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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL vs. No. 8 Charleston Southern Thursday, March 8 • 6:00 PM Lynchburg, Va. • Vines Center (9,547) 30 Video: Big South Network • Radio: Kickin’ Country 92.9 WVHL FM 2017-18 Schedule THE MATCHUP 11/10 at Marshall L, 90-45 Longwood Charleston Southern 11/14 at N.C. Central L, 87-75 11/18 UMASS LOWELL W, 84-82 LANCERS BUCCANEERS 11/26 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L, 72-52 Farmville, Va. Charleston, S.C. 11/29 at Delaware State L, 60-56 12/3 VALPARAISO L, 81-68 12/10 at Wagner L, 60-43 2017-18 Record ..........................7-22 (5-13 Big South) 2017-18 Record .............................. 10-19 (5-13 Big South) 12/13 MILLIGAN W, 66-56 Conference ............................... Big South Conference Conference ......................................Big South Conference 12/20 at Eastern Michigan L, 73-44 Last Game ................................W, 90-60 vs. Winthrop Last Game ...................................L, 81-58 vs. Presbyterian 12/28 at George Mason L, 60-41 Current Streak ................................................................L 7 12/30 NORFOLK STATE L, 64-45 Current Streak ...................................................W 1 1/2 *at Charleston Southern L, 73-57 1/6 *PRESBYTERIAN W, 66-56 Head Coach ........................ Bill Reinson (Phoenix, ’00) Head Coach ..................................... Fred Applin (Elon, ‘85) 1/9 *GARDNER-WEBB L, 61-54 Career Record .........................58-177 (Eighth Season) Career Record................................. 63-117 (Sixth Season) 1/13 *at UNC Asheville L, 82-52 Longwood Record ........................................... Same Charleston Southern Record ................................... Same 1/16 *RADFORD L, 52-33 1/20 *at High Point L, 62-41 1/23 *LIBERTY L, 63-51 THE OPENING TIP LAST TIME OUT 1/27 *at Campbell L, 58-48 • Longwood looks to win its fifth game in its last • Autumn Childress and Micaela Ellis each pro- 1/30 *at Winthrop L, 69-60 (ot) eight games, as the ninth-seeded Lancers begin 2/3 *CHARLESTON SOUTHERN L, 78-61 duced a double-double effort to lead the Long- 2/6 *HIGH POINT L, 76-39 their quest to return to the Big South Champion- wood women’s basketball team to a dominant 90- 2/10 *at Presbyterian W, 75-60 ship game Thursday night inside the Vines Center. 60 victory over Winthrop on senior day Saturday 2/13 *at Gardner-Webb L, 52-41 • With 12 double-doubles on the season, All-Big 2/17 *CAMPBELL W, 57-50 (ot) afternoon inside Willett Hall 2/20 *at Radford L, 81-39 South Honorable Mention honoree Autumn • Childress produced her Longwood Division I era 2/24 *UNC ASHEVILLE W, 67-54 Childress surpassing the 11 double-doubles that record-breaking 12th double-double of the season 2/27 *at Liberty L, 73-36 3/3 *WINTHROP W, 90-60 Chelsea Coward posted during Longwood’s run with 24 points, 15 rebounds while Ellis turned in a to the Big South Championship game during the double-double of her own with 15 points and 11 BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP - Lynchburg, Va. 2012-13 season. assists to lead the Lancers to their third straight 3/8 No. 8 Charleston Southern 6 p.m. 3/9 Big South Quarterfinals TBA • Longwood point guard Micaela Ellis has start- home win. 3/10 Big South Semifinals TBA ed 60 consecutive games for the Lancers dating • Childress led five Lancers in double figures with her 3/11 Big South Championship TBA back to senior day of the 2015-16 season and has game-high 24 points, marking her second 20-point Home games in BOLD CAPS played in all 119 games of her college career. In performance in an eight-day span. Kristina Antonen- All times eastern and subject to change the span since Ellis last came off the Longwood ko poured in 16 while Ellis added 15 to go along with * Big South game bench, she has been part of 25 different starting her 11 assists. Kate Spradlin finished with 12 points rotations. and Que King chipped in with 10. THE LINEUP No. Name (Ht., Yr.) Pos. PPG RPG APG Notables 0 Que King (5-4, Fr.) G 3.9 2.6 1.1 Has scored in double figures in two games this season 2 Casey Ripp (5-7, Sr.) G 2.4 1.1 0.8 Played on club team at Longwood for past three seasons 3 •Stephanie Guihon (5-6, Fr.) G 4.4 2.7 1.3 Started 19 games for the Lancers in the regualr seson FOLLOW THE LANCERS 4 Jada Russell (5-7, So.) G 1.3 1.2 0.2 Made at least one 3-pointer in 20 of 30 games in 2016-17 5 Ciarah Bennett (5-5, Jr.) G 5.3 2.3 1.7 Scored season-best 18 in season-high 32 minutes at CSU Twitter: 10 •Micaela Ellis (5-5, Sr.) G 9.2 1.9 3.3 Seventh all-time in assists, four shy of D-I mark Main .....................................................@LongwoodLancers 11 Khaila Hall (5-10, So.) G 11.5 2.5 2.0 Has suffered injury-plagued season, redshirting WBB ........................................................@Longwood_WBB 14 Jessica Belcher (5-6, Fr.) G 0.8 0.8 0.0 First Lancer to hail from Georgia in Bill Reinson era Facebook: 15 Ashlee Jones (5-9, Jr.) G 2.1 0.9 0.1 Scored in double figures three times last season Main .................................................LongwoodLancers1839 20 Rosemary Ilang (6-0, Jr.) F 0.9 1.8 0.0 Longwood’s most physical post player WBB .........................................longwoodwomensbasketball 21 Dayna Rouse (6-0, So.) G/F 5.6 3.3 0.3 Fourth on the team with .390 shooting clip Instagram: 23 •Autumn Childress (5-10, Sr) G 11.1 10.4 1.2 Only player iin BSC to average a double-double Main ...........................................................longwoodlancers 24 •Kristina Antonenko 5-10, Jr.) G/F 8.2 3.8 0.6 First Lancer with 30-point game since 2013 WBB ....................................................................lwood_wbb 25 Mallory Odell (6-0, Fr.) G/F 4.5 3.8 0.1 Two-sport athlete in basketball and softball Snapchat: 30 •Kate Spradlin (5-8, r-So.) G 6.1 2.2 0.7 Longwood’s leading three-point shooter; Big South All-Academic Main ...........................................................longwoodlancers 32 Elena Flowers (6-1, So.) F -- -- -- Walk-on, Transfer from Mount Olive WBB ........................................................... Longwood_WBB • denotes projected starter Longwood vs. Charleston Southern • March 8, 2018 • Lynchburg, Va. (Vines Center) • Big South First Round LONGWOOD GAMEDAY > Notes Media Information BY THE NUMBERS LONGWOOD WBB MEDIA CONTACTS • The Lancers are in their 11th season in the QUICK FACTS Todd Lindenmuth, Assistant Director of Division I era and sixth season as a full member of Athletic Communications the Big South Conference. UNIVERSITY Email: [email protected] • Longwood is in its eighth season under the guid- Name ............................. Longwood University Phone: 434-395-2716 City/Zip ..........................Farmville, Va. 23909 Cell: 919-724-8161 ance of head coach Bill Reinson. In 2013, Reinson led the Lancers to the Big South Championship Founded .........................................................1839 Chris Cook, Assistant VP/Athletics Enrollment (Undergraduate) .............. 4,602 Communications game falling to Liberty. Nickname ............................................... Lancers Email: [email protected] • Longwood athletics has partnered with regional Colors .......... Navy Blue (PMS 289) & White Office: 434-395-2718 telecommunications company Shentel to air all Fight Song ...................... Hail to Longwood U! Cell: 434-808-5127 home basketball games on a dedicated Shentel Affiliation ..................................NCAA Division I Darius Thigpen, Assistant Director of channel, extending the Lancers’ broadcast foot- Conference .........................................Big South Athletics Communications print to the company’s coverage areas in Mary- President .W. Taylor Reveley IV (Princeton) Email: [email protected] Director of Athletics ...... Troy Austin (Duke) Office: 434-395-2345 land, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. Shentel subscribers can watch Longwood men’s Athletics Phone...................(434) 395-2057 Cell: 813-299-7578 Tickets Phone .......................(434) 395-2138 Derrick Bennington, Athletic and women’s basketball’s Big South Network Website ..........www.LongwoodLancers.com Communications Staff Assistant broadcasts on channel 81. Twitter ............................ @LongwoodLancers Email: [email protected] • Longwood has taken part in four Education Day’s Office: 434-395-2716 this season with two coming at home and two on Cell: 540-448-4167 PROGRAM HISTORY the road. The four Education Days is tied for the Seasons of Women’s Basketball .............96 INTERVIEW REQUESTS most in the conference with Gardner-Webb, as First Season .......................................... 1920-21 All interview requests for Longwood wom- seven of the 10 schools in the conference played Record Since 1970 ............. 576-608 (.492) en’s basketball players and coaches will at least one Education Day. Division I Eligible ......................2007-Present run through the Longwood athletics com- • Longwood has posted the top scoring output and Division I Record ........................81-188 (9) munications office. Contact Todd Linden- the top rebounding performance in a single game First Season D-I Schedule .......2004-05 muth or Chris Cook to set up an interview. Reclassifying D-I Record ..........31-48 (3) this season. Kristina Antonenko’s 33 points are the Division II Eligible ..........................1980-2004 most scored by anyone in the conference in 2017- NCAA Tournament Appearances ................4 LONGWOODLANCERS.COM 18 while the 18 rebounds Autumn Childress col- For unparalleled coverage of the entire