Lancers Head South For Thursday Night Clash Against Wake Forest
The Opening Tip:
- Longwood is back in action for its final Power 5 matchup of the season against Wake Forest.
- The Demon Deacons are coming off a season that saw them finish 16-17 (4-14 ACC), losing to Middle Tennessee in the second round of the WNIT.
- Today's game will mark the third all-time Division-I matchup between the Lancers and Demon Deacons. The last meeting between the two teams came on November 15, 2014 when Wake Forest narrowly defeated Longwood 64-60.
- The Lancers were picked to finish sixth in their conference while Wake Forest was picked to finish 14th in the ACC.
- Current Longwood assistant coach Jess Pham served on Wake Forest's staff from 2020-22 prior to coming to Farmville.
- Longwood fell to Richmond by a score of 119-55 at the Robins Center in Richmond, Va.
- The game was the seventh all-time Division-I matchup between the Lancers and the Spiders.
- Brooke Anya recorded her first double-double of the year, registering 13 points and ten rebounds.
- Janay Turner led the Lancers in scoring with 17 points, tying her season-high.
"Richmond is a great team, and their offense was clicking. We will use the next few days to rest up and prepare for our game against Wake Forest on Thursday." -Head Coach Erika Lang-Montgomery following Longwood's loss to Richmond.
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