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Women’s Basketball Fighting for Redemption
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Women’s Basketball Fighting for Redemption

This past week, the women’s basketball team fell to the High Point Panthers and the Liberty Flames for the second time this season. Despite both losses, the Lancers (9-15, 6-7 Big South) will have to quickly recover for their next tough home game against Radford on Thursday Feb. 14. Both of these ...


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Men’s Basketball Loses 13th Straight; Plays VMI Tonight

It’s something that is undesirable to say the least for those associated with Longwood basketball – the team is going through the second-longest losing streak in Mike Gillian’s 10-year-long tenure as head coach, and the longest since the 19-game drought that ended the 2004-05 season. The past ...


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A Loss for Words, Except for the Following 900

I remember talking with some friends back in October before basketball season started about our predictions for the men’s basketball team as they began their inaugural season in the Big South. I was certain that they’d at least get near the 10-win mark, which is where they ended last season. I was ...


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Longwood Women's Basketball: Lancers’ Slump Continues

The Longwood women’s basketball team continued their slump last week, losing to Big South opponents Coastal Carolina and Campbell. Both games were tightly-contested, but the Lancers couldn’t pull out the wins. They now have a difficult home stand against three of the top teams in the conference: ...


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Men’s Basketball Hosts VMI Tonight, Greek Night as Well

Tonight, Longwood will host their first-ever in-state Big South game at 7 p.m., as the Keydets of Virginia Military Institute (VMI) come to Farmville from Lexington. VMI (10-10, 5-3 Big South) is led by senior forward Stan Okoye, who garnered Pre-season Player of the Year honors at the Big South’s ...


Freshman Woodhouse Flourishes at the Point
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Freshman Woodhouse Flourishes at the Point

Walking across campus, Lucas Woodhouse is more than just the extremely talented point guard of the Longwood men’s basketball team. He is a passionate, well-spoken youngster with a passion for basketball that is indescribable. Woodhouse was born and raised in Huntington, N.Y., on Long Island. In the ...



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Where to Go From Here?

It’s fair to say that Longwood men’s basketball has seen better days. The team is in the midst of an 11-game losing streak, their longest since the 19-game slide that ended the 2004-05 season. The streak dates back to their 82-54 loss on the road to Canisius on Dec. 17. It’s also been over two ...


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Slumping Lancers Look to Bounce Back

The Longwood Women’s Basketball team has had a surprisingly positive season to date but hit a bit of a rough patch last week, losing two straight games to Big South opponents High Point and Liberty. The Lancers also lost scoring leader Crystal Smith during the High Point game. The team has conference ...


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Lancers Hope to Snap Losing Streak against Panthers

Longwood will take their 3-18 over- all record into the Millis Center to- night as they take on the High Point Panthers (9-10, 4-3 Big South). The Lancers have lost 11 in a row dating back to Dec. 17, and 10th-year head coach Mike Gillian remains confident even with the team remaining win- less in the ...


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Longwood Men’s Basketball Losing Streak Goes to 11

After the men’s basketball team dropped an 82-71 decision to Presbyterian to start their inaugural season in the Big South Conference 0-7, 10th- year head coach Mike Gillian said, “You're either with us or against us right now. You're either going to work and be a part of the ride when we get to ...


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LU Women First in Conference as Hot Streak Continues

Seven wins in the 2010-11 season. Seven wins in the 2011-12 sea- son. So far in the 2012-13 season, the Longwood women’s basketball team has nine wins, and the season isn’t even halfway done yet. Bill Reinson’s squad has won three games in a row and six games out of seven, starting 6-1 in their ...



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Men’s Basketball Tailspin Continues with Loss to Liberty

Several words or phrases could be used to describe the Longwood men’s basketball season to date; some of those can’t be published here. Over the university’s winter break, a stretch of nine games was expected to be, at worst, a learning experience for the young Lancers, and, at best, a surprising ...


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#12 Tristan Carey Leads by Example on the Court

Imagine being the best player on your high school basketball team. Now imagine that team wins the state championship. This is something that Longwood junior guard Tristan Carey got to experience in real life and something that changed his life forever. “It didn’t seem real at first, but once we ...