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Now Or Never - Longwood Prepares For Championship Matchup With Campbell

Now Or Never - Longwood Prepares For Championship Matchup With Campbell

Women's Basketball /
Game 31: Longwood (20-11, 15-3 Big South) vs. Campbell (23-6, 15-3 Big South)
Date & Time Sunday Mar. 6, 2022 (8:30 p.m.)
Location Charlotte, N.C. (Bojangles' Coliseum)   
Game Notes Longwood | Campbell |  Big South
Statistics  Longwood | Campbell | Big South
Live Stats    Big South Live Stats
Video/TV      ESPNU
Radio WVHL 92.9 Kickin' Country
Social Media @LongwoodLancers | @LongwoodWBB


The Opening Tip:
  • Longwood advanced to the Big South Championship for the second time in program history since joining the Big South conference. The team continues to build on an eight game winning streak to finish the year.
  • In semi-final action it was McMakin, who put a 22 point performance up followed by Tra'Dayja Smith who has also scored in double-figures for the second time this tournament. Anne-Hamilton LeRoy off the bench, had a breakout game in tournament play, capitalizing against the Bulldogs grabbing 14 points.
  • With the most recent win, Longwood also is guaranteed a post season playoff berth following the conference for the first time in the DI era. It would either be the first NCAA appearance in school history (w/ a win) or the first WNIT appearance (w/ a loss).
  • Eight Lancers contributed offensively to the almost 30-point victory over Asheville in the semi's - 21 coming from off the bench.
 
Year Finish – By The Numbers:
  • Longwood has had yet another historical season for the program. The team put together the best conference, and overall records since joining the Big South conference almost 10 years ago. The overall 18-11 record sits now as the best in the Division I era – this record previously beats the 16-13 overall set back in the first year Longwood was a Division I university in 2007-08.
  • Akila Smith wrote her name in the Longwood record books again with her second career triple double, the third in team history, with a 20-point, 11-rebound, 10-block effort at Sam Houston on Nov. 30.
  • Smith also became the first every Big South Player of the Year to wear a Longwood uniform. Her back-to-back Defense Player of the Year award is only the fourth time it's occurred across the Big South.
  • Tracking it all season long, Smith finished 3rd in the nation in blocked shots (89), and she was the only player in the top 50 under six feet tall.
  • Kennedy Calhoun wrote her name in the Longwood record book with 78 steals in a single-season breaking the top ten (tied for 7th currently). Calhoun is the first name to join the list since the 1999-2000 seasons. She finished second in the Big South, and 7th nationally.
  • Kyla McMakin earned her third straight First Team All-Conference accolade after putting up 26 games in double-figures. McMakin finished first in the conference in final points, averaging 18.2 ppg on the year. 
  • Tra'Dayja Smith grabbed back-to-back Honorable Mention honors in the Big South after leading the conference in assists in back-to-back seasons - all season long (146). Smith record three double-doubles on the year, all with 10 points and 10 assists.
  • Five All-Conference accolades is the most ever awarded to the women's basketball program, and they have hit that now two season in a row.

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