BLACKSBURG, Va. – Virginia Tech freshman guard  Rachel Camp logged her second career double-double to lead the Hokies past visiting Longwood, 74-42, Saturday afternoon inside Cassell Coliseum. Longwood falls to 0-7 on the season, while the Hokies improve to 5-4.

"I don't think finals week could come at a better time," said head coach Bill Reinson. "We've really been struggling lately and we need the eight days we have off to regroup. Khalilah Ali played well today before being injured and Treasure Avery gave us some good energy off the bench."

The Hokies utilized a 20-3 run over the opening 8:21 of the contest by hitting seven of their first 10 shots of the game. Virginia Tech used a balanced attack on offense during the stretch, with Camp leading the way with eight points and three other members of the Hokies finding the scoring column.

"Virginia Tech made some shots early and we had to play catch up again," Reinson said. "We aren't very good right now at playing from behind."

Virginia Tech also pestered the Lancer offense during the opening stanza, as Longwood hit just one of its first nine shots from the floor. The Hokie defense held the Lancers to 6-of-25 (.240) in the half and 1-of-7 from beyond the arc, while holding Longwood to its lowest scoring half of the season with 14 points.  

The Hokies used their size advantage to outscore Longwood in the paint, 34-20, and reeled in 16 offensive rebounds to Longwood's eight.  

A product of Forest City, N.C., Camp filled the stat sheet with a game-high 16 points to go along with 13 rebounds, four assists and one block. Vanessa Panouses also finished in double figures with 13 points for the Hokies.

The Lancers came into the game averaging 5.50 three-point field goals per game, which is second in the Big South. The Hokies limited Longwood to a season-low four treys and held the Lancers to 4-of-17 (.235) shooting from long-range.

Junior Raven Williams saw her four-game stretch with three or more assists come to an end, as the Tech defense  keyed on Williams and held Longwood's third leading scorer to seven points and no assists throughout the afternoon. Williams was held to just 1-of-5 (.200) shooting from beyond the arc.

Junior Kyndal Skersick led the Lancers in the scoring column for the third time this season with nine points, while Khalilah Ali added six points on 3-of-7 (.429) shooting from the floor. Treasure Avery led the Lancers in the rebounding department with five boards to go along with two steals and one assist.

Already playing without preseason All-Big South selection Daeisha Brown, Longwood's Ali went down at the 14:02 mark of the second half and did not return. Ali is Longwood's leading rebounder this season, averaging 5.6 rebounds per contest.

The game against Virginia Tech marked Longwood's third contest of the season against a school from a power-five conference, as the Lancers previously played games at Wake Forest and Florida. Longwood will also play at Virginia and Clemson later this month, as the Lancers play more games against teams from a power conference than any other team in the Big South.

The Virginia Tech game concludes a stretch of three straight road games for the Lancers, who return to Willett Hall for a game against Big South foe UNC Asheville on Dec. 14 at 2 p.m. That game will be Longwood's second home game of the season and the first since UNCG came to town on Nov. 24.

"I'm confident we'll be ready for Asheville next Sunday," Reinson stated.

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