Rock Hill, S.C. – Winthrop hung on to defeat Longwood at home by a final score of 55-54 on Saturday afternoon.
Winthrop (11-13, 5-6 Big South) | Longwood (6-18, 3-8) Big South)
Feb. 10, 2024 | Winthrop Coliseum
Winthrop 55, Longwood 54
How it Happened
First Quarter | Winthrop scored nine straight points after trailing 2-0 a few seconds in.
Jada Ryce accounted for five of Winthrop's early nine points with a layup on the fast break and a triple. The Eagles also held Longwood scoreless for nearly seven minutes after the visitors scored the opening basket. Winthrop would lead 13-6 after the first quarter.
Second Quarter |
Ronaltha Marc drained a triple to put Winthrop up 10 at 16-6 at the 7:37 mark only for the Lancers to respond with a jumper on the next play. Two more Winthrop field goals extended the lead to 12 with nearly five minutes to go, forcing a Longwood timeout. The Eagles then scored another basket a minute after the timeout had ended but failed to score for the remainder of the half. The Winthrop defense was sensational in the frame, holding Longwood to three field goals and holding them scoreless for six minutes. Winthrop would lead 22-12 at the intermission.
Third Quarter | Longwood went on an 11-3 run to start the second half, cutting the lead to two at the 7:15 mark.
Elli Garnett hit a three-pointer on the next play to give the Eagles a five-point edge. Longwood then scored six more points to put them out in front 29-28 with four minutes left. But four quick points put Winthrop back in the lead nearly a minute later. The visitors knotted it up again with a triple immediately thereafter but Marc's jumper broke the tie. After Longwood tied it on the next play, back-to-back scores by
Nyah Stallings put Winthrop up five inside of a minute but a closing 6-0 run by the Lancers put them up 40-39 to start the fourth quarter.
Fourth Quarter | Two free throws by
Marissa Gasaway gave Winthrop a 41-40 lead immediately to start the quarter. Longwood responded with a jumper two minutes later only for Gasaway to score while being fouled. Her ensuing free throw put Winthrop up 44-42 at the 6:48 mark. After a Lancer free throw, Gasaway hit two more field goals to extend the margin to five with less than five minutes left. Garnett then hit three big free throws to lead by eight at the 3:26 mark. Longwood scored four points to cut the margin in half with 51 seconds left but Ryce's layup on the fast break put Winthrop up six a few seconds later. Longwood scored seven of the final nine points to account for the final margin.
Statistical Standouts (Team)
- Winthrop moves to 609-904 all-time as a program.
- Winthrop moves to 208-373 in Big South regular-season games.
- Winthrop moves to 350-326 all-time at home.
- Winthrop sweeps the Lancers for the second straight year.
- Winthrop has scored 50 or more points in the last eight games.
- Leonor Paisana is currently ninth in school history in career triples made (88).
- She is also 14 points away from 500 in her career.
- Semeka Randall-Lay captured her 100th career coaching victory.
- Both teams shot 31% from the field.
- Winthrop shot 73% from the free throw line.
- Winthrop shot 33% from three-point range.
- Winthrop held the Lancers to 20% from three-point range.
- Winthrop held Longwood to only five made field goals in the first half.
- There were seven lead changes and six ties.
- Winthrop outscored Longwood in points off turnovers and 19-16 and 10-7 in fast break points.
- Gasaway notched a double-double of 13 points and 14 rebounds, her sixth double double on the season.
- This was her 12th double figure game this season in rebounding and her ninth double figure game this season in scoring.
- This was Garnett's first game this season in double figures in rebounding, which was a career-high for her.
Statistical Standouts (Individual)
Marissa Gasaway (29 min, 5-7 FT, 14 rebounds, 13 pts)
Elli Garnett (22 min, 11 rebounds, 8 pts)
Up Next
Winthrop concludes a two-game home stand on Wednesday., Feb. 14 as the Eagles host Radford at 6 p.m. on ESPN+.
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