Longwood men's basketball senior Shaquille Johnson competed in the State Farm College Slam Dunk Contest last night on ESPN as the first Lancer to appear in the showdown. A tenth of a point kept him from advancing from the first round, needing a social media surge from Twitter to push him past ...
Honks and shouts rang out every few cars as five people associated with the Virginia Flaggers stood in front of the Confederate Monument on the corner of High Street and Randolph Street on Thursday. While officers from both the Farmville and Longwood Police monitored the situation late in ...
ESPN will set the stage for Longwood senior Shaquille Johnson and seven other collegiate men’s basketball players from programs across the nation to compete for the State Farm College Slam Dunk crown on Thursday evening, March 31. When the clock strikes 9 p.m., the Lancer logo will blaze in front ...
Sophomore guard Kanayo Obi-Rapu Jr. will reportedly look to transfer from Longwood for his final two years of eligibility, according to Justin Byerly, the director of recruiting for BasketballElite.com and a contributor to the Charlotte Observer in ...
Emotions ran high as another season of Longwood’s men’s basketball came to end. Three-year head coach Jayson Gee and two of his most impactful players, seniors Lotanna Nwogbo and Shaquille Johnson, sat in the post-game press conference after their quarterfinals finale, falling 89-78 to top-seeded ...
Seeing space near the top of the paint with 3:58 left in the fourth quarter, Daeisha Brown drove from the right flank to just inside the free throw line to find herself in wide open space. Without pausing, the 5-foot-3 point guard released a jumper and hit her mark. No celebration followed, Brown just ...
As the flurries fell on Friday, Feb. 12, members of Longwood's Black Student Association (BSA), Environmental Club and Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc. shivered at a table in front of the Chi Fountain with signs promoting their water drive in response to the crisis occurring in Flint, Michigan. "It was freezing, ...
Nothing came free on Tuesday night, except for the t-shirts, as the Lancers fell 89-70 (6-19, 3-13) to the No. 6 High Point Panthers (9-15, 8-7) in Willett Gym on Longwood’s Pink Out game. After scoring in the first 8-of-9 possessions, the Panthers’ held the lead for all 40 minutes. The loss exploited ...
After several inquiries from The Rotunda and other local media outlets, Chris Cook, the assistant vice president of athletics communication, released a statement on Wednesday, Feb. 10 from Longwood’s third-year men’s basketball head coach Jayson Gee regarding the absence of senior guard Leron Fisher ...
It was a summer evening. Shaquille Johnson, a senior on the Longwood men’s basketball team, lay in bed, fast asleep in his Georgia home. There was no alarm set for morning lifting or late night practice, so a full night of sleep awaited him when his phone rang without warning, waking him. He answered ...
