Game 12: Longwood University, Monday, December 12th, 7 PM, NO TV

Washingtonian

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Longwood comes into this game with a 2-5 record after losing to Crieghton on Friday night by a score of 113-58. They won against Dartmouth and Salem International. The schedule is here: http://longwoodlancers.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbasket

Mason beat last year to Longwood in Fairfax by a score of 75-70.

The box score from last year is here: http://gomason.com/sports/2015/12/19/Stats_6789.aspx#GAME.BOX

Khris Lane is averaging 15.0 PPG/7.4 RPG, Darrion Allen is averaging 14.7 PPG, and Ishiah Walton is averaging 13.0 PPG. The stats are here: http://longwoodlancers.com/custompages/mbasket/2016-17/teamcume.htm

Longwood has shot only 90 free throws on the season, making 63 of them.

Discuss.
 

Pablo

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https://lancersblog.com/2016/11/29/challenging-december-awaits-lancers/:

"Toss Ups

Longwood should have a solid shot in three of the non-conference match ups in November. The first comes this Saturday when likely 0-7 James Madison comes to town under new head coach Louis Rowe. With a packed house and emotions riding high, Jayson Gee needs to get a big win here.

The other two games come on the road at George Mason (12/12) and at Ball State (12/19), both teams that Longwood is familiar with. After starting the season 1-3, GMU has now rattled off wins in three straight. The Lancers should have knocked off the Atlantic 10 foe last season, losing 75-70 in Fairfax."
 

Pablo

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https://lancersblog.com/2016/12/10/kneejerk-reactions-lancers-get-pummelled/:

"Longwood lost by a billion points to #10 Creighton last night bu we’re here to tell you it didn’t matter.

Fresh off of exam week, Longwood headed to Omaha, Nebraska, collected a paycheck, and got their butts kicked on national TV to the #10 Bluejays. While this loss was really bad, it was expected and wasn’t as disturbing as some of the other performances this year.

What really matters for Longwood right now is how they respond at George Mason on Monday night."
 

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https://lancersblog.com/2016/11/29/challenging-december-awaits-lancers/:

"Toss Ups

Longwood should have a solid shot in three of the non-conference match ups in November. The first comes this Saturday when likely 0-7 James Madison comes to town under new head coach Louis Rowe. With a packed house and emotions riding high, Jayson Gee needs to get a big win here.

The other two games come on the road at George Mason (12/12) and at Ball State (12/19), both teams that Longwood is familiar with. After starting the season 1-3, GMU has now rattled off wins in three straight. The Lancers should have knocked off the Atlantic 10 foe last season, losing 75-70 in Fairfax."

A little bit of attitude from the Longwood writer. "The Lancers should have knocked off Mason last year"?
 

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https://lancersblog.com/2016/12/10/kneejerk-reactions-lancers-get-pummelled/:

"Longwood lost by a billion points to #10 Creighton last night bu we’re here to tell you it didn’t matter.

Fresh off of exam week, Longwood headed to Omaha, Nebraska, collected a paycheck, and got their butts kicked on national TV to the #10 Bluejays. While this loss was really bad, it was expected and wasn’t as disturbing as some of the other performances this year.

What really matters for Longwood right now is how they respond at George Mason on Monday night."

I hope Paulsen is calming the men down and having them focus on Longwood - because it would be easy to look past them after the win streak. We need to batten down on defense and be brutal on the boards. We need to shock them with physicality and tire them out. No let up and no mercy.
 

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A little bit of attitude from the Longwood writer. "The Lancers should have knocked off Mason last year"?

It was a close game. But I mean, Miles Tate played 10 minutes and Danny Dixon played 21...Marko I think was serving his suspension, and don't know why Thompson didn't play.

Yeah, not the same team at all this year.
 
Our freshman must not look past any game. They must play the game with the same intensity they would if they were to play Duke or Kentucky.
 

Pablo

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It was a close game. But I mean, Miles Tate played 10 minutes and Danny Dixon played 21...Marko I think was serving his suspension, and don't know why Thompson didn't play.

Yeah, not the same team at all this year.

Marko was suspended, Holloway quit the team, Royal was out with a concussion, & Shevon was out with a minor foot injury.
 

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From a basketball standpoint, Halloway was such a disappointment. He looked like he had the potential to be an absolute superstar. Royal was another guy that seemed like he had all the tools. I hope they've found good jobs and are crushing it in a Rec league somewhere

Jenkins BTW could easily have gone down the same path, but worked hard and is now playing the best ball of his career. He is looking really really good in the post.
 

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From a basketball standpoint, Halloway was such a disappointment. He looked like he had the potential to be an absolute superstar. Royal was another guy that seemed like he had all the tools. I hope they've found good jobs and are crushing it in a Rec league somewhere

Jenkins BTW could easily have gone down the same path, but worked hard and is now playing the best ball of his career. He is looking really really good in the post.

If Royal and Holloway had a real coach for four years, they might have both had completely different paths as players.
 

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I didn't remember who Royal was. Had to DuckDuckGo it. Hopefully, I will eventually forget The Virus.
 
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