A bright first half was not enough for the Longwood men’s basketball team, as UNC Asheville cruised to an 88-74 victory on Jan. 30. The Lancers started strongly but faded in the second half, falling to a 6-17 record this season while the Bulldogs improved to 15-8. “We just got overwhelmed by a very ...
A congested, 6-foot-8, 255 pound men’s basketball red-shirt senior sat on a couch, eyes squinted upwards trying to recall the number of hours he spends on his sport per week. “Well, with travel, film, practice, meetings, all that stuff, I just know it’s a lot,” said Lotanna Nwogbo. “I can’t ...
Longwood men’s basketball continues to run a small, seven-man rotation. Gee noted the effect of tiredness on his team after their most recent 88-74 loss against UNC-Asheville on this past Saturday, Jan. 30. "I thought our guys in the last six minutes of the game were just completely gassed," Gee said ...
On Monday night, Feb. 1, Longwood women’s basketball traveled to play the Presbyterian Blue Hose inside the Templeton Center. Longwood tried to catch their fourth conference win, but fell short and lost 75-49. Longwood (6-15, 3-9) played close the first half, holding a 20-19 lead over Presbyterian ...
A bright first half was not enough for the Longwood men’s basketball team, as UNC Asheville cruised to an 88-74 victory on Jan. 30. The Lancers started strongly, but faded in the second half, and fell to a 6-17 record this season, while the Bulldogs improved to 15-8. “We just got overwhelmed by ...
In most cases, a 5-14 losing record is not viewed positively. Even though it was a marked improvement from Longwood women’s basketball going 4-26 overall last season with 10 regular season games left, redshirt junior guard Daeisha Brown called the record what it was. “Bad,” said Brown candidly. Both ...
This past Sunday, Jan. 24, Longwood men’s basketball played the Winthrop Eagles at home at Willett Hall, making it their first conference home game for the Lancers with students on campus. Ending in an 82-68 loss, the result left their conference record as 2-6. The Lancers started strong as they came ...
The Longwood women’s basketball team (6-14, 3-8) was able to ride Daeisha Brown’s 19 points to snap a five-game losing skid with a 67-60 win over the Winthrop Eagles (3-16, 2-8) Tuesday night at Willett Hall. “Daeisha Brown, regardless of how many points she scores, every game she’s always good ...
In their first televised game of the season, Longwood (3-7) fell 77-59 to the hosting University of Richmond Spiders (6-3) even with the help of senior forward/guard Shaquille Johnson on Dec. 12. Saturday's game was the Big South All-Tournament team selection's senior debut ...
Related Article: Johnson, Pimentel potentially face drug charges in and out of school On Wednesday, Dec. 2, Longwood Athletics announced that men’s basketball senior forward Shaquille Johnson will return to the team and participate in competition, beginning with the Dec. 12 game at the University ...
The Lancers may not have gotten a win at the Eastern Kentucky Hoops Classic this past weekend, but they did show signs of improvement. Longwood fell to South Carolina State 83-77, Ball State 78-67 and Eastern Kentucky 110-97 over the three-day tournament, Nov. 20-22, after starting the season 2-0 against ...
The Longwood men’s basketball team opened its season with a pair of wins, amid rising expectations in head coach Jayson Gee’s third season. The Lancers defeated Randolph College 69-49 in the Friday, Nov. 13 season opener, before beating La Roche 89-65 on Monday night, Nov. 16, both Division III ...
It certainly wasn’t looking like the Lancers were taking on a team that had a current 20 game-losing streak early on as the LaRoche Redhawks had a 35-32 lead at the half and were tied with the Lancers at 42 apiece right before the under-12 media timeout of the second half. Longwood sophomore guard ...
Nationally ranked as No. 31, James Madison University’s (JMU) first game of the season saw them face off against Longwood on their home court, ultimately ending in their first win and the Lancers’ second loss as the final score read 88-30 on Saturday, Nov. 14. Turnovers and second chances allowed ...
Men’s basketball senior guard Leron Fisher was issued a four-game suspension by head coach Jayson Gee for a “violation of team rules,” according a press release by Longwood Athletics on Friday, Nov. 6. “It is a team-issued suspension for a violation of team rules. We will not have further comment,” ...
Students and fans from around the town of Farmville swarmed into a crowded Willett Hall last Wednesday, Oct. 28 to celebrate a night of Lancer Madness as the basketball season rapidly approaches. The event is Longwood’s own version of the famed ‘Midnight Madness’ that storied basketball programs ...
In the spring semester of 2014, Tristan Carey, 24, now graduated, was finishing up his third and final season with the Longwood men’s basketball team. He not only led the team in both points and rebounds per game, but also scored an astonishing 1,504 career points, leaving Longwood as the sixth all-time ...
On Oct. 13, the Big South announced they were opening the option of holding this year’s men’s and women’s basketball postseason tournaments to any member school aside from Coastal Carolina. Despite the potential exposure hosting either tournament could provide for the program and the university, ...
On Tuesday, Oct. 6, senior men’s basketball players Shaquille Johnson and Jason Pimentel were charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana. The police were originally responding to a loud noise complaint at approximately 10:57 p.m. at an apartment off ...
Men’s basketball seniors Shaquille Johnson and Jason Pimentel were suspended indefinitely from the team Friday, Oct. 9 according to a press release by the Longwood Athletics department. “Shaquille and Jason have not met the standards Longwood expects from its student-athletes,” said Troy Austin, ...
