FARMVILLE, Va. – Led by junior guard Lucy Mason (Stone Mountain, Ga./Chamblee Charter) who scored a season-high 24 points, the UNCG women's basketball team earned a tough 70-64 road victory against Longwood Monday night at Willett Hall.

UNCG improves to 2-2 with its second road win of the season. The Spartans improve their all-time record against the Lancers with a 16-11 record. Longwood fell to 0-4 with the loss.

Mason scored 14 points in the second half to help fuel the Spartans victory. She was 7-for-8 from the free throw line to help seal the win. Senior Jarae Savage (Marietta, Ga./North Cobb) poured in 14 points on 4-of-12 shooting with a team-best seven rebounds. Sophomore India Timpton (Charlotte, N.C./Myers Park) set a new career high with nine points and senior guard Jessica Collins (Raleigh, N.C./Wakefield/Eckerd College) had eight points.

The Blue and Gold shot a solid 41.1 percent from the field on 23-of-56 from the field. UNCG finished 21-for-27 from the free throw line only missing six in the win.

UNCG won the battle of the boards pulling down 34 rebounds to Longwood's 33. The Spartans were active on the defensive end forcing 26 turnovers for Longwood and swiped 13 steals. The Blue and Gold scored 24 points off turnovers and in both wins this season have scored 70 total points.

In the first half, the Spartans jumped out to an 8-2 lead off two free throws from Collins. The Lancers answered with a 7-0 run capped by a jumper from Raven Williams with 14 minutes left in the half. UNCG would go up seven off a 10-2 run off a layup from sophomore Shanese Harris (Chesapeake, Va/Western Branch) to lead 18-11 with under 10 minutes left.

The Blue and Gold held a 27-21 lead with under four minutes to go when Longwood would go on a 7-1 run thanks to layup and foul shot from Kyndal Skersick to tie the game at 28-28. Mason hit a go-ahead jumper with eight seconds left on the clock to give UNCG a 32-30 lead at the half.

Mason led all scorers with 10 points on 4-for-6 shooting at the end the half. Timpton set her career-high with nine first-half points on 3-of-3 from the field.

In the second stanza, Longwood used an 18-11 run to push ahead 48-41 off a three-pointer from Raven Williams with 14 minutes left in the game. A key moment came a minute later when Skersick missed an open three that led to 7-2 Spartans run to cut the lead to 50-48 on a made three-pointer from Collins.

In a game that had the lead change hands 11 times, UNCG would battle through by hitting key free throws down the stretch. With under nine minutes left, Mason and Harris made back-to-back layups to give the visitors a 56-52 lead.

Longwood would answer with a 5-0 run on a layup by Khalilah Ali to give the Lancers a 57-56 lead. The Spartans would re-take the lead for good with a 6-0 spurt off a layup from Mason to give UNCG a 62-57 lead with five minutes left.

UNCG would hit 6-of-8 free throws the rest of the game to salt away the victory.