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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL vs. West Virginia Saturday, Dec. 17 • 4 p.m. 8 Charleston, W.Va. • Charleston Civic Center (12,500) 2016-17 Schedule THE MATCHUP 11/6 RANDOLPH (EXH.) W, 67-37 Longwood West Virginia 11/11 at Marquette L, 87-37 11/15 at Duke L, 105-48 LANCERS MOUNTAINEERS 11/18 at Fairleigh Dickinson L, 75-59 Farmville, Va. Morgantown, W.Va. 11/20 at UMass Lowell W, 72-59 11/26 WEST VIRGINIA TECH L, 76-58 12/3 NORFOLK STATE L, 85-56 2016-17 Record ................................... 1-6 (0-0 Big South) 2016-17 Record ........................................10-0 (0-0 Big 12) 12/11 at Charlotte L, 66-41 Conference .......................................................... Big South Conference ...............................................................Big 12 12/17 # West Virginia 4 p.m. Last Game ..........................................L, 66-41 at Charlotte Last Game .....................................W, 91-33 vs. USC Upstate 12/19 at Marshall 1 p.m. Current Streak ................................................................L 3 Current Streak ............................................................ W 10 12/28 DELAWARE STATE 7 p.m. 12/31 MILLIGAN 2 p.m. 1/3 *at Presbyterian 7 p.m. Head Coach ...............................Bill Reinson (Phoenix, ’00) Head Coach .................................. Mike Carey (Salem, ‘80) 1/7 *UNC ASHEVILLE 2 p.m. Career Record ............................48-134 (Seventh Season) Career Record................................610-309 (39th Season) 1/10 *GARDNER-WEBB 11:15 a.m. Longwood Record .................................................... Same Charlotte Record ...........................322-171 (16th Season) 1/14 *at Radford 2 p.m. 1/17 *at Liberty 7 p.m. THE OPENING TIP LAST TIME OUT 1/21 *CAMPBELL 2 p.m. 1/24 *at Winthrop 7 p.m. • Longwood plays the second of three straight • Five double figure scorers and an 11-2 run over the 1/28 *CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 2 p.m. games away from Willett Hall, as the Lancers trav- opening five minutes, 52 seconds of the second 1/31 *HIGH POINT 7 p.m. el to the Mountain State for a neutral site game at 2/4 *at Campbell 2 p.m. quarter lifted Charlotte to a 66-41 win over visiting 2/7 *at Gardner-Webb 11 a.m. West Virginia before traveling to Marshall. Longwood Sunday afternoon inside Halton Arena. 2/11 *WINTHROP 2 p.m. • Longwood is currently in a stretch that sees the • Four of Charlotte’s five starters finished in double 2/14 *RADFORD 7 p.m. squad play four games in a 27-day period. The figures, as the quartet of Nylia Jamison-Myers 2/18 *at UNC Asheville 2 p.m. Lancers have at least six days between games (13), Laia Raventos (11), Lefty Webster (11) and 2/21 *LIBERTY 7 p.m. and the contest versus West Virginia marks the 2/25 *at Charleston Southern 3 p.m. end of the stretch. Grace Hunter (12) combined for 47 of the 49ers 66 2/27 *at High Point 7 p.m. points. 3/4 *PRESBYTERIAN 2 p.m. • Sophomore Kemari Jones has been playing some of the best basketball of her career in Longwood’s • The double-double from Hunter negated the sec- BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP - Lynchburg, Va. last four games. Jones has scored in double fig- ond double-double of the season from Longwood 3/9 Opening Round TBA senior Eboni Gilliam. A product of Richmond, Va., 3/10 Big South Quarterfinals TBA ures in three of the four games and scored in dou- 3/11 Big South Semifinals TBA ble figures in three straight games for the first time Gilliam stuffed the stat sheet with 10 points and 12 3/12 Big South Championship TBA in her career. rebounds, while adding a block in 35 minutes of • Micaela Ellis has played every game (67) of her playing time. Home games in BOLD CAPS college career so far and has started 29 of 30 All times eastern and subject to change • Over her last four games, Gilliam has scored in # Neutral site game -- Charleston, W.Va. games with the lone game off the bench coming double figures three times and has averaged 9.75 * Big South game on senior day last season against Gardner-Webb. points per contest to go along with eight rebounds. THE LINEUP No. Name (Ht., Yr.) Pos. PPG RPG APG Notables 0 • Kemari Jones (6-0, So.) F 8.7 7.2 1.0 Has scored in double figures in three straight games 2 Brenna Robbins (5-10, Sr.) G/F -- -- -- Most experienced player with 88 career games played 4 Jada Russell (5-7, Fr.) G 8.0 1.9 0.7 Played for high school powerhouse Neumann-Goretti 5 Ciarah Bennett (5-5, So.) G 7.3 1.0 3.7 Has three-plus assists in two of three games played 10 • Micaela Ellis (5-5, Jr.) G 5.0 2.9 3.0 Has started 28 of the last 29 games going back to 2015-16 BROADCAST INFO 11 • Khaila Hall (5-10, Fr.) G 3.4 3.7 2.1 2015-16 West Rowan Female Athlete of the Year 14 Treasure Avery (5-7, r-Jr.) G -- -- -- Redshirted last season with an injury 15 Ashlee Jones (5-9, So.) G 3.0 0.7 0.3 Athletic guard, substantial range beyond three-point line 21 Dayna Rouse (6-0, Fr.) G/F 7.6 4.0 0.1 ESPN Three-Star recruit 23 Autumn Childress (5-10, Jr) G 7.0 4.0 2.4 Longwood’s second leading returning scorer last season 30 • Kate Spradlin (5-8, r-Fr.) G 7.0 1.0 0.5 Walk-on; Has ability to shoot the three 32 • Eboni Gilliam (6-0, Sr) F 7.9 6.9 0.4 Has one double-double this season vs. West Va. Tech 34 Emily Nylen (6-5, Sr.) F -- -- -- Tallest player on the squad 35 Jovana Vukovic (6-4, r-Jr.) F -- -- -- Has potential to become elite shot blocker and rebounder 55 Winnie Miller (6-4, Fr.) F 2.3 2.1 0.0 ESPN Three-Star Recruit; Fourth year playing basketball • denotes projected starter Longwood vs. West Virginia • Dec. 17, 2016 • Charleston, W.Va. (Charleston Civic Center) LONGWOOD GAMEDAY > Notes Media Information BY THE NUMBERS LONGWOOD WBB • The Lancers are in their 10th season in the MEDIA CONTACTS Division I era and fifth season as a full member of QUICK FACTS Todd Lindenmuth, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications the Big South Conference. • Longwood was one of four teams in the Big South, UNIVERSITY Email: [email protected] Name ............................. Longwood University Phone: 434-395-2716 along with Radford, UNC Asheville and Charleston City/Zip ..........................Farmville, Va. 23909 Cell: 919-724-8161 Southern, to post an undefeated record at home Founded .........................................................1839 Chris Cook, Assistant VP/Athletics Enrollment (Undergraduate) .............. 4,602 Communications in at least three non-conference games played a season ago. Nickname ............................................... Lancers Email: [email protected] Colors .......... Navy Blue (PMS 289) & White Office: 434-395-2718 • Since the start of the 2014-15 season, Longwood Fight Song ...................... Hail to Longwood U! Cell: 434-808-5127 has been tested out of conference against some Affiliation ..................................NCAA Division I Darius Thigpen, Assistant Director of Conference .........................................Big South Athletics Communications of the best teams in the nation. The Lancers have played 10 games against eight different schools President .W. Taylor Reveley IV (Princeton) Email: [email protected] Director of Athletics ...... Troy Austin (Duke) Office: 434-395-2345 from Power Five conferences which is the third Athletics Phone...................(434) 395-2057 Cell: 813-299-7578 most in the Big South in that span. Tickets Phone .......................(434) 395-2138 Derrick Bennington, Athletic • Longwood is in its seventh season under the Website ..........www.LongwoodLancers.com Communications Staff Assistant Twitter ............................ @LongwoodLancers Email: [email protected] guidance of head coach Bill Reinson. In 2013, Office: 434-395-2716 Reinson led the Lancers to the Big South Champi- PROGRAM HISTORY Cell: 540-448-4167 onship game. falling to Liberty. Seasons of Women’s Basketball .............96 • Longwood leads the Big South in steals per game INTERVIEW REQUESTS First Season .......................................... 1920-21 All interview requests for Longwood wom- with 10.3 this season. The Lancers had a sea- Record Since 1970 ............. 576-608 (.492) en’s basketball players and coaches will son-high 21 steals in its win over UMass Lowell. Division I Eligible ......................2007-Present Division I Record ........................81-188 (9) run through the Longwood athletics com- Three different Lancers rank among the top 10 in munications office. Contact Todd Linden- First Season D-I Schedule .......2004-05 the Big South in steals this season. muth or Chris Cook to set up an interview. Reclassifying D-I Record ..........31-48 (3) • Longwood’s win over UMass Lowell was the pro- Division II Eligible ..........................1980-2004 LONGWOODLANCERS.COM gram’s first road victory outside of Big South play NCAA Tournament Appearances ................4 Division II ......... 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003) For unparalleled coverage of the entire in- since its win over Xavier during the 2013-14 sea- tercollegiate athletics department at Long- NCAA Tournament Record ........................2-4 son. wood, access LongwoodLancers.com. The official site of Longwood athletics features • Longwood opens its 2016-17 by playing seven of TEAM INFORMATION in-depth coverage of Longwood players, its first nine games away from the friendly confines 2015-16 Overall Record ...........................8-22 coaches and staff as well as game notes, of Willett Hall. Big South Record/Finish .........5-15/10th player biographies, statistics and updates Home Record ............................................6-7 • The 2016-17 season-opener marked the Lancers’ on the Longwood women’s basketball pro- Away Record ............................................2-14 gram. second straight outside the eastern time zone, as Neutral Record ..........................................0-1 the squad traveled to Oregon to play Oregon State Starters Returning/Lost ..........................