Longwood University Athletics

Game 20: Longwood (9-10, 6-2 Big South) vs. High Point (6-10, 3-2 Big South)
Date & Time	Tuesday Jan. 25, 2022
Location	High Point, N.C.
Game Notes	Longwood | High Point | Big South
Statistics	Longwood | High Point | Big South
Live Stats	High Point Live Stats
Video/TV	ESPN+
Social Media	@LongwoodLancers | @LongwoodWBB

The Opening Tip:

•  Kyla McMakin earned her second Big South Player of the Week honor of the season after stringing together three 20 plus performances, averaging 27.0 ppg. 
• The Lancers improve their conference record to 6-2 with back-to-back victories over the weekend against Gardner-Webb and Winthrop, after losing two straight to Campbell and USC Upstate. 
• For the second time this season, Longwood had four players in double-digit scoring on Sunday against the Eagles.
• The team also is chasing the all-time team assists  record in a single-game which is 24 set by the team in the 2017-18 season. Longwood reached a new season-best of 22 team-assists on Sunday, with four players grabbing three or more assists - another first on the year.

By the Numbers:

• Kyla McMakin earned her second Big South Player of the Week award this past week after averaging 27.0 ppg, and grabbing two season-best's against Winthrop (27) and Gardner-Webb (33). 33 points is inches away from her career best of 36 points in a single game. 
• Akila Smith has been one of the top shot blockers in the country throughout this season. She ranks first in the Big South with 58, and is ranked third on the national leader board.   
• Tra'Dayja Smith is the leading passer in the Big South for the second year in a row, with 99 assists on the year, and is ranked 19th nationally. 
• Kyla McMakin and Akila Smith are ranked amongst the top scorers in the Big South. McMakin has strung together her sixth straight game in double-digit scoring with Smith grabbing 10 plus in the previous two games. This is the second straight season the duo remains in the top five.  
• McMakin's previous three games have been 20 plus scoring occasions for her - one more will tie Longwood's most 20 plus consecutive scoring games in a row. 
• Kennedy Calhoun has been a menace to opposing guards defensively, and has made a stance for herself going into conference play. Calhoun earned her first ever Freshman of the Week honor after stringing together two more games in double-digit scoring and collecting eight assists last week. She now has 54 steals (2.84 spg) and is tied for first in the Big South. Calhoun is ranked eighth nationally in steals - as a freshman point guard. 

Series History:

• Longwood has had a tough time topping High Point in the past, but the last meeting between the two team's results in the Lancers first victory over the Panthers in nearly 10 years. 
• Last season was a record-setting year for the Lancers and the bounce-back victory last season was the second game in two days against High Point, with Tra'Dayja Smith and Akila Smith powering the way and combining for 50 points.

Quoteables:

"I'm really excited for our women. You could see at the end, they were really pushing to chase that a little bit [team assists record]. If you're team is chasing records on assists, you're in a great place because that's unselfish basketball. That's team first. That's what we're about. It was really exciting to see them trying to set each other up for great plays." - Head Coach Rebecca Tillett 

"It's always good to win when you play back-to-back games. It's tough on your body, but I thought we had a great mindset. We played a tough team yesterday, and then to come in scoring right out of the gate, putting the pressure on with our offense, I thought that was really great. And our scoring ability, to put up 85 points the day after a tough game was great." - Junior Guard Kyla McMakin