Longwood Lancers NCAA Basketball News

Antwan Carter scored a season-high 20 points to lead Longwood to an 82-75 victory over Florida Gulf Coast on Saturday in a matchup of winless teams.

David Schneider scored 22 points to lead William & Mary to its fifth straight win, beating winless Longwood 84-65 on Wednesday night.

HARRISONBURG, Va., Nov. 20 -- James Madison University issued the following news release: Atlantic Coast Conference member Virginia Tech is the next foe for the JMU women's basketball team, as the Hokies visit the JMU Convocation Center Sunday afternoon .

C.J. Reed scored 21 points and Alexander Starling had a double-double to lead Bethune-Cookman to a 66-62 victory over Longwood on Friday at the South Padre Island Invitational.

Richmond rallies to defeat Longwood 65-52 Eds: APNewsNow. Richmond 65, Longwood 52.

NORFOLK, Va., Nov. 17 -- Longwood University issued the following news release: Longwood University dropped a 98-59 men's basketball decision on the road at Old Dominion University Tuesday night at the Ted Constant Convocation Center in Norfolk.

FARMVILLE, Va., Nov. 20 -- Longwood University issued the following news release: Longwood University dropped a 72-61 men's basketball decision on the road at Columbia University Friday night at the Levien Gymnasium in New York, New York.

There's only so much you can take away from Friday's season opener against Longwood, but game one of the Tony Bennett era certainly presented some of the new coach's principles that will be put to the test against better competition in the near future.

Noruwa Agho scored 24 points to lead Columbia to a 72-61 win over Longwood on Friday night.

The Tony Bennett coaching era at Virginia began with an 85-72 win against Longwood on Friday night.

Longwood forwards Billy Robinson Jr., and Antwan Carter stand 6-7 and 6-6, respectively.

U.Va. was led by guard Sylven Landesberg's 23 points, but Evans played well in his first college game.

O.J. Avworo and Romeo Garcia scored 16 points each and Navy defeated Longwood 79-76 on Sunday.

The Tony Bennett coaching era at Virginia began with an 85-72 win against Longwood on Friday night.

The question seems absurd. You have a better chance of reaching Dr. Naismith during a seance than Longwood has tonight in the basketball season opener for both at John Paul Jones Arena, right? After all, the Cavaliers have smacked the Lancers each of the last four seasons with an average margin of 33.5 points.

Six years ago, Mike Gillian was an optimist with an empty glass in front of him.

The floor in the Vadalabene Center is back to normal, "beat ISU" shirts are on sale and Cory the Cougar is combing his fur.

The Roadrunners went just 8-21 last season, but the hope is the return of three starters in Trent Blakley , Santwon Latunde and Alex Johnson will held coach Keith Brown's team log a winning record this time around.

Today, we begin our conference countdown. We'll work backward, from our No. 31 league to the top league in the nation.