Box Score The Lincoln University women's basketball team placed four players on double figures as they cruised to their second straight win 68-51 over Livingstone College Monday evening in Salisbury, North Carolina.
The Lions improve to 7-4 overall and 2-1 in Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association games.   The Blue Bears fall to 6-5 overall and 0-2 in league play.

Michelle Fitzgerald (Baltimore, Md./Md. Academy of Tech & Health Science (N.C. A & T)) led the Lions with 13 points (4-5 FG, 4-6 FT) and seven rebounds. Shahra Madison (Chesapeke, Va./Norfolk Collegiate School (Chesapeke College)) added 11 points and seven boards and DeeDee Irwin (Coatesville, Pa./Coatesville Area) chipped in 11 points.  Teira Pendleton (Baltimore, Md./Baltimore Polytech) rounded out the Lions double figure scorers with 10 points and seven rebounds.  Brianna Logan (Lumberton, N.J./Rancocas Valley (Siena)) led the team with four assists while McKenzie Spencer (Richmond, Va./Henrico) had four steals.

Asia Green and Kyala Searcy led the Blue Bears with 12 points apiece.

The Lions led this contest wire-to-wire, scoring the first six points and added a 10-0 flourish over the final 2:45 of the quarter to take a 24-6 lead.  Lincoln's defense limited the Blue Bears to just two field goals (2-15, 13.3%) while making 50% (9-18) of their own shots in the first ten minutes of action.

Lincoln extended their lead to 28 points midway through the second quarter with a 14-4 uprising.Irwin's 3-ball started the onslaught at the 8:29 mark and Madison completed the run with a layup at the 5:04 mark.  Livingstone brought the lead down to 23 with five straight points before the Lions finished the period outscoring the Blue Bears 8-4 to lead 46-19 at the break.

The Lions shooting cooled off somewhat in the quarter as they connected on just 42.9% (6-14) to finish the half shooting at a 46.9% clip (15-32).  The LU defense meanwhile held Livingstone under 10% from the field  (3-31).

Both teams struggled to find the basket in the third quarter with the Blue Bears outscoring the Lions 10-9 in the period, cutting Lincoln's lead to 54-29.

Livingstone opened the fourth quarter with an 11-5 bring the Lions lead under 20 for the first time since early in the second quarter, 59-40.  Spencer followed with a layup before the Blue Bears ran off six straight points to close the gap to 61-46 with 3:08 remaining.  Lincoln scored the next seven points with Pendleton getting the last five to go back up by 22, 68-46 with 1:22 left.  Searcy scored the final five points for the Blue Bears  to round out the scoring.

For the game, the Lions shot 41.7% (25-60) from the field while the Blue Bears connected on just 19.4% of their shots (14-72).  Livingstone edged the Lions on thr glass 51-50 while both teams struggled with their ball control (LU 28 turnovers, LC 26) leading 24 points off turnovers scored by each team.  The Lions dominated in the paint 32-10.

The Lions are now off for Christmas break and will return to action on January 4, 2018 when they host Fayetteville State University.