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Longwood adds Houston, LaCount to 2021 hoops recruiting class
Published Wednesday, May. 12, 2021, 9:50 am
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Bolstering a 2020-21 signing class that already includes a former Virginia 6A Player of the Year, a three-year veteran of the Atlantic Coast Conference, and a three-time Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference champion, Longwood men’s basketball head coach Griff Aldrich announced the addition of guards D’Avian “DA” Houston and Ga’Khari LaCount Wednesday morning.
Houston is a 6-1, 212-pound guard from Houston, Texas, who is coming off a freshman season at Colonial Athletic Association power College of Charleston in 2020-21. Meanwhile, LaCount is a 6-1, 175-pound guard from Miami, Fla., where he starred at Miami Coral Park High School and played a postgraduate year at Link Yea
Longwood upsets UNC Asheville, 77-61, to advance to Big South Championship semifinals
Published Monday, Mar. 1, 2021, 9:19 pm
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Front Page » Sports » Sports2 » Longwood upsets UNC Asheville, 77-61, to advance to Big South Championship semifinals
For the second time in program history, Longwood is headed to the Big South Championship semifinals.
Led by 18 points in a dominant performance from forward Leslie Nkereuwem, the fifth-seeded Lancers made a statement in their opening game of the 2021 Big South Championship with a 77-61 upset over fourth-seeded UNC Asheville in Monday night’s quarterfinal at Kimmel Arena.
First Round (Sat., Feb. 27), ESPN3
Game 1: No. 10 Presbyterian vs. No. 7 Hampton, 2 p.m.
Game 2: No. 9 USC Upstate vs. No. 8 High Point, 4 p.m.
Quarterfinals (Mon., March 1), ESPN3
Game 3: Game 1 winner vs. No. 2 Radford, 6 p.m.
Game 4: Game 2 winner vs. No. 1 Winthrop, 6 p.m.
Game 5: No. 5 Longwood vs. No. 4 UNC Asheville, 7 p.m.
Game 6: No. 6 Gardner-Webb vs. No. 3 Campbell, 7 p.m.
Semifinals (Thur., March 4), ESPN+
Game 7: Game 3 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 6/7 p.m.
Game 8: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 6/7 p.m.
Finals (Sat, March 7), ESPN
Game 9: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, Noon
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Winthrop (20-1, 17-1): After starting the season 16-0, the Eagles were getting national attention. They have since lost and the attention has cooled down, though their play has not. Potential Big South Player of the Year, Chandler Vaudrin has scored in double digits in seven of his last eight games, and 2020 Rookie of the Year DJ Burns has dominated in the last two series,
Surge continues as Longwood dispatches Hampton 83-73
Published Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, 10:31 pm
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Front Page » Sports » Surge continues as Longwood dispatches Hampton 83-73
Longwood head coach Griff Aldrich has preached all season that good defense carries teams through offensive slumps.
But when the offense is also firing on all cylinders like Longwood’s was Monday night, the results can become quite one-sided.
In one of their most lopsided wins of the season, the Lancers (9-14, 8-9 Big South) rode 21 points from Juan Munoz and dominated both ends of the court to topple Hampton 83-73 and continue their climb up the Big South standings.