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LC Lynx 75, IL Wesleyan JV 65

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[February 04, 2010]  In their first game of the new year, the Lincoln College Lynx hosted the Illinois Wesleyan JV Thursday night and won 75-65.

Lynx coach Kirk Whiteman said his team didn’t focus to start the game.

"IWU really came out and took it to us in offensive transition and quite honestly beating us to every loose ball!" he said. "They played with great energy, and I was very disappointed in our overall effort in the first half. We went into halftime down 36-37.

"However, we started the second half with much more intensity for the first 10-12 minutes to push the lead up to 16 points. Our defense created some offense for us and Louie Schonauer hit three of his game-high four 3-pointers during this stretch. DeMarius Sumrell couldn't do anything right defensively in the first half (but) really sparked us on his off-the-ball defense with some great steals, while Kenyon Smith did a better job of keeping his man in front of him defensively. The first 12 minutes of the second half won the game for us.

"We did a great job of sharing the basketball, which this team has done all year long. Very unselfish group of players that was represented in our balanced scoring attack. Kiel Turpin and Louie Schonauer led Lincoln with 14 points each. Kenyon Smith, Kyler Works had 11 points each, while Chris Ware chipped in 10 points."

Lincoln improves to 12-4 (2-0) on the season.

Lincoln travels to Parkland on Saturday to play a conference game at 4 p.m.

[Text from file received from Kirk Whiteman, Lincoln College]

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