Lincoln College Women's Basketball picks up two more wins over Homecoming weekend

[November 13, 2017] 

The Lincoln College Women’s Basketball Team improved to 5-0 on the season over the weekend with wins over Kishwaukee College and Black Hawk College.

Friday evening at Jack D. Nutt Arena the Lady Lynx blew out Kishwaukee College 106-17. Lincoln had seven players in double figures with Kaleia Monteiro (Rockford, IL) leading the way scoring 20 points. Monteiro also pulled down 15 rebounds in the win.

Saturday afternoon at Jack D. Nutt Arena the Lady Lynx dominated Black Hawk College from the tip-off. Lincoln had a 36-26 halftime lead over the Braves. The Lady Lynx turned it up a notch in the second half and put up 50 points on the scoreboard to come away with the 86-49 victory.

Lincoln Head Coach Matt Vavro was pleased with his team’s performance and said following the win Saturday, "I thought the girls played hard in the first half, which I like, but we missed about 7-10 shots within like five feet. We were up ten and we very well easily could have been up by twenty. We kind of kept them (Black Hawk) in the game at halftime, so I emphasized to slow down, take your time a little bit and finish. I thought our defense and intensity really picked up in the third quarter and defense led into offense and we got into transition and opened the game up a bit. We got up by 25, so the defense created some offense in the second half. That was big.”

Erynn Young (Indianapolis, IN scores two of her 24 points on Saturday afternoon at Jack D. Nutt Arena. Young led all scorers as the Lady Lynx defeated Black Hawk College 86-49 in front of a Homecoming crowd

Erynn Young had a great game Saturday afternoon and many of the fans in the stands were buzzing about the 6’0 sophomore’s performance. "Erynn played well,” said Coach Vavro. "She had a good overall game. When she gets the ball in the open court, she is hard to stop.”

Whitney Gines (Cahokia, IL) scores two points in the paint for Lincoln College Saturday afternoon against Black Hawk College.

Young finished with 24 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals.

The Lady Lynx will play on the road for the remainder of November, but the team is back home December 1-2 to host the Hampton Inn Classic. Lincoln will play Carl Sandburg at 7:30 p.m. on December 1st and Sauk Valley at 2 p.m. on December 2nd.

Lincoln stats versus Kishwaukee:

Allysha Boothe 13 points 5 assists
Nautica Preston 13 points
Grace Schroeder 9 points 5 rebounds
Kaleia Monteiro 20 points 15 rebounds
Elizabeth Bankole 10 points 8 rebounds
Erynn Young 18 points 3 rebounds 3 assists
Emoni Smith 12 points 4 assists
Whitney Gines 11 points 10 rebounds

Lincoln stats versus Black Hawk

Allysha Boothe 21 points 4 rebounds
Nautica Preston 9 points
Grace Schroeder 4 points 8 rebounds
Kaleia Monteiro 10 points 17 rebounds
Elizabeth Bankole 10 points 11 rebounds
Erynn Young 24 points 5 rebounds 5 assists 4 steals
Emoni Smith 4 points 3 rebounds
Whitney Gines 4 points 3 rebounds

[Teena Lowery]