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Coaching For Literacy for our Fight For Literacy Game to raise awareness for childhood reading! Bring a children's book to tomorrow night's game and receive a free ticket inside!
The Opening Tip:
- Longwood searches for its fifth consecutive home victory as they welcome the Winthrop Eagles to Willett Hall.
- The Eagles are coming off a season that saw them finish 6-24 (4-14 Big South), falling to Presbyterian in the first round of the Big South Championship.
- Winthrop defeated Longwood in the two teams' first matchup of the season by a score of 69-55 in Rock Hill.
- Today's game will mark the 26th all-time Division-I matchup between the Lancers and the Eagles.Â
- Winthrop leads the series 15-10 against Longwood, but the two teams are 5-5 in their last ten meetings.
- Longwood is currently 7th in the Big South standings while Winthrop sits at 8th.
By The Numbers:
- Longwood fell to Charleston Southern in a heartbreaker in overtime by a score of 76-72.
- Longwood shot 87.5% (28-32) from the free throw line, the highest percentage and most attempts for the Lancers this season.
- The Lancers forced 23 turnovers, scoring 23 points off of them. This marks the fourth consecutive game that Longwood has scored 20 or more off of turnovers.
- Anne-Hamilton LeRoy scored a career-high 26 points on an efficient 50% from the field.
- LeRoy's 12 rebounds were a career-high and marks her first career double-double.
- LeRoy's ten made free throws tied her career-high.
- Janay Turner's 19 points marked her fourth consecutive double-digit scoring output.
Quoteables:Â
"It's a new ball game. This is the second go around [in the Big South schedule], so everybody's scouting…it is about making those little tweaks and adjustments." -Head Coach
Erika Lang-Montgomery on facing teams in the Big South for the second time this season.
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