SPRINGFIELD The Lincoln Blue Tigers used a 16-0 run at the end of the first and beginning of the second quarter Tuesday afternoon and never looked back, running away with an 85-73 victory against the Truman State Bulldogs in the Thanksgiving Classic at Drury University.
The Lincoln Blue Tiger women’s basketball teams feels it had a strong base to build off of with their six returning players from last year’s roster. And the Blue Tigers went out and added three transfers and six freshmen to help complete the puzzle. Now all that’s left is to see how the pieces fit together. Lincoln will get its first opportunity to see how the pieces fit when it opens the season at 7 p.m. today against Arkansas-Monticello in the Central Region Challenge in Mongolia, Ark.
The Lincoln men’s basketball team will look to complete a season sweep of the Northeastern State RiverHawks today when it travels to Tahlequah, Okla. for an MIAA contest. The game is scheduled to tip at 7:30 p.m.
The Lincoln Blue Tiger women’s basketball team has proved it can play with the top half of the MIAA, it just has to prove it can do it consistently for a full 40 minutes.
The Blue Tigers trailed by just four at half against the No. 24 Missouri Southern Lions, but a run to start the second half let the Lions extend their lead and post a 67-58 win in MIAA play Thursday night at Jason Gym.
Lincoln women’s basketball coach Drea Mize is starting to get used to getting drenched with water following games.
For the second time this week, and third time in the past four games, the Blue Tigers were able to celebrate a victory by turning the locker room into a water park.