Lincoln Land – 62Illinois Wesleyan – 53
The Lincoln Land Loggers men’s basketball team came out slow, but overcame the bad start to come away victorious 62-53 over Illinois Wesleyan JV.
Lincoln Land came in winners of three in a row, and started the contest like they were going to walk away with the victory. Wesleyan’s JV started the aggressor, quick ball movement and sharp shooting raced the Titans out to a 8 point lead. The Loggers were able to crawl back and tied the game at 13 and subsequently took a one point lead with about 8:00 to go in the half. Illinois Wesleyan called a timeout and reestablished their groove to immediately run back out to an 8 point advantage. The half brought a 27-22 deficit for LLCC.
The switch finally flipped at the start of the second half for the Loggers. Lincoln Land forced four turnovers on five possessions and scored 10 straight points to go up 32-27 and never looked back. Although Illinois Wesleyan JV got back within 3 on two occasions the Loggers got enough scores to keep the Titans at bay. LLCC got up by as many as 15 before the score settled at the final of 62-53.
Although slow scoring in the first three Loggers got to double digits with Camren Kincaid leading the way with 16 points. Michael Ousley ended with 11 and Stephan Douglas got to 10. The stat that powered the Loggers was steals. LLCC grabbed 19 steals on their way to forcing 26 turnovers. That was really the only stat that went the Loggers way. The Loggers were out shot and out rebounded by the Titans. Lincoln Land’s steals allowed them to get up 12 more shots.
This is the fourth win in a row for the Loggers who are now 9-10 on the season. They return home Saturday and will play to get back to .500, but also to play for a share of first place in the MWAC when they take on conference opponent Danville Area Community College.
