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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL vs. High Point Tuesday, February 16, 2016 • 7:00 p.m. 25 Farmville, Va. • Willett Hall (1,900) Big South Network THE MATCHUP 2015-16 Schedule Longwood High Point N 13 at Oregon St. (No. 9/10) L, 110-45 N 15 at James Madison (RV) L, 88-30 Lancers Panthers N 22 at Virginia (RV) L, 81-46 Farmville, Va. High Point, N.C. N 24 NC CENTRAL W, 60-49 N 28 at UNCG L, 81-60 2015-16 Record ...........................6-18 (3-12 BSC) 2015-16 Record ..............................8-15 (7-7 BSC) Conference................................................ Big South Conference................................................ Big South D 1 at High Point* L, 79-68 Last Game.....................................................L, 72-65 Last Game.............. L, 79-72 vs. Gardner-Webb D 5 PRESBYTERIAN* L, 59-38 Current Streak ...............................................L 4 Current Streak ........................................... ...L 2 D 12 NC WESLEYAN W, 100-57 D 16 at West Virginia L, 74-43 Head Coach ..............Bill Reinson (Phoenix, ’00) Head Coach ........DeUnna Hendrix (Richmond, ’07) D 20 NOTRE DAME OF MD. W, 83-32 Career Record ............... 46-122 (Sixth Season) Career Record .......................67-51 (Fifth Season) D 22 at Delaware St. L, 88-63 Longwood Record .......................................... Same High Point Record .....................................................Same D 29 CHARLESTON SO.* L, 63-54 J 2 at Winthrop* W, 63-60 THE OPENING TIP LAST TIME OUT J 4 at Coastal Carolina* W, 56-48 • Coming into Tuesday’s game against • In a game that featured seven ties and J 9 CAMPBELL* L, 73-56 High Point, Longwood has lost three nine lead changes, Campbell went on a J 12 at UNC Asheville* L, 81-42 straight games by nine points or less. 12-5 run over the final four minutes of the J 16 RADFORD* L, 79-67 Two of those three losses have come on contest to earn a 72-65 victory over vis- J 19 at Gardner-Webb* L, 67-42 the road. iting Longwood in the Camels Play4Kay J 24 LIBERTY* L, 72-67 • Longwood closes the regular season game Saturday afternoon inside Gore J 26 WINTHROP* W, 67-60 with five straight games inside the Com- Arena. monwealth of Virginia. The Lancers host • For Longwood, junior college transfer F 1 at Presbyterian* L, 75-49 High Point, Coastal Carolina and Gard- Eboni Gilliam notched a career-high 22 F 6 at Charleston Southern* L, 66-58 ner-Webb while traveling Liberty and points and finished one rebound shy of F 9 UNC ASHEVILLE* L, 61-54 Radford. posting second double-double perfor- F 13 at Campbell* L, 72-65 • Daeisha Brown is just 19 points from be- mance in the last three games. F 16 HIGH POINT* 7 p.m. coming the 21st all-time player in Long- • The 22 points from Gilliam matched the F 20 at Radford* 2 p.m. F 27 at Liberty* 3 p.m. wood women’s basketball history to season-best individual performance of score 1,000 points in her career. Brown the season for Longwood, matching the M 1 COASTAL CAROLINA* 7 p.m. would become the third member to com- 22 points that Autumn Childress scored M 5 GARDNER-WEBB* 2 p.m. pete in the Division I era. against Notre Dame (Md.). M 10-13 Big South Tournament TBA THE LINEUP Home games in BOLD CAPS No. Name (Ht., Yr.) Pos. PPG RPG APG Notables * Big South game 0 • Kemari Jones (6-0, Fr.) F 5.2 4.8 0.5 Has started last eight games played All times eastern and subject to change 2 Brenna Robbins (5-10, Jr.) F 2.0 3.3 0.8 Has started 16 of 20 games played this season 3 • Daeisha Brown (5-3, r-Jr.) G 9.3 3.1 1.2 Just 19 points from joiniing the 1,000 point club 4 Raven Williams (5-8, Sr.) G 5.7 2.3 2.1 Second-Team Preseason All-Big South 5 Ciarah Bennett (5-5, Fr.) G 5.2 1.1 1.2 Career-high 20 points against Radford 10 • Micaela Ellis (5-5, So.) G 4.0 1.5 2.7 Ranks among the top-10 in the Big South in assists 14 Treasure Avery (5-7, Jr.) G -- -- -- Strong rebounder despite size 15 Ashlee Jones (5-9, Fr.) G 2.8 0.6 0.1 Athletic guard, substantial range beyond three-point line 20 • Kyndal Skersick (5-9, Sr.) G 9.3 2.9 0.8 Ranked fourth in the Big South in three-point field goal PCT 21 Jaclyn Reagan (5-9, Sr.) G 0.0 1.0 0.0 Key reserve off the bench facebook.com/ 22 Khalilah Ali (6-0, r-Jr.) F 1.0 0.5 0.0 Scored first points in over a year due to ACL injury 23 Autumn Childress (5-10, So) G 5.5 5.0 0.9 Tallied a career-best 22 points against Notre Dame (Md) LongwoodLancers1839 25 Deborah Headen (5-9, Sr.) G 7.6 2.7 0.9 Has scored in double figures in 10 of the last 13 games 30 Kate Spradlin (5-8, Fr.) G 1.0 0.4 0.0 Walk-on; Has appeared in five games this season 32 • Eboni Gilliam (6-0, Jr) F 6.8 6.5 0.1 Has 6+ rebounds in 16 games this season 34 Emily Nylen (6-5, So.) F -- -- -- Tallest player on the squad twitter.com/ LongwoodLancers • denotes projected starter 2015-16 Longwood Women’s Basketball LONGWOOD GAMEDAY > Notes BY THE NUMBERS LONGWOOD WBB Media Information • The Lancers squared off against three MEDIA CONTACTS schools from Power-Five conferences QUICK FACTS Todd Lindenmuth, Assistant Director of this season — No. 9 Oregon State, Vir- Athletic Communications ginia and West Virginia. The three games UNIVERSITY Email: [email protected] against the power five is the third most of Name ............................. Longwood University Phone: 434-395-2716 any team in the Big South. City/Zip ..........................Farmville, Va. 23909 Cell: 919-724-8161 • Raven Williams and Daeisha Brown are Founded .........................................................1839 Chris Cook, Assistant VP/Athletics poised to break the 1,000 point mark this Enrollment (Undergraduate) ...............4,507 Communications season. Williams sits 107 points shy of Nickname ............................................... Lancers Email: [email protected] the 1,000 point mark, while Brown is 19 Colors .......... Navy Blue (PMS 289) & White Office: 434-395-2718 points away. Fight Song ...................... Hail to Longwood U! Cell: 434-808-5127 • Brown looks to become the 21st member Affiliation ..................................NCAA Division I Darius Thigpen, Assistant Director of of Longwood’s 1,000 point list. She would Conference .........................................Big South President .W. Taylor Reveley IV (Princeton) Athletics Communications become the third player in the Division I Email: [email protected] Director of Athletics ...... Troy Austin (Duke) era to reach the 1,000 point plateau Office: 434-395-2345 Athletics Phone...................(434) 395-2057 • is among the top-10 in the Cell: 813-299-7578 Micaela Ellis Tickets Phone .......................(434) 395-2138 Tim Castaneda, Athletic league in assists (2.6 APG) this season. Website ..........www.LongwoodLancers.com Communications Staff Assistant The sophomore guard has recorded at Twitter ............................ @LongwoodLancers Email: [email protected] least three assists 13 times this season Office: 434-395-2716 including in each of the past two games. PROGRAM HISTORY • In her return to the court this season, red- First Season .......................................... 1920-21 INTERVIEW REQUESTS shirt-junior Daeisha Brown has started Record Since 1970 ...............571-570 (.503) All interview requests for Longwood all but three game on the season and Division I Eligible ......................2007-Present women’s basketball players and coach- has scored in double figures in seven of Division I Record ........................74-172 (8) es will run through the Longwood ath- her last 11 games. Brown scored a sea- NCAA Tournament Appearances ................4 letics communications office. Contact son-high 20 points earlier this season at (Division II - Todd Lindenmuth or Chris Cook to set up High Point. ............................. 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003) an interview. • Raven Williams is the Big South’s lone NCAA Tournament Record ........................2-4 returning player to rank among the top-10 LONGWOODLANCERS.COM in the league in points (14.3 PPG, 4th), as- TEAM INFORMATION For unparalleled coverage of the entire sists (2.2 APG, 6th), steals (1.5 SPG, 6th), 2014-15 Overall Record ...........................4-26 intercollegiate athletics department at and minutes played (34.7 MPG, 3rd). Big South Record/Finish .........4-16/10th Longwood, access LongwoodLancers. Home Record ........................................... 3-9 com. The official site of Longwood ath- • Junior college transfer Eboni Gilliam Away Record .............................................1-16 letics features in-depth coverage of has had an immediate impact for the Neutral Record ..........................................0-1 Longwood players, coaches and staff as Lancers. The Richmond, Va., product has Starters Returning/Lost ...........................5/0 well as game notes, player biographies, been a force on the glass, bringing down Letterwinners R/L .........................................11/1 statistics and updates on the Longwood 6+ boards in 17 games this season. Newcomers .........................................................5 women’s basketball program. GAMEDAY CREDENTIALS Credentials to Longwood basketball home games are available upon request through the Longwood athletics com- munications department. Credentials are issued at the discretion of the Long- Statistics Comparison wood athletics department and may be revoked at any point due to inappropri- LWU HPU ate behavior, inappropriate use of the Points 57.3 62.7 credential, non-sanctioned transfer of Opp. Points 69.8 69.8 Series History the credential or other reasons deemed Rebounds 36.4 35.0 worthy of credential revocation by the Opp. Rebounds 45.1 39.7 All-Time Record 11-21 department. Off. Rebounds 12.4 11.7 Under Coach Reinson 0-9 Opp.