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 [February 10, 2025]
The Lincoln Lady Railers were on the road Saturday afternoon
to pay a visit to the Decatur Eisenhower Panthers and a nice reward
after the 73-22 victory was dinner at Olive Garden. The ladies
earned never-ending salad and breadsticks as the JV team picked up a
win, too, beating Eisenhower 47-35.
Lincoln had four players in double-figures versus the Panthers.
Piper Whiteman and Mia Clark each had 14 points. Lily Holmes and
Grace Schneider each scored 11 points.
Lincoln improved their record to 17-11.
The Panthers fell to 1-23 on the season.
First quarter
Piper Whiteman’s two free throws opened the scoring for Lincoln and
then it was Mia Clark with a layup and the 4-0 lead. After the
Panthers made a three it looked promising. Lincoln took an 8-3 lead
and then the Panthers came back with another three. Maybe this would
be a close ballgame after all. Nope. The 8-6 lead escalated in a
hurry to 23-6, with all of Lincoln’s starters scoring in the first
quarter.
Second quarter
Lincoln shut out the Panthers 22-0 in the second quarter, kinda like
the Eagles shutting out the Chiefs in the first half of the Super
Bowl. Lily Holmes led the offense with eight points. Holmes and
Whiteman each had one three while Clark hit two 3s for Lincoln. The
Lady Railers were not wasting any time with a 45-6 halftime lead.
Third quarter
Make it rain 3s again, ladies! Holmes and Schneider each made one
here while Mesa McCloud dropped two 3s through the net. By the end
of the quarter Lincoln had increased the lead to 50 points. The
Panthers were on the fast track to another loss, trailing 65-15.
Fourth quarter
Time to get this over quickly and get ready to chow down on
breadsticks. Elizabeth Chen and Rebecca Burge each tossed in four
points in the last quarter and Lincoln ran that clock all the way to
a 73-22 victory.
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The Lincoln JV team won 47-35 over Eisenhower.
Elizabeth Chen poured in a season-high 16 points and Grey Gilbert
chipped in 14 points.
The Lady Railers will host Normal University High on Tuesday night
and celebrate Senior Night.
The JV game will start at 5:30 p.m. and the Varsity is set to
tip-off at 7:00 p.m.
Varsity scoring
Lincoln 73
Whiteman 14
Clark 14
Holmes 11
Schneider 11
McCloud 9
Knapp 6
Burge 4
Chen 4
Decatur Eisenhower 22
Reed 8
Eskridge 6
Ramey 2
Hubbert 2
Woodland 2
Parker 2
JV scoring
Lincoln 47
Chen 16
Gilbert 14
Eskra 8
Hinton 4
Hutchison 3
Schneider 2
Decatur Eisenhower 35
Ramey 20
Bamtly 9
Harper 2
Jore 2
Johnson 2
[Teena Lowery]
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