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.
JOPLIN The Lincoln Blue Tigers made 8-of-8 free throws in the final minute of Monday night’s MIAA men’s basketball game, holding on to beat the Missouri Southern Lions 84-82.
The win snapped Lincoln’s streak of four consecutive road losses to Missouri Southern. The Blue Tigers’ last win in Joplin was a 75-72 victory Jan. 14, 2017.
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.
The Lincoln Blue Tigers women’s team will have its hands full at 1 p.m. today when it opens the men’s-women’s MIAA doubleheader at Jason Gym against the Nebraska-Kearney Lopers.
The Lopers who top the receiving votes list in the Division II coaches poll rankings come into today 12-2 and on a three-game winning streak.
A huge first quarter run got the Central Oklahoma Bronchos rolling Saturday at Jason Gym and they never looked back, rolling to a 96-75 win against the Lincoln Blue Tigers in MIAA play. The Blue Tigers scored the first six points of the game, but the Bronchos responded by going on a 27-2 run en route to a 32-point opening quarter.