Razorbacks Run Over Lancers
Expectations can’t be too high when you head into an SEC arena. Longwood visited Arkansas today and fell 112–63 to the Razorbacks. To say this game was ugly would be an understatement. The contest was littered with 44 fouls, 24 of which were from Longwood. Both Jeylani Dublin and Lucas Woodhouse had four fouls at halftime and Dublin fouled out only a couple of minutes in the second half.
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Leading Arkansas was NBA prospect BJ Young who was suspended for the Razorback first game versus Sam Houston State. Young finished the game with 23 points and 5 assists. Marshawn Powell also had a good night with 16 points. Four Razorbacks came off the bench to score double figures, including Anthlon Bell who added 16 points. Probably the biggest discrepancy in the game was 27 assists to Longwood’s 7.
For the Lancers the high point was once again freshman Michael Kessens. Kessens had another impressive stat-line with 17 points, 11 rebounds, 3 steals, and 2 blocks. TT Carey and David Robinson were the other two Lancers in double figures with 12 and 11 points respectively. Longwood was out-rebounded on the evening 46 to 30.
Freshman point guard Nik Brown made his second start of the season and continued to find a rhythm while shooting a high volume of shots in the first half. Brown was two for eight on the night, which brings him to 5 for 24 on the year. He only had one assists, but did add 5 rebounds on his four point night. For the Lancers to be successful they are going to need Brown to become a better distributor of the ball and fine tune his shot selection. Hopefully growing pains like the last two games will subside as the season goes on.
From here Longwood will head to Omaha to take on the nation’s fifteenth ranked team Creighton. The Blue Jays moved to 3–0 on the year today as they downed Big South rival Presbyterian today 87–58. Tuesday’s game versus Creighton will air on ESPN3.
