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Longwood University took an 87-83 men’s basketball victory on the road at Fairleigh Dickinson University of the Northeast Conference Monday afternoon in Hackensack, New Jersey. The Lancers (7-12) closed the first half with a 16-6 run to lead 37-33 at halftime, and secured their second road win in three games with 6-8 free throws in…
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The Virginia women’s basketball team fell on the road at eighth-ranked Maryland, 68-61, Monday (Jan. 16) at Comcast Center. Junior guard Lexie Gerson (Fort Washington, Pa.) was one of four UVa scorers in double figures, scoring 15 points. Virginia’s record went to 14-5 overall and 2-3 in Atlantic Coast Conference play. Maryland remained unbeaten at…
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The 2012 Session of the General Assembly got off to an inauspicious start. Precedent was ignored and the 60 day session began under the shadow of a lawsuit. A brief explanation: Twice before, houses of the Virginia General Assembly have been evenly divided. In 1996 the Senate was divided, 20 Democrats and 20 Republicans. In…
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Longwood University dropped an 83-67 men’s basketball decision on the road at Dartmouth College of the Ivy League Saturday afternoon in Hanover, New Hampshire. The Lancers (6-12) trailed 41-30 at halftime before battling back to tie the game at 52-52 with 10:24 remaining, and were within 64-59 at 5:33, before the Big Green (4-13) closed…
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Just like football can be a game of inches, basketball can be a game of one or two missed shots. The Eastern Mennonite men wasted a career game from Dajon Daniel (Fredericksburg, VA/Mountain View) by shooting just 55% from the free throw line in a 79-73 loss at Guilford. Daniel nailed all five of his…
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Senior guard Ariana Moorer (Woodbridge, Va.) netted her 1,000th-career point as the Virginia women’s basketball team (14-4, 2-2 ACC) topped Virginia Tech, 52-39, Thursday at John Paul Jones Arena. The victory also marked the 800th win in the history of the Cavalier program. Moorer finished with 11 points, one of three Virginia players in double…
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Tim Kaine didn’t run for governor in 2005 promising to cut the state budget to the bone, but that’s pretty much what he had to do as the state faced down the recession a year into his term. The key lesson that he learned: You can’t do across-the-board cuts. “Everything isn’t worth everything else,” said…
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On Jan. 26th, Fort Knox Recording artists See-I will bring their unique brand of reggae – injected with heavy doses of funk, soul, dub and rock – to the Jefferson Theater in Charlottesville alongside Yellow Dubmarine. See-I is hot on the heels of a successful Fall Tour as well as their recently released See-I Remixed…
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Longwood University battled for a hard-fought 79-77 come-from-behind men’s basketball victory on the road at Brown University of the Ivy League Wednesday night in Providence, Rhode Island. The Lancers (6-11) trailed the Bears (5-11) by as many as 13 points late in the first half, and were behind 75-68 late in the game before outscoring…
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Just when it looked like the Runnin Royals would have the final say, Randolph-Macon turned the tables and won with a three pointer at the buzzer. For the second time this season, R-MC stole a win with a last second bomb, this time a 74-71 decision in Harrisonburg Wednesday night. Big man Owen Longacre (Telford,…
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