QUINCY, Ill. - The Lincoln men's basketball team nearly completed a late 19-point rally, but fell just short as the Blue Tigers dropped a 90-84 decision to Quincy on Sunday (Dec. 15).

With 4:14 remaining, Lincoln faced an 86-67 deficit, but Lamont Ballard, Jr. started LU's comeback bid by hitting a trey. That sparked a 15-0 Blue Tiger run, as Ballard hit two more treys, Jordan Notch drained a three and Jonell Burton converted an old-fashioned three-point play to bring Lincoln to within 86-82.

Quincy (5-4) hit four free throws down the stretch to end the run, and a layup by Marcus Cohen made it a six-point contest in the final seconds. Lincoln (3-7) shot .563 from three-point range in the second half and drained 16 treys in the contest, with Ballard making six of those buckets. Ballard led the Blue Tigers with 21 points while L'Kielynn Taylor had five rebounds to go with two points.

Jonell Burton, Marcel Burton and Bansi King each scored 12 points, with Jonell Burton also tallying two assists, a block and a steal. Marcel Burton had three rebounds and King grabbed two boards while Alafia Oluwasogo supplied seven points, a block and four rebounds. Notch also scored seven points and added a block, a steal and two rebounds.

Cameron Potts dished a team-high six assists and led LU with six rebounds while chipping in four points and notch two steals. Cohen finished with four points, four boards, five assists and three steals, and DaMani Jarrett contributed two points and a rebound. Zack Fields dished two assists while Joe Davis concluded the scoring with a free throw.

Lincoln will wrap up its non-conference slate by hosting Culver-Stockton on Wednesday (Dec. 18) in a 6:00 p.m. CST contest.