4-26 overall record, 1-17 in conference, finishing eighth in the conference in scoring and last with the amount of points scored against. In order to turn their fortunes around, the team is breaking out a new offensive and defensive ...
"A coach is someone who tells you what you don't want to hear, who has you see what you don't want to see, so you can be who you always knew you could be" - NFL Hall of Fame Head Coach Tom Landry As Longwood women’s basketball head coach Bill Reinson embarks on his seventh season, he recently ...
After ending with a 4-26 overall record for two of the past three seasons, the Longwood women’s basketball team looks to ascend in Big South standings this year. When Longwood released its schedule in early September, the slate didn't consist of any power five schools for the first time in 14 years. “We ...
Following a season troubled with injuries and a disappointing 6-24 overall record, the new-look Longwood men’s basketball team looks to rebound in the 2017-18 season. The season tips off with a three-game home stand in Farmville, starting on Nov. 11 with a match up against Stephen F. Austin University. ...
After ending a standout junior season averaging 17 points per game, former Longwood forward Khris Lane earned a spot on the 2017-18 roster for the No. 26 program in Division I basketball - Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). Lane, now a graduate transfer, said one of the primary factors in his final ...
After a rough year with only four wins, Longwood’s women's basketball will look to improve with its 2017 incoming recruiting class, which features a three-star prospect. Mallory Odell, a Richmond, Va native, has committed to play for both the Longwood women’s basketball and softball teams. “I’ve ...
Longwood men’s basketball honored its two seniors on Saturday afternoon just before their final home match against the Charleston Southern Buccaneers. Guards Darrion “DJ” Allen and Isaac Belton belonged to the first freshman class in the new era of Jayson Gee. The pair entered the program in 2013 ...
With the Big South’s men’s basketball tournament set to tip off on Feb. 28, The Rotunda is taking a look at what to expect and who to keep an eye on. The opening round sees the bottom four sides facing off, starting with No. 7 seed Campbell hosting No. 10 seed Presbyterian. Expect the Camels, fresh ...
Botetourt, Va. native Kate Spradlin is a redshirt freshman on Longwood’s women's basketball team, and has gone on a rollercoaster journey from high school to her current role as a key starter for the Lancers. Spradlin is well known by her teammates for being unselfish, caring, passionate. However, ...
Longwood (4-21 (1-13)) fell 84-53 to UNC Asheville (12-13 (6-8)) at an away match on Feb. 18. The Bulldogs, led by reigning Big South player of the year Chatori Major, controlled the game from start to finish. Asheville came out strong and held the Lancers scoreless for the opening 3:42. The Bulldogs ...
Longwood men’s basketball fell 79-72 to Radford on Feb. 18. The road loss drops the Lancers to 6-21 (3-13), while the Highlanders improved to 12-16 (7-9). "I was very, very proud of them," said head coach Jayson Gee on the official Longwood athletics website. "We had a great talk last night about ...
In a frantic, end-to-end contest at Willett Hall, the Longwood women’s basketball team emerged victorious over Winthrop, 83-78. The Feb. 11 win was the first conference win of the season for the Lancers, who improved to 4-19 (1-11), while the Eagles dropped to 2-22 (1-11). “I told them (the team) ...
The struggles continued for the Longwood men’s basketball team as they fell on the road to Gardner-Webb, 90-64, on Feb. 4. The defeat was the ninth-straight for the Lancers, who drop to 6-17 (3-9) while the Runnin’ Bulldogs improved to 14-11 (7-5). Coming into the showdown in Boiling Springs, N.C., ...
It is always exciting to see Longwood athletes continue their sports careers after graduation, especially when three players from our men’s and women’s basketball teams continue on in the same year. After their final seasons as Lancers in the 2015-16 academic year, Lotanna Nwogbo, Daeisha Brown ...
The Longwood women’s basketball program opened up their alumni day game against Charleston Southern University on Jan. 28 by honoring their all-time wins leader Shirley Duncan. Duncan coached the Longwood women’s basketball team for 23 seasons and surpassed 300 wins on the sideline. After being ...
The Longwood men's basketball team has taken yet another injury blow with the news that redshirt sophomore guard Bryan Gee will not play for the remainder of the season, according to a Jan. 25 press release from Chris Cook, Longwood’s assistant vice president of athletics communication. The release ...
The Longwood men’s basketball team succumbed to their seventh straight defeat on Jan. 28, falling to Presbyterian, 71-62. The Lancers dropped to 6-15 (3-7), while the hosts improved to 5-16 (1-9). Longwood, down to just seven scholarship players following the loss of redshirt sophomore guard Bryan ...
