FARMVILLE, Va. – The Longwood Lancers women's basketball team fell in a back-and-forth affair to the William & Mary Tribe by a score of 67-57. Adriana Shipp-Davis scored a career-high 21 points in the loss.
 
 
Longwood Statistical Leaders
 
Points: Adriana Shipp-Davis (21)
Rebounds: Adriana Shipp-Davis (7)
Assists: Bailey Williams, Anne-Hamilton LeRoy (2)
 

HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
Janay Turner opened the scoring for Longwood (1-9), hitting a layup on the game's first possession. The Lancers were active defensively to begin the quarter, generating three William & Mary (5-5) turnovers on route to an early 6-5 lead. Both teams did a great job distributing the wealth, as five players scored in the first for both the Lancers and the Tribe. After a closely contested first, Longwood held an 18-17 advantage.

Longwood again scored on its opening possession in the second quarter, this time via an Adriana Shipp-Davis triple. The Lancers continued to apply defensive pressure, generating turnovers and turning those opportunities into points. Longwood began the frame on a 13-3 run through the first five minutes of play. However, the Tribe wouldn't go away easy, responding with an 8-2 run of their own to set the score at 33-28 at the half in favor of the Lancers.

William & Mary appeared to be playing with a sense of urgency to open the second half, retaking the lead and extending it to ten at one point in the frame. However, Longwood kept the deficit in single digits at the end of the quarter thanks to buckets from Janay Turner, Brooke Anya, and Adriana Shipp-Davis.

The game remained close in the fourth quarter, as Longwood came climbing back to cut the lead to four with only four minutes remaining in the game. As time was running low, William & Mary's Sydney Wagner was huge for the Tribe, scoring eight of her team's final nine points to secure a 67-57 victory.
 

WHAT THEY SAID:
 
"We've talked a lot about having pride in our defense, so that really was a focal point of the game," said head coach Erika Lang-Montgomery on her team's defensive urgency to start the game. "We wanted to limit William & Mary's opportunities and shut them down as much as we could."

"[Adriana] wants to put the work in and be a scorer for us, she's a player that comes in before practice and stays after to get up those extra shots up," said Lang-Montgomery on Adriana Shipp-Davis. "She's a constant student of the game and it was great to see it pay off for her tonight."

"We've got to have a quick bounce back, there's not a lot of days in between [during the season]," said Lang-Montgomery on the team's quick turnaround. "We've got to shift our focus and get ready for a very good East Tennessee State team on Tuesday night."
 

ADDITIONAL NOTES:
 
Tonight's game marks the ninth all-time Division-I matchup between the Lancers and the Tribe, with William & Mary leading the series 6-3.
 
Adriana Shipp-Davis scored a career-high 21 points on an efficient 50% from the field.
 
Shipp-Davis' seven rebounds led Longwood and marked her third game of seven plus rebounds this season.
 
Janay Turner (15p) and Brooke Anya (11) also recorded double-digit points.
 
Four Lancers played 33 minutes or more in today's game.
 
Only eight players recorded minutes in today's game, the fewest in a game for Longwood this season.
 
 
UP NEXT:
 
The Lancers will head to Johnson City, Tennessee to take on East Tennessee State on Tuesday, December 20^th. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. from the J. Madison Brooks Gymnasium.

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