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Lincoln College connected on 50 percent
of its field goal attempts (15-30) in the first half and had just
six turnovers. As a result, the Lynx held a commanding 40-19 lead at
intermission.
Elgin turned up the defensive pressure
in the second half, and the Lynx had a total of 18 turnovers and
made 11 of 26 shots from the floor. Elgin never got untracked, as
they were able to connect on just 14 of 35 field goals in the second
half after shooting 9-of-32 the first half.
Lincoln College coach Carol Wilson
said: "I thought we played well the first half. Our defensive
pressure was good, especially containing Kate Marchewka, who had
been their big gun in the first two games. Our aggressiveness and
intensity was the big difference in the first half. Erica (Ernst)
played a very good game. We got a little sloppy in the second half,
but at least we played one good half of basketball."
Elgin got the first basket of the game;
however, the Lynx ran off the next seven points and never trailed
again. With Lincoln leading 11-8, the Lynx ran off 11 unanswered
points to stretch the lead to 22-8 with 9:28 left in the first half.
Elgin then made its only real run of the game, with seven straight,
only to have the Lynx outscore the Spartans 12-2 over the next seven
minutes. Elgin never closed the gap to less than 12 points in the
second half.
Ernst led the Lincoln College attack
with 20 points while Kanisha Pettis added 14. None of the Elgin
players reached double figures.
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Lincoln College (61)
-- Jehnyah Leach 0-1-1, Nicole White 1-0-2, Coretta Evans 1-0-2,
Kanisha Pettis 4-3-14, Becky Spears 1-0-2, Denise Hill 2-0-4, Nicole
Dearing 2-0-5, Dominique Gore 1-0-2, Maria Coronel 0-2-2, Erica
Ernst 8-4-20, Jessica Hamman 5-1-11, Kristin Rucks 1-0-2. Totals
26-11-69. Three-point goals: Pettis 3, Dearing.
Elgin (53)
-- Garcia 2-0-4, Harvey 4-1-9, Stoll 2-1-6, Shelton 4-0-8, Morgan
1-0-2, Lukasik 2-0-4, Seleke 2-2-6, Marchewka 4-0-9, Traylor 1-1-3,
Guihan 1-0-2. Totals 23-5-53. Three-point goals: Stoll, Marchewka.
[Bill
Martinie,
Lincoln College
sports information director]
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