Railers fall to Mahomet-Seymour 60-55

[February 22, 2021]  The Lincoln Railers hosted Mahomet-Seymour Friday night and the Bulldogs left town with a 60-55 win.

Lincoln held a 5-2 lead early with Elijah Pollice rattling off the first Railer buckets.

Lincoln continued to hold a slim 10-8 advantage after a three by Brody Whiteman midway through the quarter. The Bulldogs then took a 12-10 lead but a baseline drive by Whiteman tied the game.

Landon Hullinger would put the Railers back in front with a three, 15-12 the score with 1:44 on the clock.

Back-to-back baskets by Dylan Singleton finished the Railers first quarter offense and gave Lincoln a 19-13 lead.

Singleton was on the run in the second quarter and poured in a quick layup to stretch the lead to 21-13. After a steal and layup by Singleton, the Railers held their biggest lead at 23-15. Around the 3:00 mark Pollice saw an opening in the lane and went for it. His bucket put the Railers up 25-18.

The remaining minutes of the second quarter belonged to the Bulldogs. A 7-0 run by Mahomet-Seymour tied the score 25-25 and after a couple missed shots by the Railers just ahead of the buzzer, the halftime score was in the books.

Whiteman’s baseline jumper early in the third quarter gave Lincoln their last lead of the game, 27-25 the score. In a matter of minutes, the game was all Bulldogs and they quickly went ahead 37-29.

The Railers drew close after a Hullinger three with 1:22 left in the third, but still 40-35 was the Bulldogs lead. That lead grew to 44-35 as the quarter ended.

Singleton scored the first six points for Lincoln in the fourth quarter, just keeping pace with Mahomet-Seymour.

Whiteman continued his impressive offensive effort and he would score six points in the quarter, but the Bulldogs would put four in double-figures on this night and continue to dominate Lincoln in the final minutes of play.

The Railers got four points out of Jaden Klopp down the stretch and Singleton poured in a couple more baskets just before fouling out with 26.3 seconds left and the score 57-53.

In the final seconds Whiteman scored the last Railers basket. The final score was set 60-55.

Dylan Singleton led the Railers with 23 points. Brody Whiteman scored 15 points for Lincoln.

The Railers record falls to 4-2.

In the JV contest Mahomet-Seymour defeated Lincoln 50-28.

Lincoln will play at Sacred Heart-Griffin today. The JV game will start at 1 p.m. The Varsity will start at 2:30 p.m.
 

Varsity scoring

Lincoln 55

Singleton 23
Whiteman 15
Pollice 7
Hullinger 6
Klopp 4

Mahomet-Seymour 60

Wolters 14
Carr 11
Warren 11
Koller 10
Travis 8
Finch 3
Nierenhausen 2
McCullough 1

JV scoring

Lincoln 28

Nelson 6
Kingsley 4
Cook 4
Gowin 4
Bivin 3
Schilling 3
Meagher 3
Schmidt 1

Mahomet-Seymour 50

Eisenman 14
Goldon 10
Wolters 8
Rogers 6
Bohm 4
Waldinger 3
Dyer 3
Selk 2


[Teena Lowery]
 

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