JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -
Niyah Jackson turned in her second-straight 20-point performance and two other Blue Tigers finished in double figures, but the Lincoln women's basketball team dropped a 92-69 decision to Central Missouri on Saturday afternoon (Dec. 12).
Jackson, who had 22 points against Pittsburg State in LU's previous game, led all scorers with 25 on Saturday. Jackson also finished with four rebounds, two assists and a pair of steals.
Joseline Ramos came off the bench to provide 19 points and two assists, and
AJ Bradley added 16 points, two dimes and a steal.
Central Missouri (5-0, 5-0 MIAA) led 25-10 at the end of the first quarter, but Lincoln (0-5, 0-5 MIAA) responded in a big way in the second, out-scoring the Jennies by 11 to get back in the ball game. Ramos scored the first four points of the period, and she later hit a three-pointer to spring the Blue Tigers onto a 10-2 run that put LU within 33-31 of the Jennies. After a pair of UCM free throws, Bradley hit two shots at the line, then later knotted the score at 35 with two more free throws.
After getting a stop at the other end, Jackson gave LU its first lead of the day with a driving layup, but the Jennies scored the next six points to take a 41-37 advantage into halftime. The second half belonged to Central Missouri, however, as the Jennies shot over .500 in each of the remaining quarters and held on for the victory.
Lincoln shot .625 overall and .750 from beyond the arc in the second period, but finished just .397 from the field for the contest. UCM held a big 45-25 lead in rebounding, and scored 22 second chance points on 16 offensive boards. Lincoln, meanwhile, scored 14 of its points off 10 UCM turnovers.
Aliyah Bello,
Vivian Chigbu,
Ashtin Ingram and
Kiara Cadore each scored two points, with Bello also providing four rebounds, an assist and a steal. Ingram blocked two shots and had three rebounds, and Chigbu contributed two boards and a steal.
Virja Lewis ended the day with four rebounds, and
Natasha Dolinsky had a steal.
The Blue Tigers will be off until the next Saturday, Dec. 19, when LU closes out the December portion of its schedule with a 1:00 p.m. CST game in Topeka, Kan. against Washburn.
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