FARMVILLE, Va. — The Longwood women's basketball team handled its business in front of a school-record homecoming crowd of 2,467, blitzing Bluefield, 128-31, at the Joan Perry Brock Center on Friday.
All 13 players to see the court scored and five landed in double figures as Longwood went over 100 for the second time this season. The Lancers grabbed season highs of 57 rebounds and 32 steals, while holding the Rams (0-4) to just 29 percent shooting.
"Unstoppable," assistant coach Landis F. McCoy said, standing in for Erika Lang-Montgomery, who was under the weather, referring to the Lancers' offense. "Because, again, were going to stop you and you can't stop us. We want the game to be fast. We want the game to be chaotic. We work on certain drills in practice to create that environment so, therefore, we have the mindset that nobody else can stop us and we can stop anybody."
Freshman Jesstynie Scott led all players with 19 points, adding a game-high-tying nine rebounds, for Longwood (3-1). Frances Ulysse scored 17 points with nine boards of her own. Lili Booker scored 16 points and JaMya Robinson and Amor Harris contributed 14 apiece in the wire-to-wire victory.
Longwood outscored the NAIA-member Rams, 62-20, in the paint and got 64 points off of turnovers.
Longwood posted over 30 points in the first, third and fourth quarters, bringing its season total of 30-plus-point periods to seven. The Lancers led, 34-3, after the first quarter, 63-14, at halftime and 98-21 through the third period.
Longwood also had 25 assists on 46 field goals and committed only 11 turnovers itself.
But, beyond the numbers, the atmosphere was electric.
"It's an amazing feeling," McCoy said of the program-record crowd. "I didn't know there was that many people in here. I knew it was hectic because they had the scarf revealing and then the [postseason WNIT] banner [drop]. It was a great start to the homecoming weekend, for sure."
Longwood hosts George Washington Monday at 7 p.m., on ESPN+.