Lady Railers remain unbeaten with win over Mattoon
Kloe Froebe scores 28 points in the 57-32 win

[December 03, 2022]  The Lady Railers beat the Mattoon Green Wave 57-32 on Friday night at Roy S. Anderson Gymnasium as Lincoln remains undefeated with an 8-0 record.

The Lady Railers led 19-7 after the first quarter. Kloe Froebe poured in 11 points early and Becca Heitzig and Taryn Stoltzenburg each added four points.

Froebe connected for a three to begin the Lady Railers scoring in the second quarter. After a couple free throws by the Green Wave made the score 22-9, the Lady Railers shut down the Mattoon offense for the rest of the quarter. Lincoln used a 13-0 run in the second quarter to put the Green Wave in a 35-9 deficit at the half.
 

The Lady Railers continued to impress in the third quarter with their defense, ball movement and just overall hustle. Heitzig’s nice pass to Bowman for the bucket stretched the lead to 37-9. The Green Wave would finally hit double-digits on a three at the 7:05 mark. But Heitzig hit back-to-back baskets to make the score 41-12. She’s really mastered that 3 foot jumper in the lane and it’s a thing of beauty. With just under two minutes left in the quarter, Froebe extended the lead to 46-19. Enter freshman Mia Clark into the game and this girl doesn’t hesitate to look for a shot. Clark hit a jumper to make the score 48-19. After a quick steal by Froebe, she drove to the basket for a left-handed layup and after making the ‘and one’ the Lincoln lead was 51-19. Clark drove the lane one more time when she touched the ball and her basket with 46.4 on the third quarter clock allowed the Lady Railers to take a 53-19 lead. Lincoln took this huge lead into the fourth quarter and with it comes the running clock.

The starters were given a rest for the majority of the fourth quarter and with the bench taking over, the game would end pretty quickly. As the sound of the buzzer rattled inside Roy S. Anderson, the Lady Railers walked off the court with a 57-32 win.

Kloe Froebe led Lincoln with 28 points. Becca Heitzig scored 13 points for the Lady Railers.

Lincoln improved their record to 8-0 on the season.

In the JV game, Lincoln defeated Mattoon 61-28.

Four Lady Railers scored in double-figures: Lily Holmes (12), Grace Schneider (12), Piper Whiteman (11) and Makinley Knapp (10).

The JV team improved to 3-0 on the season.

The Lady Railers have a few days off before traveling to Rantoul Monday night. The JV game will start at 6 p.m. and the Varsity is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

Varsity scoring

Lincoln 57
Froebe 28
Heitzig 13
Clark 6
Bowman 4
Stoltzenburg 4
Geriets 2

Mattoon 32
Sanders 13
Maple 11
Conyers 3
Golding 2
Ghere 2
Powers 1

JV scoring

Lincoln 61
Holmes 12
Schneider 12
Whiteman 11
Knapp 10
McCloud 6
Clark 4
Adams 2
Harper 2
Kurka 2

Mattoon 28
Larson 7
Powers 6
Lathrop 4
Golding 4
Duncan 3
Otto 2
Titus 2

[Teena Lowery]