On Jan. 10, Longwood junior forward/center Lotanna Nwogbo left the team’s game against Charleston Southern in the first half after a “freak accident” caused an injury to his thumb. “I think Lotanna is (Nwogbo) one of three pieces ...
A dominant, high-energy performance by the Longwood Lancers earned them their second conference victory, defeating the Liberty Flames 85-71 in Willett Hall. Longwood (6-13, 2-4) moves up one spot to No. 9; Liberty (6-13, 0-6) remains winless in the Big South. Prior to the game, Liberty held Big South ...
The Lancers and Presbyterian Blue Hose battled neck and neck with the lead changing ten times on Wednesday, Jan. 14, before the Blue Hose pulled away and earned the Big South Conference win. Entering the game, Presbyterian (6-12, 2-3) and Longwood (5-13, 1-4) were tied in the Big South; each had a 1-3 ...
Saturday’s game against the University of Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks (5-2) resulted in Longwood’s (3-6) first home loss of the season with a final score of 77-67. The Skyhawks maintained a lead of at least ten until a layup by Longwood captain/ senior guard Quincy Taylor allowed Longwood to begin ...
Over the past ten days, Longwood men’s basketball team played six straight away games. Three of the games involved traveling 623 miles away to Ypsilanti, Michigan for the Eastern Michigan University (EMU) Showcase. Longwood (2-5) came up short at the EMU Showcase against Youngstown State University ...
Junior guard Daeisha Brown is out for the rest of the 2014-15 season due to a torn ACL in her right knee, according to head coach Bill Reinson. “The injury to Daeisha [Brown] is extremely unfortunate. She was terrific in our first two games and finally looked like the Daeisha Brown from early last ...
After a standout debut game in the blue and white - leading the team in scoring with 22 points, six assists and two steals - senior captain Quincy Taylor was deemed ineligible for three games due to a NCAA violation; after playing in three non-NCAA sanctioned games during the 2013-14 academic year. “I ...
Longwood began their regular season with a 1-0 record, for the first time since 2007, after their 79- 53 win over Division III Averett University on Nov. 14 in Willet Gym. Coming off their win against Hampden-Sydney, senior guard Quincy Taylor was unable to play due to a NCAA sanctioned three- game ...
Women’s basketball played Wake Forest University (WFU) and the University of Florida (UF) during this past week. The team will also face opponents this season such as Virginia Tech, University of Virginia and Clemson University. The Lancers lost to WFU on Nov. 15, 2014, 64-60. “We gave up a lot ...
NCAA Violation Causes Taylor to sit out Three Games
Each player had a role in Longwood men’s basketball’s dominating win over the Hampden-Sydney Tigers last Saturday, Nov. 10. Nine different Longwood players contributed points to the final score of 95-60; with five of the nine scoring double-digit points. Leading the team in points and playing time ...
Head men’s basketball coach Jayson Gee has been described as a role model, father figure, leader and coach; but for redshirt- freshman guard Bryan Gee he’s also known as Dad. On and off the court, Bryan was raised with his father coaching him throughout his life. Explaining his childhood, Bryan ...
There is new life in the Longwood University Men’s basketball program; seven new players and two coaches. Longwood acquired head coach Jayson Gee for the 2013-2014 men’s basketball season. Gee has to work with a team in a transitional period, and it showed in their Big South Conference record (3-13). One ...
“We’re expecting a lot more energy. We’re expecting a lot more mature group. We’re expecting them to play hard every practice and every game; and we’re hoping for a little better health,” said head coach Bill Reinson. This season the team is bringing back every player from last year, but ...
After a poor season last year, 3-13 conference record and 8-24 record overall, five players from the 2013-2014 roster transferred to new schools, four graduated and one was dismissed from the team. Of these ten players four out of five of them were starters last season. With such a large turnover, head ...
The first of countless whistles blew at 1:02 p.m. Saturday in Willett Hall as the LU men’s basketball team began practice in front of a small crowd. A brand new staff of head coach Jayson Gee; assistant coaches Andy Farrell, Jake Luhn and Cade Lemcke; Director of Basketball ...
The 2013-14 LU men’s basketball schedule was released last week. It features 31 regular season games, including 16 Big South games and 14 games in Willett Hall. The Lancers open with two road games on Nov. 9 at South Carolina and Nov. 12 at Texas Christian. ...
After just one season in the Big South, Longwood is now in need of a new men’s basketball coach. Mike Gillian, the longest-tenured coach in school history at 10 years, resigned last Thursday. Gillian led the Lancers to a 93-214 record in his decade at the helm, including an 8-25 record in 2012- 13. ...
After a white-hot start to their conference schedule, the Longwood women’s basketball team has fallen on hard times as of late, losing seven games in a row and one last week, with two games ahead this week. The Lancers (9-16, 6-8 Big South) played Radford on Thursday, trailing 27-23 at halftime and ...
Still playing with the motivation from a 76-61 win over Radford on Saturday, the Lancers started last night’s game against rival Liberty University with intensity. With Tristan Carey unstoppable at the three-point line, Longwood managed to stay ahead for the whole game and played with consistency. The ...
