High Point, the Big South runner up a season ago, was chosen first with eight first-place votes and 80 total points, followed by Presbyterian and Radford in a tie for second (61).įifth-year guard Anne-Hamilton LeRoy is among the NCAA's active career leaders in several statistical categories. The fourth-place tag marks the Lancers' second-highest predicted finish since joining the league for the 2012-13 season. Longwood was picked fourth in the 2023-24 Big South preseason poll, announced on Oct. Longwood grabbed a season-high 51 rebounds against the Bobcats, marking the most since collecting 54 against Hampton March 3, 2022, a 70-61 win in the Big South quarterfinals. 29 was its first non-league true road win since beating Lamar, 62-59, in Beaumont, Texas, on Nov. The Lancers shot a season-high 46 percent, led in rebounding (36-35), points in the paint (34-32), points off turnovers (21-10) and fastbreak (13-5) and bench (25-15) scoring. Otaifo Esenabhalu secured a game-high-tying eight reboounds to go with six points. Anne-Hamilton LeRoyadded 15 points, including 11 points in the second half, while Malea Brownchipped in with 11 of her own, also banking home a 3-pointer at the third-quarter buzzer to put her team up 10 heading to the final period. Junior guard Kiki McIntyre finished with a Longwood-career-best 18 points, six rebounds and six steals to lead the way. Five players scored at least eight points apiece with three landing in double figures. Longwood snapped a seven-game losing streak with its 66-57 victory at Charleston Southern Saturday, improving to 15-12 all-time against the Buccaneers, including 6-5 in Charleston. Traylor-Walker leads the league in scoring average (17.3 points per game), is tied for seventh in rebounds per game (6.1) and seventh in field goal percentage (39.0). Traylor-Walker has been named league Player of the Week three times this season, while Williams has earned Freshman of the Week two weeks in a row. Guards Ashlyn Traylor-Walker (Player of the Week) and Joi Williams (Freshman of the Week) swept the Big South weekly honors Monday. Radford comes into play at 5-10 overall and 1-0 in the Big South following a 65-61 win at High Point last Wednesday. She is one of 10 players in the league to acheive the feat. 31, Adriana Shipp-Davistallied the 13th double-double in the Big South this season and first for Longwood. ▪ With 20 points and 15 rebounds versus Norfolk State Dec. The 10 non-league teams who defeated the Lancers this season own a combined record of 90-56 (.616), as of Tuesday. ▪ Longwood's non-conference slate was set up to be a challenge and it proved to be. She is also fifth all-time in the Big South in games played with 133 and will make her 100th career start Wednesday. LeRoy is 10th all-time in scoring at Longwood. ▪ Anne-Hamilton LeRoyis currently tied for 39th all-time in the Big South in scoring with 1,355 points and is one of just 141 players in league history to score 1,000 career points. The Lancers limited CSU to 34.4 percent in the win, as well, improving to 8-2 overall under head coach Erika Lang-Montgomery and 3-2 in 2023-24 when outshooting the opposition. It was the first time the Lancers shot at least that well from the floor since going 29-of-63 (46 percent) against Gardner-Webb on Feb. ▪ Longwood earned its first Big South win of the season Saturday, 66-57, at Charleston Southern while shooting 46 percent (23-for-50) as a team. The Highlanders hold a 29-15 overall edge in the series, including going 17-4 at home, but Longwood has won the last five games by an average margin of 19.4 points. ▪ Wednesday marks the 45th meeting between in-state rivals Longwood and Radford, dating to a 79-77 Lancers' victory Feb. The Longwood women's basketball team puts its five-game winning streak versus Radford on the line Wednesday at the Dedmon Center. Tom Purvis and Crystal Hubbard have the call on ESPN+.
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