The Lincoln University men's basketball team  placed four players in double figures; rallied to force overtime, but fell 89-85 to Chowan University at the Helms Center in Murfreesboro, North Carolina.
 
Lincoln falls to 12-10 overall with the loss and 5-6 in Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association games.  Chowan is now 12-6 overall and 5-5 in league play.  
 
Cameron Campbell (Fayetteville, N.C./Trinity Christian) led all players with 25 points while Zahrion Blue (Princeton, N.J./Princeton) recorded his fourth double-double of the season with 21 points and 12 rebounds.  Jordan Camper (Chester, Pa./Chester) and Tamir Green (Philadelphia, Pa./Constitution) chipped in 13 and 11 points respectively.  Deaquan Williams (Camden, N.J./Camden) narrowly missed out on his fourth straight double-double posting eight points while grabbing a team-high 14 rebounds.  Green led all players with seven assists and five steals.
 
Demetrius Sanders led six Hawks in double figures with 18 points and 15 rebounds.
 
The game was one of the more interesting contests the Lions have played this season with a total of 99 free throws shot between both teams –that equals one every 27 seconds.  Six players (three each side) fouled out and a total of 64 fouls were called  (one every 42 seconds on average).
 
The Lions trailed by eight with 5:16 left but used an 11-3 run to force overtime, with Blue's layup at the 1:17 mark, knotting the score at 81-81.  Both teams had opportunities to break the deadlock but were unable to do so sending the contest to an extra five minute period for the second year in a row. 
 
Chowan scored five of the first six points in overtime to take an 86-82 lead.  Green closed the gap to one, making three of four free throws, the last with just 11.8 seconds left.  CU's Xavier Young (12 pts.) added two free throws to push the hawk lead back to three.  Campbell's three-point attempt was off the mark and the Hawks added one more point at the charity stripe to round out the scoring.
 
In the opening half the Lions jumped  out to an eight point lead, 15-7 before the Hawks rallied with eight straight points to tie the game.  The game was still tied at 21-21 when a 7-2 Hawk run gave the home team a 28-23 lead.  Lincoln pulled within one  in the final minute but five free throws by the Hawks in the final 40 seconds pushed the lead to six at the break 37-31.
 
Chowan pushed their lead to as many as 11 early in the second half before the Lions started to chip away, using a 17-8 spurt to tie the game again at 61-61, with Campbell scoring 10 of the 17 points.  After Maurice Waters' (Philadelphia, Pa./Constitution (Univ. District of Columbia)) layup tied the scored Chowan countered with a 13-5 run to go back out in front by eight 74-66 and still led 78-70 when the Lions began another comeback push to force the overtime.
 
The men's basketball team is back on the road for their next game, taking on regionally ranked (#3) Virginia State University in Petersburg, Virginia on Saturday, February 2, 2019.  Tipoff is set for 4:00 p.m.