Basketball Recap: Longwood Makes It Eight in a Row at Home

Longwood is still undefeated this season after their match against Collins on Wednesday, but Collins came as close as anyone has to beating them. The Longwood Panthers skirted past the Collins Warriors 27-25. That's two games straight that the Panthers have won by exactly two points.

Panthers

Previous Games (Home)

01/29/25 vs Collins	27-25
01/22/25 vs Bowen	2-0
12/16/24 vs Little Village	2-0
12/13/24 vs Goode STEM Academy	34-28
12/11/24 vs Harlan	42-5
+ 3 more games

Longwood pushed their record up to 11-0 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. The wins didn't necessarily come from the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they only averaged 22.1 points per game. As for Collins, their loss dropped their record down to 11-3.

Longwood will be playing at home against Corliss at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Longwood's defense has only allowed 13.2 points per game this season, so Corliss' offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Collins, they will head out on the road to take on Woodlawn at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Collins is facing Woodlawn at the right time seeing as Woodlawn is stuck on a five-game losing streak.