Lanphier beats Lincoln 42-32

[January 09, 2022] The Lanphier Lions slid into town Saturday night and caught the Railers on an extremely cold shooting night at  Roy S. Anderson and the end result featured the Lions on top 42-32. 

Lanphier skated out to a 3-0 lead but it didn’t take Camden Nelson long to give Lincoln the lead. Nelson’s three in front of the Lions bench tied the game and then his next three gave Lincoln a 6-3 advantage. A dunk by Tye Banks fired up the Lanphier crowd, with the score now 6-5. Payton Cook’s basket and the ‘and one’ stretched the Lincoln lead to 9-5. After a Lanphier miss at the buzzer, the Railers held onto that 9-5 first quarter lead.

Baskets by Banks and Randy Rice, Jr. tied the game in the second quarter. A free throw by Rice would actually put the Lions on top 10-9. Lincoln was able to jump in front 11-10 for a hot minute after Nelson collected the rebound on his own missed three and he quickly tossed it back up and in for two points. That basket would be the only one to go through the net for Lincoln in the second quarter. Freshman JaiQuan Holman would sink back-to-back threes for the Lions to close out the second quarter scoring. Lanphier jogged to the locker room with a little more pep in their step, holding on to a 16-11 lead over Lincoln. 

The Railers tried to rally in the third quarter, edging the Lions 8-7 in the scoring column. A layup from Jake Bivin and two threes from Elijah Pollice attributed to the offense and at the end of three quarters of action, Lincoln trailed 23-19.

The Railers desperately played catch-up in the fourth quarter. Midway through the quarter, Lincoln still trailed 31-26 after a bank shot from Cook. But with the likes of Banks and Rice, along with their supporting cast pouring the baskets in, the Railers found themselves on the losing end of this one, 42-32 the final score. 

Elijah Pollice led Lincoln with 12 points.

Tye Banks led all scorers with 15 points. Randy Rice, Jr. tossed in 12 points for Lanphier. 

The Railers fall to 14-2 on the season. 

In the JV contest, the Railers picked up a 53-32 win over the Lions. Trey Schilling led the Railers with 18 points. Drew Hayes and Ki’on Carson each scored 11 points for Lincoln. 

Lincoln hosts the Quincy Blue Devils next Saturday night at Roy S. Anderson Gymnasium. The JV game is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. The Varsity will tip-off at 7:30 p.m.

Varsity scoring

Lincoln 32

Pollice 12

Nelson 8

Cook 5

Bivin 4

Hayes 3

Lanphier 42

Banks 15

Rice 12

Holman 8

Kincaid 4

Robinson 3

JV scoring 

Lincoln 53

Schilling 18

Hayes 11

Ki’on Carson 11

Miller 6

Meagher 5

Ka’ni Carson 2

Lanphier 32

Bates 12

Johnson-Herris 7

Hatchett 5

Criss 4

Kirkwood 4

[Teena Lowery]