Last week the Lancers had two road Big South games, and they lost both. The first game was at Gardner- Webb on Thursday. Longwood (7-19, 4-13 Big South) forced the tightly contested game into overtime.
Gardner-Webb started the game on an 11-2 run, but Longwood responded, making the game close.
Both teams traded baskets with one another until the end of the first half where Gardner- Webb had the lead of 35-33. The game continued to be close in the second half, and not one team could get an edge over the other.
Deborah Headen scored a game-tying jump shot that tied the game at 64 a piece, sending the game into overtime.
Daeisha Brown had a chance to tie the game up at the free throw line and made her first shot but missed the second.
Longwood grabbed the offensive rebound and put up a last second shot, but the ball rolled off the rim and the final score was 74-73.
Brown and Raven Williams both recorded 15 points each. Williams also added seven assists and Treasure Avery led the team in rebounds, grabbing 10.
The Lancers then travelled to Asheville, NC to play UNCAsheville but dropped that decision also. Both teams traded baskets and possessions early before Asheville went on a 9-0 run, lasting five minutes to take the lead from the Lancers. Longwood would answer back but UNCA responded and took the biggest lead of the half with 27-15. The Lancers responded thanks to the efforts of Kyndal Skersick and Brenna Robbins getting the team back into the game.
The Bulldogs responded with a run of their own, as did Longwood, but they went into the half down 36-31. Asheville took a 10-point lead in the early part of the second half, but Williams and Brown responded strong for the Lancers, cutting the lead to six. UNCA responded with a 14-6 run for six minutes, which gave them the lead 61- 47 with under five minutes to play. UNCA won 69-52 over the Lancers, who have lost three in a row.
Skersick had a team-high 11 points, six rebounds and one steal in her effort to win. Brown and Robbins both added nine points each to the stat sheet, and Avery tied the team with six rebounds.
The team has three home games left before the Big South Conference Tournament: Winthrop on Thursday at 7 p.m. followed by Radford on Saturday at 2 p.m. and Liberty on March 1 at 2 p.m.
