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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL vs. Liberty Tuesday, February 17, 2015 • 5:00 p.m. 27 Farmville, Va. • Willett Hall (1,900) Big South Network THE MATCHUP 2014-15 Schedule Longwood Liberty N 15 at Wake Forest L, 64-60 N 17 at Florida L, 91-46 Lancers Flames N 20 at Richmond L, 80-50 Farmville, Va. Lynchburg, Va. N 24 UNC GREENSBORO L, 70-64 N 29 at William & Mary L, 90-55 2014-15 Record ....................................3-23 (3-14) 2014-15 Record ..................................... 19-6 (15-1) Conference................................................ Big South Conference................................................ Big South D 2 at High Point* L, 81-60 Last Game............. L, 75-44 at Coastal Carolina Last Game................. W, 63-41 at Presbyterian D 6 at Virginia Tech L, 74-42 D 14 UNC ASHEVILLE L, 60-44 Head Coach ..............Bill Reinson (Phoenix, ‘00) Head Coach ..............Carey Green (Coastal, ‘79) D 16 at Virginia L, 91-49 Career Record ................38-103 (Fifth Season) Career Record ...............376-127 (16th Season) D 19 at Clemson L, 76-52 Longwood Record .......................................... Same Liberty Record ................................................ Same D 22 GEORGE MASON L, 83-61 vs. Liberty .........................................................0-7 vs. Longwood ..................................................11-0 D 28 GARDNER-WEBB* W, 63-59 D 30 at Winthrop* L, 81-48 THE OPENING TIP LAST TIME OUT J 3 CAMPBELL* L, 65-58 • Longwood returns to Willett Hall to host • AJ Jordan and Anna Vogt combined for J 5 COASTAL CAROLINA* W, 78-74 the first of two straight games against 36 points, as Coastal Carolina earned a J 10 RADFORD* L, 78-60 first place Liberty Tuesday night. 75-44 victory over Longwood in a Valen- J 13 at Liberty* L, 70-48 • Originally scheduled for a 7 p.m. start, the tine’s Day matinee Saturday afternoon at J 17 at Presbyterian* L, 53-48 game has been moved to a 5 p.m. tip due The HTC Center. J 24 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN* W, 79-71 to wintry weather in the area. • Following a three-pointer from Deborah J 27 WINTHROP* L, 63-62 • Emily Nylen has become a force for Headen with 9:25 left in the first half got J 31 at Campbell* L, 68-56 Longwood on the defensive end of the the Lancers within three points, 17-14, the F 2 HIGH POINT* L, 77-63 floor, as the 6-5 sophomore is third in Coastal Carolina defense held the Lanc- F 5 at UNC Asheville* L 2OT, 88-77 conference play with 2.00 blocks per ers scoreless throughout the remainder F 7 at Gardner-Webb* L, 80-53 game. of the opening half. F 10 at Radford.* L, 55-45 • Raven Williams ranks among the top • The Lancers closed the half 0-for-13 from F 14 at Coastal Carolina* L, 75-44 15 in the Big South this season in points the floor while the Chanticleers used a F 17 LIBERTY* 7 pm (13.4), assists (3.00), steals (1.70), three- 22-0 run to extend its advantage to 39- F 21 PRESBYTERIAN* 2 pm point field goals per game (1.67) and 14 at the break. The 14 points in the open- F 28 at Charleston Southern* TBA three-point shooting percentage (.297). ing half matched a season low in first half points M 3-8 Big South Tournament TBA • The Lancers played the game with a short bench, as only eight players were available Home games in BOLD CAPS * Big South game THE LINEUP All times eastern and subject to change No. Name (Ht., Yr.) Pos. PPG RPG APG Notables 2 • Brenna Robbins (5-10, So.) G 5.6 4.1 1.6 Has started each game this season 3 Daeisha Brown (5-3, Jr.) G 16.0 5.0 2.3 Will miss remainder of season with leg injury 4 • Raven Williams (5-8, Jr.) G 13.3 3.7 3.0 In top five of Big South play in points, steals and minutes 5 Shannon Mosby (5-3, R-Fr.) G 2.4 1.2 0.6 Scored a career-high nine points at Gardner-Webb 10 • Micaela Ellis (5-5, Fr.) G 3.6 1.2 1.1 Season-high 11 points against Radford 14 Treasure Avery (5-7, So.) G 3.6 2.9 0.9 Recorded career-high 12 points vs. Coastal 20 Kyndal Skesick (5-9, Jr.) G 10.4 2.5 1.4 Matched her career-high of five treys at Presbyterian 21 Jaclyn Reagan (5-9, Jr.) G 3.2 1.3 0.3 Finished with 11 points at Winthrop 12/30/14 facebook.com/ 22 Khalilah Ali (6-0, Jr.) G/F 6.9 5.6 0.4 Will miss remainder of season with ACL tear LongwoodLancers1839 23 Autumn Childress (5-10, Fr) G 1.9 2.1 0.5 Season-high 10 points vs. Coastal Carolina 25 • Deborah Headen (5-9, Jr.) G 8.8 3.3 1.8 Has scored in double figures in 11 of the past 15 games 32 Rianna Frazer (5-4, Sr.) G -- -- -- Lone senior on the 2014-15 team, team captain 34 • Emily Nylen (6-5, So.) F 3.2 2.5 0.2 Third in Big South play with 2.13 blocks per game twitter.com/ • denotes projected starter LongwoodLancers 2014-15 Longwood Women’s Basketball LONGWOOD GAMEDAY > Notes BY THE NUMBERS LONGWOOD WBB Media Information • Longwood has been successful shoot- MEDIA CONTACTS ing the three this season, as the Lancers QUICK FACTS Todd Lindenmuth, Athletic Communications have made at least four three-point field Manager goals in each game they’ve played. Long- UNIVERSITY Email: [email protected] wood hit a season-high 11 three-point Name .......................................... Longwood University Cell: 919-724-8161 field goals at Presbyterian City/Zip ........................................Farmville, Va. 23909 Chris Cook, Assistant VP/Athletics • The Lancers have played a total of five Founded ...............................................................1839 Communications schools from a power five conference Enrollment (Undergraduate) ................................4,507 Email: [email protected] this season — Wake Forest, Florida, Vir- Nickname .........................................................Lancers Office: 434-395-2718 ginia Tech, Virginia and Clemson. The five Colors .......................... Navy Blue (PMS 289) & White Cell: 434-808-5127 games against the power five is the most Fight Song ................................... Hail to Longwood U! Jacob Bell, External Relations Assistant of any team in the Big South this season. Affiliation ............................................. NCAA Division I Email: [email protected] • Raven Williams has been Longwood’s Conference ...................................................Big South President ..................W. Taylor Reveley IV (Princeton) Office: 434-395-4802 top threat from beyond the arc this sea- Cell: 615-424-6743 Director of Athletics .........................Troy Austin (Duke) son, as she is ranked sixth in the confer- Athletics Phone ....................................(434) 395-2057 ence with 1.58 treys per contest. INTERVIEW REQUESTS Tickets Phone ......................................(434) 395-2138 All interview requests for Longwood • Williams is the only player to rank among Website ...........................www.LongwoodLancers.com women’s basketball players and coach- the top five in the Big South in scoring Twitter ..........................................@LongwoodLancers es will run through the Longwood ath- (14.8 PPG), steals (2.18) and minutes letics communications office. Contact played (34.65) during conference play. PROGRAM HISTORY Todd Lindenmuth or Chris Cook to set up • Emily Nylen has climbed into the top Seasons of Basketball ..............................................98 an interview. 10 in blocked shots in the Big South this First Season ................................................... 1920-21 season. Nylen is sixth in the league aver- Record Since 1970 ...............................568-555 (.510) LONGWOODLANCERS.COM aging 1.59 blocks per game and is third Division I Eligible ....................................2007-Present For unparalleled coverage of the entire in conference play with 2.00 blocks per Division I Record ....................................63-134 (7) intercollegiate athletics department at game. NCAA Tournament Appearances ............4 (Division II - Longwood, access LongwoodLancers. • Brenna Robbins has come alive on the ........................................ 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003) com. The official site of Longwood ath- offensive end of the floor, as she has NCAA Tournament Record ..................................... 2-4 letics features in-depth coverage of scored in double figures in five games Longwood players, coaches and staff as this season, including a career-high in TEAM INFORMATION well as game notes, player biographies, three straight games. The sophomore 2013-14 Overall Record ....................................... 8-22 statistics and updates on the Longwood scored 12 points at Presbyterian and Big South Record/Finish ........................... 5-15/9th women’s basketball program. topped the effort with a 14-point outing Home Record ...................................................5-11 Away Record ................................................... 3-10 GAMEDAY CREDENTIALS Saturday against Charleston Southern. Neutral Record .................................................. 0-1 Credentials to Longwood basketball and poured in 17 points against Winthrop. Starters Returning/Lost ............................................4/1 home games are available upon request • Junior Deborah Headen has scored in Letterwinners R/L...................................................10/2 through the Longwood athletics com- double figures in 16 games this season, Newcomers .................................................................2 munications department. Credentials as she is Longwood’s third leading scorer are issued at the discretion of the Long- since Daeisha Brown’s injury. wood athletics department and may be • Longwood named three players team revoked at any point due to inappropri- captains — senior Rianna Frazer, junior ate behavior, inappropriate use of the Deborah Headen and junior Raven Wil- credential, non-sanctioned transfer of liams. the credential or other reasons deemed worthy of credential revocation by the Statistics Comparison department. LWU LU PRACTICE AVAILABILITY Points 56.5 66.6 All Longwood women’s basketball prac- Opp. Points 73.6 57.5 tices are closed to the media and gen- Rebounds 31.2 43.4 Series History eral public unless otherwise granted Opp. Rebounds 45.1 34.6 permission by Longwood head coach Bill Off. Rebounds 10.5 16.0 All-Time Record 15-19 Reinson or the Longwood athletics com- Opp.