Lincoln defeats O’Fallon 45-22

[December 30, 2022]  The Railers landed back in the win column on Thursday afternoon after defeating the O’Fallon Panthers 45-22 in the 2022 Prairie Farms Holiday Classic in Collinsville. The win hopefully starts another winning streak for the boys, who lost in the morning session to Belleville East.

Lincoln held an 8-5 advantage over the Panthers after the first quarter.

Threes by Nelson and Schilling allowed Lincoln to increase the lead in the second quarter. Bivin also added a bucket here and the Railers were on top 19-10 at the half.

The Railers held the Panthers scoreless in the third quarter and the lead grew to 31-10 after two 3s by Schilling and four points from Ki’on Carson.

The Railers offense was evenly distributed in the fourth quarter among five players. Nelson and Payton Cook score threes and with the Railers adjusting to the shot clock without any trouble, they pick up the 45-22 win over O’Fallon.

Camden Nelson led Lincoln with 11 points. Jake Bivin scored 10 points for the Railers.

Lincoln improves to 12-2 on the season.

O’Fallon falls to 10-4 on the season.

The Railers will play Collinsville today at 2:30 p.m. in the fifth place game.

Lincoln 45
Nelson 11
Bivin 10
Schilling 9
Cook 7
Carson 6
Kingsley 2

O’Fallon 22
Wilham 6
Gillian 6
Camden 3
Hannen 3
Rush 2
Mitchell 2

[Teena Lowery with photos by Cindy Bivin]