HIGH POINT – High Point University sophomore Shamia Brown recorded her first double-double of the season with 17 points and 12 rebounds, but it wasn’t enough as the Panthers fell 76-68 to Longwood on Friday at the Millis Center.

HPU drops to 4-6. Longwood improves to 4-8.

“I thought the game was lost in the first 10 minutes, not the last five,” HPU head coach Tooey Loy said. “Longwood came out with more intensity and focus than we did. The layoff and the week of exams looked like it wore on us. That is not an excuse because you have to be ready to play every time out. We just didn’t have it tonight. You got to be ready to go every night and tonight we weren’t.”

With the game knotted at 59-59 with just over four minutes remaining, the Lancers went on a 7-0 run to take their largest lead of the game, 66-59 with a little under three minutes to go.

The Panthers pulled within 66-63 with just over two minutes left, but could not pull any closer.

The game was tied 29-29 at halftime. Brown scored 13 points in the first half and grabbed nine rebounds to lead High Point.

High Point will travel to Gainesville, Fla., to play in the Gator Holiday Classic. The Panthers will open the holiday tournament against William & Mary on Sunday at 4:30 p.m. before facing either the University of Florida or Southern University on Monday.