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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL vs. High Point Tuesday, Feb. 6 • 7:00 PM Farmville, Va. • Willett Hall (1,900) 22 Video: Big South Network 2017-18 Schedule THE MATCHUP 11/10 at Marshall L, 90-45 Longwood High Point 11/14 at N.C. Central L, 87-75 11/18 UMASS LOWELL W, 84-82 LANCERS PANTHERS 11/26 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON L, 72-52 Farmville, Va. High Point, N.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 ........................... 3-18 (1-9 Big South) 2017-18 Record .................................. 13-8 (7-3 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 ..................L, 78-61 vs. Charleston Southern Last Game ........................................L, 51-44 vs. Campbell 12/28 at George Mason L, 60-41 12/30 NORFOLK STATE L, 64-45 Current Streak ....................................................L 8 Current Streak ................................................................L 2 1/2 *at Charleston Southern L, 73-57 1/6 *PRESBYTERIAN W, 66-56 Head Coach ........................ Bill Reinson (Phoenix, ’00) Head Coach ....................DeUnna Hendrix (Richmond, ‘07) 1/9 *GARDNER-WEBB L, 61-54 Career Record .........................54-172 (Eighth Season) Career Record...................................99-78 (Sixth Season) 1/13 *at UNC Asheville L, 82-52 Longwood Record ........................................... Same 1/16 *RADFORD L, 52-33 High Point Record .................................................... Same 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 returns to Willett Hall for the second • Charleston Southern guard Njeri Nelms tallied 1/30 *at Winthrop L, 69-60 (ot) straight game in Farmville when it hosts High Point a game-high 18 points and Weknyne Dumorne 2/3 *CHARLESTON SOUTHERN L, 78-61 2/6 *HIGH POINT 7 P.M. in its annual Pink Out game to raise awareness for earned a double-double with 11 points, 13 re- 2/10 *at Presbyterian 2 p.m. breast cancer. bounds to lead the visiting Buccaneers past the 2/13 *at Gardner-Webb 11 a.m. • With seven double-doubles on the season, Au- Longwood women’s basketball team 78-61 Satur- 2/17 *CAMPBELL 12 P.M. 2/20 *at Radford 7 p.m. tumn Childress leads the Big South and ranks day afternoon inside Willett Hall. 2/24 *UNC ASHEVILLE 12 P.M. second on Longwood’s all-time charts for most • Nelms and Dumorne were part of a Buccaneer 2/27 *at Liberty 7 p.m. 3/3 *WINTHROP 12 P.M. double-doubles in a campaign, trailing only the 11 quintet that finished in double figures, as Charles- that Chelsea Coward posted during the 2012-13 ton Southern shot a scorching .574 (31-54) from BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP - Lynchburg, Va. season. the floor. Rachel Burns produced a near dou- 3/8 Opening Round TBA 3/9 Big South Quarterfinals TBA • Longwood point guard Micaela Ellis has start- ble-double with 14 points, eight boards while 3/10 Big South Semifinals TBA ed 52 consecutive games for the Lancers dating Shelby Wilbanks added 12 points and Shauntavia 3/11 Big South Championship TBA back to senior day of the 2015-16 season and has Dobson pitched in with 10 Home games in BOLD CAPS played in all 111 games of her college career. In • The Buccaneers were able to overcome a 17-point All times eastern and subject to change the span since Ellis last came off the Longwood outing in the return of Longwood guard Autumn * Big South game bench, she has been part of 23 different starting Childress, 11 points and seven rebounds from Kris- rotations put together by Longwood head coach tina Antonenko and the seventh game this season Bill Reinson. that Kate Spradlin finished in double figures. THE LINEUP No. Name (Ht., Yr.) Pos. PPG RPG APG Notables 0 Que King (5-4, Fr.) G 4.5 3.3 1.4 Led high school William Fleming to four district titles 2 Casey Ripp (5-7, Sr.) G 2.0 1.0 0.7 Played on club team at Longwood for past three seasons 3 •Stephanie Guihon (5-6, Fr.) G 4.5 3.0 1.4 Poised to make significant contribution off the bench FOLLOW THE LANCERS 4 Jada Russell (5-7, So.) G 1.8 2.0 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 Tues. Twitter: 10 •Micaela Ellis (5-5, Sr.) G 8.1 2.0 3.2 50 assists shy of Longwood’s career D-I assist mark Main .....................................................@LongwoodLancers 11 Khaila Hall (5-10, So.) G 11.5 2.5 2.0 Scored career-high 21 points last season vs. Asheville 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 2.3 0.9 0.1 Scored in double figures three times last season Main .................................................LongwoodLancers1839 20 Rosemary Ilang (6-0, Jr.) F 1.2 1.4 0.0 Junior college transfer, Adds size in the post WBB .........................................longwoodwomensbasketball 21 Dayna Rouse (6-0, So.) G/F 6.2 3.2 0.2 Recorded first multi-block game Dec. 30, 2017 Instagram: 23 Autumn Childress (5-10, Sr) G 10.2 10.1 1.0 Only Lancer averaging double-double Main ...........................................................longwoodlancers 24 •Kristina Antonenko 5-10, Jr.) G/F 8.5 4.4 0.7 First Lancer with 30-point game since 2013 WBB ....................................................................lwood_wbb 25 •Mallory Odell (6-0, Fr.) G/F 4.9 4.4 0.2 Two-sport athlete in basketball and softball Snapchat: 30 •Kate Spradlin (5-8, r-So.) G 6.4 2.0 0.7 Longwood’s leading returning three-point shooter Main ...........................................................longwoodlancers 32 Elena Flowers (6-1, So.) F -- -- -- Walk-on, Transfer from Mount Olive WBB ........................................................... Longwood_WBB • denotes projected starter Longwood vs. High Point • Feb. 6, 2018 • Farmville, Va. (Willett Hall) 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 welcomes nine newcomers for the Name ............................. Longwood University Phone: 434-395-2716 City/Zip ..........................Farmville, Va. 23909 Cell: 919-724-8161 2017-18 season -- the most within the Big South Conference Founded .........................................................1839 Chris Cook, Assistant VP/Athletics Enrollment (Undergraduate) .............. 4,602 Communications • Longwood is in its eighth season under the guid- Nickname ............................................... Lancers Email: [email protected] ance of head coach Bill Reinson. In 2013, Reinson Colors .......... Navy Blue (PMS 289) & White Office: 434-395-2718 led the Lancers to the Big South Championship Fight Song ...................... Hail to Longwood U! Cell: 434-808-5127 game falling to Liberty. Affiliation ..................................NCAA Division I Darius Thigpen, Assistant Director of • Longwood athletics has partnered with regional Conference .........................................Big South Athletics Communications telecommunications company Shentel to air all President .W. Taylor Reveley IV (Princeton) Email: [email protected] Director of Athletics ...... Troy Austin (Duke) Office: 434-395-2345 home basketball games on a dedicated Shentel channel, extending the Lancers’ broadcast foot- Athletics Phone...................(434) 395-2057 Cell: 813-299-7578 Tickets Phone .......................(434) 395-2138 Derrick Bennington, Athletic print to the company’s coverage areas in Mary- Website ..........www.LongwoodLancers.com Communications Staff Assistant land, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. Twitter ............................ @LongwoodLancers Email: [email protected] Shentel subscribers can watch Longwood men’s Office: 434-395-2716 and women’s basketball’s Big South Network Cell: 540-448-4167 PROGRAM HISTORY broadcasts on channel 81. Seasons of Women’s Basketball .............96 INTERVIEW REQUESTS • Longwood will take part in four Education Day’s First Season .......................................... 1920-21 All interview requests for Longwood wom- this season with two coming at home and two on Record Since 1970 ............. 576-608 (.492) en’s basketball players and coaches will the road. The four Education Days are tied for the Division I Eligible ......................2007-Present run through the Longwood athletics com- most in the conference with Gardner-Webb, as Division I Record ........................81-188 (9) munications office. Contact Todd Linden- seven of the 10 schools in the conference will play First Season D-I Schedule .......2004-05 muth or Chris Cook to set up an interview. Reclassifying D-I Record ..........31-48 (3) at least one Education Day. Division II Eligible ..........................1980-2004 • Longwood has posted the top scoring output and NCAA Tournament Appearances ................4 LONGWOODLANCERS.COM the top rebounding performance in a single game For unparalleled coverage of the entire in- Division II ......... 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003) tercollegiate athletics department at Long- this season. Kristina