Lady Railers suffer a 52-44 loss to Peoria

[January 24, 2022] 

Saturday night in the Downstate Classic in Galesburg the Lady Railers faced another state-ranked opponent in no. 3 Peoria. 

Peoria was entering the evening riding a seven-game winning streak, while no. 6 Lincoln was in the midst of a three-game losing skid. 

Lincoln found themselves in the running after the first quarter, trailing just 9-8. Froebe poured in five first quarter points for Lincoln. 

Lincoln would take a 10-9 lead early in the second quarter on the drive by Froebe. Becca Heitzig made the score 12-9 with her basket. Lincoln would even garner a 16-13 lead after Taryn Stoltzenburg scored two points. But Aaliyah Guyton, a sophomore, would bring Peoria back with a three and a coast-to-coast layup that put the Lions on top 18-16. Froebe tied the game on two free throws and immediately after it was Reese McCuan getting the lead back for Lincoln with a couple points in the paint. Guyton would knot the score at 20-20 with just over a minute left in the second quarter. Just before the quarter ended, two free throws by Froebe gave Lincoln the 22-21 lead.

The Lady Railers got baskets in the third quarter from Taryn Stoltzenburg, Imagin Werner, Heitzig and Froebe but the Lions forged ahead with Guyton leading the way with nine points. At the end of three quarters, the Lions were in front 38-32. 

Froebe hit a three to start the fourth quarter and this pulled Lincoln to within three points, 38-35 the score. Back-to-back threes by the Lions extended their lead to 44-35. With the Lady Railers not backing down, the score was 46-40 after a three by Ryen Stoltzenburg with 2:22 left in the game. Ryen Stoltzenburg would hit another three late in the game and the Lady Railers trailed 49-44 with 24.3 seconds left. Unfortunately on this night the Lions would get the better opportunities at the end and go 3-for-4 from the free throw line to seal the 52-44 win, as Froebe sat on the bench after fouling out of the game.  

Kloe Froebe led Lincoln with 21 points. 

Aaliyah Guyton led Peoria with 24 points. Denali Craig-Edwards tossed in 14 points for Peoria. 

Lincoln falls to 17-6 on the season.

Peoria improves to 19-3 on the season. 

The Lady Railers will try to snap this four-game losing streak as they host Bloomington High School tonight at Roy S. Anderson Gymnasium. The JV will start at 6 p.m. The Varsity will start at 7:30 p.m.

Lincoln 44

Froebe 21

R. Stoltzenburg 6

Heitzig 5

Werner 4

T. Stoltzenburg 4

McCuan 2

Bowman 2

Peoria 52

Guyton 20

Craig-Edwards 14

Rutherford 8

Wilson 8

Jackson 2

[Teena Lowery]