Box Score The Lincoln University men's basketball team rallied from a 14-point halftime deficit with an assortment of three-point shots, solid passing and strong defense to defeat Millersville University 68-65 Saturday afternoon at Manuel Rivero Hall.

The Lions improve to 2-2 with the win while the Marauders fall to 1-5. The win was the Lions first home opener win since the 2013-14 season when they opened at home with a 69-60 win over West Chester University.

Three players reached double figures for Lincoln with four others scoring at least six or more points.  Gevon Arrington (Chesterfield, Va./Petersburg (Richard Bland)) led the Lions with 14 points.  Myles Markland (Petersburg, Va./Matoaca (Richard Bland)) and Sean James (Newark, Del./Christiana (Iona)) scored 12 points apiece with nine points from both players coming in the second half.  Deaquan Williams (Camden, N.J./Camden) led all players with seven rebounds while Elijah Bush (Bay Shore, N.Y./Bay Shore (Essex County CC)) had six boards, six points (all in the second half) and six assists.

Conrad Chambers (17 points) and Marcus Adkison (13 points) led the Marauders.

It was a tale of two halves as Lincoln could not connect on anything in the first half, shooting just 29.2% (7-24 FG) including a 2-10 effort from three point range.  The second half saw a more patient and team-oriented offense as the Lions made nearly 50% of their shots (15-32) and three-point shots (6-13) while taking great care of the ball with only four second half turnovers.  Lincoln recorded assists no 12 of their 15 second half scores and was a solid 11-13 from the free throw line, including five of six makes in the final 42 seconds to hold off the Marauder squad.

The Lions who had trailed by as many as 19 points late in the first half, cut the deficit to 14 by halftime, 35-31 on a three-pointer from James in the final 30 seconds.  The two teams exchanges points in the opening 2:45 of the second half and Lincoln still trailed by 14 40-26 when the Lions exploded for 13 straight points to cut Millersville lead to just a single point 40-39 at the 14:38 mark. Two straight three-balls from James and another one from Williams capped the run and forcing a timeout by the Marauders.

Millersville came out strong after the time out, producing a 14-6 flourish to push their lead back to nine at 54-45 with 8:22 left but against the Lions roared back; this time with nine straight points to tie the game.  Jordan Camper (Chester, Pa./Chester)'s dunk started the run and a three-pointer from Josh Page (Washington, D.C./Rock Creek Christian Academy) and two Camper free throws made the score 54-54 with 5:42 remaining.  The Marauders scored four of the next six points to take a two point lead before another Camper dunk tied the game again at 58-58.

Lincoln made a defensive stop and the Lions made good use of the shot clock on their next possession with several passes made before Arrington found Markland open behind the arc for a go-ahead three-pointer, giving the Lions their first lead of the game at 61-58.  Markland followed with a steal and breakaway layup to push the lead to five at 63-58.  Millersville got two back on two separate trips to the charity stripe to make it a one possession game with a minute to go.  Cameron Campbell (Fayetteville, N.C./Trinity Christian ) made the second of two free throws to make the score 64-60  before an Adkison layup cut the lead two at 64-62 with 32 seconds left.  Campbell added two more from the line to push the lead back to four before MU's Jordan Greene cut the margin to one, 66-65 with a traditional three-point play with 18 seconds left.  On Lincoln's next possession Markland missed the front end of a one-and-one, giving the Marauders a chance to retake the lead but MU's James Sullivan stepped on the sideline for a Marauder turnover and Arrington sank two free throws with six seconds left to provide the final margin.  Greene's three-point attempt as time was expiring was off the mark and the Lions held on for the comeback win.

The men's basketball team returns to action on Tuesday, November 28, 2017 when they host Clarion University at Mario Rivero Hall.  Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m.