November 21, 2010

Box Score

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The Longwood University women's basketball team dropped a 74-63 decision at the University of Virginia of the Atlantic Coast Conference on Sunday afternoon at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville. The Lancers led by 16 with 3:04 remaining in the first half and carried a 34-27 lead in to halftime. Longwood (1-3) was led by freshman Bria White | Silver Spring, Md. (Bethesda-Chevy Chase) with a career-high 17 points while the Cavaliers (3-1) were paced by Ariana Moorer with 19 points. Longwood returns to action on Wednesday, November 24, when it travels to West Long Branch, New Jersey, to take on Monmouth University at 4 p.m..

Junior Brittany Jones | Richmond (North Florida) scored the first seven points for Longwood to keep the Lancers even with the Cavaliers at 7-7 at the first media timeout. White made a pair of three-pointers and junior Morgan Smith | Williamsport, Md. (Williamsport) added another three-pointer as the Lancers went on an 11-3 run to take the 18-10 lead with 9:21 left in the first half. Longwood continued to roll and went on a 14-6 run over the next six minutes to lead 32-16 with 3:04 remaining in the first half. Virginia went on an 11-2 to make the halftime score 34-27. Longwood shot 50% (13-26) from the floor in the first half, including 80% (4-5) from behind the arc, while limiting Virginia to 22.9% (8-35) shooting.

The Cavaliers scored the first seven points of the second half to tie the game at 34-34 with 18:13 remaining. Longwood kept the game close, with Virginia not pulling away by more than four points until nine minutes remaining and the Lancers tying the game three times during that span. Virginia had a five-point lead at 55-50 with 8:57 remaining in the game, but a jumper by sophomore Heather Tobeck | La Porte, Texas (La Porte) and a pair of jumpers by White cut the lead to one at 57-56 with 7:41 remaining. Paulisha Kellum scored before Tobeck made another layup to keep the Lancers within one at 59-58. Virginia went on an 11-0 run over the next 3:56 to push ahead 70-58 with 2:20 remaining before winning 74-63.

Longwood shot 47.2% (25-53) from the floor, including 66.7% (6-9) from behind the arc, and 87.5% (7-8) from the foul line. White scored 17 points (6-11 FG, 3-4 3FG) and added three rebounds and two assists. Junior Mina Jovanovic | Smederevska Palanka, Serbia (Salt Lake CC) scored nine points with five rebounds and five assists in 39 minutes while junior Brittanni Billups | Goldsboro, N.C. (Eastern Wayne) and Tobeck added eight points each. The Lancers recorded eight blocks in the game, including three by Billups.

Virginia shot 34.8% (23-66) from the floor, including 22.2% (2-9) from behind the arc, and 74.3% (26-35) from the foul line. Moorer finished with a game-high 19 points and eight rebounds while Jazmin Pitts added 12 points, including 8-12 from the foul line. Virginia outrebounded Longwood 47-29 and turned 29 offensive rebounds in to 20 points. Cheslea shine scored five points with eight rebounds and four blocks.