Lincoln Lady Railers dominate Bloomington Purple Raiders on the
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[December 09, 2016]
Lincoln outlasted Bloomington 70-62 on Thursday evening with
Lincoln’s Kaelyn Froebe and Kennedy Lolling combined score 51 of the
team’s season high 70 points.
The Lady Railers hosted the Bloomington Purple Raiders at Roy S.
Anderson Gymnasium Thursday night and while pronouncing Railers and
Raiders can get a little confusing, there was no doubt about who
dominated in this matchup.
The Lady Railers were hot from the get-go. Kaelyn Froebe started the
offensive attack by scoring the first eight points for the Lady
Railers, while the Purple Raiders were scoreless. A pass from Froebe
to Kennedy Lolling for the layup gave the Lady Railers a 10-4 lead
and this game was moving quickly.
The Purple Raiders kept the game at a fast pace in the first quarter
and a steal and layup by Erica Williams would tie the game at 10-10
around the 3:00 mark.
The Lolling twins then kicked things into high gear and as Morgan
Lolling finished the first quarter scoring for Lincoln with a three,
the Lady Railers were up 15-13 over Bloomington.
Froebe’s jumper and Kennedy Lolling’s fast break layup just inside
the second quarter put the Lady Railers up 19-13.
The Purple Raiders certainly were not resting on their heels in this
one, but Froebe and Kennedy Lolling just kept the points coming.
Kennedy Lolling came up big with a three point basket at the 5:00
mark and good thing because the 24-18 Lady Railers lead would be
short-lived.
Ellie Weltha, Kamaria Gant and Olivia Falls ran off the next six
points for Bloomington and it’s a brand new ballgame with the score
24-24.
The Lady Railers would get their next five points from free throws
by Froebe, Hailie Williams and Emma Konczyk and Lincoln was back on
top, 29-25 the score.
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With just
under a minute to play in the first half, Williams hit a three for
Lincoln to give them a 32-26 lead that would remain until the buzzer
sounded.
Whatever Lincoln Head Coach Taylor Richmond told the ladies in the
locker room at halftime, certainly seemed to fire them up a bit.
Although, Froebe and Kennedy Lolling emerged from the locker room
still on fire. Froebe quickly hit a three while Kennedy Lolling ran
down court for a layup and the lead was getting comfortable again
for Lincoln, 37-26 the score.
Gant connected for a three for Bloomington but then it was Kennedy
Lolling with the explosive three of her own and the Lady Railers
lead was 40-29.
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Kennedy
Lolling continued to combust and she outran the pack for three more
layups in the quarter, bringing her third quarter total to 11 points
and contributing in a big way to the 50-37 Lincoln lead here.
A solid
quarter all around for Lincoln, outscoring Bloomington 18-11 in
those eight minutes of play.
The Purple Raiders were not ready to surrender just yet and they
came out in the fourth quarter quickly scoring the first four points
to close the gap to 50-41.
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Lincoln took
a turn to show just how quickly they can put points up on the board
and graciously went on a 7-0 run and a nice commanding 16 point
lead, 57-41 with just under 5:00 left to play in the ballgame.
Lincoln managed to hold that lead until around the 2:00 mark. After
Froebe’s layup that made the score 65-48, things began to go south
for Lincoln. In this case actually, things went in favor of the team
from the north.
Bloomington went on a 9-0 run late in the fourth quarter and just
like that the score was 65-57 with 1:18 left to play.
Free throws would be a little hit and miss for both teams in the
final minute and with Lincoln having the big lead to fall back on,
the Lady Railers prevailed and hit the 70 point mark with the win,
70-62 the final over Bloomington.
Kaelyn Froebe led Lincoln with 26 points and Kennedy Lolling was as
close as one get in second place with 25 points. A great effort from
these two juniors who were helped by Hailie Williams with 9 points,
Morgan Lolling with 7 points, and Emma Konczyk, who came off the
bench to score 3 points.
Just a little note, while Froebe was dropping 26 points on
Bloomington, her mom, Kari Froebe, was guiding the 7th grade WLB
Wolverines to a state championship. Not a bad night in the Froebe
household. Congratulations to all!
Lincoln’s next game is this Saturday at Jacksonville. The JV is
scheduled for 11 a.m. and the Varsity is scheduled for 12:30 p.m.
The Lady Railers record improves to 3-5 on the season.
[Teena Lowery] |