Lynx Men defeat SAU by 18

[January 05, 2019] 

The Lincoln College Men’s Basketball team continued their winning ways on Thursday with an 83-65 win at home over the visiting St. Ambrose University Bees (NAIA).

St. Ambrose came out strong to start the game, but Lincoln would turn things around in the second half. Midway through the first half of play, the Bees enjoyed an 11-point lead. That lead would grow to 16 points with under two minutes left in the half, but a five-point run by the Lynx cut the SAU lead to 34-23 and gave LC some positive momentum going into the break.

Lincoln was able to continue where they left off in the first half by going on a 7-0 run to start the second and further cut into the St. Ambrose lead. LC grabbed their first lead of the game at the 13:48 mark when a bucket by senior point guard Lejavius Johnson (Glenwood) put the Lynx ahead 43-42. Lincoln went on to score ten unanswered points to take a commanding 53-42 lead. Once in control, the Lynx were able to cruise to the 83-65 victory and extend their winning streak to seven games in a row.

Trayvon Tyler (Rockford) led Lincoln in scoring with 24 points going 3-for-8 from beyond the three-point arc. Other Lynx to reach double-digits in scoring included Chicago natives J.J. Turner (17) and Darnell Latham Jr. (14) as well as Lejavius Johnson (13). Senior forward Julian Powell grabbed a team-high 12 rebounds.

Lincoln (13-6) will be in action next on January 11th when they will play a road game against the #17 ranked College of the Ozarks at 2:00 PM.

[Mark Tippett
Lincoln College
Sports Information]