Lincoln Railers defeat Washington 70-43
Game proceeds in memory of Washington Panthers coach Kevin Brown

[January 24, 2020]  Thursday night at Roy S. Anderson Gymnasium featured a non-conference matchup with the Lincoln Railers and the Washington Panthers. While the Railers easily handled the Panthers 70-43 on the court, much of the focus was off the court.

The night's proceeds included donations, t-shirt sales and a 50-50 raffle in memory of Washington Panthers coach Kevin Brown, who lost his battle with Glioblastoma on June 11, 2019 at the age of 50. Coach Neil Alexander shared a friendship with Brown and his wife, Jodi.

A statement from Coach Alexander was read to the crowd before the game. [See speech separate below this article.]

On the court it was the Railers running out to a quick 9-0 lead to start the game.

That would escalate to a 15-3 lead after Landon Hullinger chose to sink consecutive threes. Lincoln’s man in the middle stepped out to the corner by the Washington bench to connect for his first one and then on the next possession Hullinger decided to pop out to the opposite corner and hit another three.

Kameron Whiteman would sink a three for Lincoln with 1:14 showing on the clock and that would give the Railers an 18-3 lead that stuck as the first quarter ended in the blink of an eye.

The second quarter flew by just as fast and after Dylan Singleton hit back-to-back threes the Railers lead was 26-6. A couple more Lincoln threes coupled with some two-point field goals allowed the Railers a comfortable 36-21 lead at the half.

With the Railers in a groove raining threes in the first half, they didn’t miss a beat to start the second half. Kaden Froebe began the third quarter with a three for Lincoln.

Singleton continued to be on fire from beyond the arc as well.

After the quick hands of Will Ewald stole the ball twice, it was Lincoln doubling-up on the Panthers with a 52-26 lead just midway through the third quarter.

Field goals from Froebe and Singleton finished out the third quarter on a rather quiet note and Lincoln dominated to the tune of 56-35 over the Panthers.

Coach Alexander brought in some of his bench for most of the fourth quarter and it was still pretty much the same story.

Adam Grunder hit two threes for the Railers, nothing but net from the smooth junior.

Kameron Whiteman poured in six points in the lane for Lincoln, as one of the only starters to stay on the court and run the show.

Seth Tungate also dropped in two points in the lane in the quarter.

Lincoln ran through the motions pretty quickly in this game and with the early start, everyone was shaking hands around 8:15 p.m. and the final was 70-43.

Kameron Whiteman led Lincoln with 17 points. Dylan Singleton made his 16 points look fairly easy on this night as he hit four threes for the Railers. Kaden Froebe tossed in 12 points for Lincoln.

Lincoln improves to 17-2 on the season.

In the JV contest Lincoln held on to win 29-26 over Washington.

Scotty Battin and Brody Whiteman each hit free throws with seconds remaining to secure the win.

Elijah Pollice lead the Railers JV with 13 points. Brody Whiteman had 12 points.

The Railers play at Morton tonight with the games being moved up a half hour earlier again. Start time for the JV game is 5:30 p.m. The Varsity will start at 7:00 p.m.

Varsity scoring

Lincoln 70

K. Whiteman 17
Singleton 16
Froebe 12
Hullinger 9
Ewald 8
Grunder 6
Tungate 2

Washington 43

Mountz 9
Mapson 9
Lucas 7
Coker 6
Vanderheydt 6
Pollitt 3
Lewis 2

JV scoring

Lincoln 29

Pollice 13
B. Whiteman 12
Battin 2
Koehler 1
Klopp 1

Washington 26

Stewart 10
Johnson 9
White 4
Biedscheid 2
Kienitz 1

[Teena Lowery]