Lady Railers surge past Rochester in fourth quarter

[January 23, 2026]  Paisley Holmes scored seven points in the fourth quarter to lead the Lady Railers to a 35-25 Central State Eight Conference win over the Rochester Rockets on Thursday night.

Lincoln was trailing Rochester 26-22 when the third quarter ended. Holmes and the Lady Railers outscored the Rockets 13-3 in the final quarter to take the win.

The Rockets led for three quarters of the game, taking a 9-7 lead after the first quarter and a 15-13 lead at the half.

Paisley Holmes led Lincoln with 11 points. She is a freshman.

Lincoln improved to 14-7.

The Lincoln JV team won 29-26 over Rochester.

Ella Schneider led the JV team with 12 points and Sage Gilbert scored 10 points for Lincoln.

The Lady Railers game at Champaign Centennial on Saturday has been cancelled.

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Varsity scoring
Lincoln 35

P. Holmes 11
Clark 8
Bivin 8
L. Holmes 6
Schneider 2

Rochester 25
Farris 11
Stock 4
Christmon 3
Bialas 3
Heatherage 2
Riedle 2

JV scoring
Lincoln 29

E. Schneider 12
S. Gilbert 10
Hutchison 5
Chen 2

Rochester 26
Henry 6
Bialas 6
Lovett 5
Riedle 3
Kavanagh 2
Christmon 2
Farris 2

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