Belleville East tops Lincoln 42-28

[December 30, 2022]  The Railers lost to the Belleville East Lancers 42-28 on Thursday in the 2022 Prairie Farms Holiday Classic in Collinsville. The Lancers snapped the Railers 10-game winning streak.   

The Railers led 10-7 after the first quarter. Aidan Gowin and Camden Nelson each sank threes and Jake Bivin and Ki’on Carson also scored, guiding the Railers out to the lead.

The Lancers held the Lincoln offense to just one basket in the second quarter, a three by Payton Cook, and they took over the lead at the half. Lincoln trailed 18-13 heading into the locker room.

Lincoln had a respectable third quarter but still trailed 28-24 at the end.

Bivin and Drew Hayes each scored a basket in the fourth quarter to account for Lincoln’s four points, while the Lancers poured in 14 points and defeated the Railers by a final score of 42-28.

Lincoln falls to 11-2 on the season.

Belleville East improved to 12-0 on the season.

Lincoln 28
Bivin 8
Cook 7
Carson 5
Nelson 3
Gowin 3
Hayes 2

Belleville East 42
Wilson 15
Pickett 10
Singleton 6
Mosely 4
Muse 4
Jackson 3

[Teena Lowery]

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