Lynx Men Win at ONU

[January 16, 2019] 

The Lincoln College Men’s Basketball team traveled to Bourbonnais, Illinois Tuesday evening for a matchup with Olivet Nazarene University and returned with a hard-fought 87-75 victory. The win improves Lincoln’s record to 15-7 on the season.

The Lynx got off to a rocky start in the game and trailed in the opening minutes 12-1. LC then regrouped and began to chip away at the ONU lead and eventually went into halftime down by just one point (44-43). Lincoln came out with more confidence in the second half and improved their shooting percentage to 50% which helped them take the lead and achieve the 12-point victory.

Lincoln guards Lejavius Johnson (Glenwood) and Trayvon Tyler (Rockford) combined for 44 points with Johnson accounting for 22 and Tyler 20. Darnell Latham Jr. (Chicago) poured in 14 points and senior forward Julian Powell (Baytown, TX) recorded another double–double by scoring 11 points and grabbing a team-high 12 rebounds. Sophomore forward Tyrone Wright from St. Louis, Missouri gave LC a much needed boost coming off the bench to score 14 points and pull down five rebounds.

Lincoln College Assistant Coach Edwind McGhee was impressed with the team’s ability to recover from their early-game troubles. “We had to be resilient in order to earn this win,” said McGhee. “It helped that we got some great production off the bench from Tyrone, and the guys didn’t let getting behind early stop them from sticking to our game plan and working hard to get back in the game.”

Lincoln’s next game will be on January 17th at Lincoln Christian University. Tip-off is set for 7:00 PM.

[Mark Tippett
Lincoln College
Sports Information]