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LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF SPORTS INFORMATION Sports Release February 23, 2008 Carson-Newman Pulls Away From Railsplitters With Fast-Paced Second Half Start
HARROGATE, TN – After going to the locker room tied at 41, the Carson-Newman Eagles turned up the tempo of Saturday afternoon’s east Tennessee rivalry game in the early minutes of the second half to pull away for a 102-85 win over Lincoln Memorial’s Railsplitters. (Box score)
Entering Saturday’s game, LMU Head Coach Hugh Watson knew it would be an up hill battle but felt that his team was ready to face their biggest rival. “We knew we couldn’t run with them.” said Watson. “Our guys did a good job of taking care of the ball and slowing the game down when they could but our lack of depth made us get tired and Carson-Newman was able to pull away because of it.”
The Railsplitters Emmanuel Njomo (Fairfax, VA) came off the bench to tie for top scoring honors in Saturday South Atlantic Conference game with Carson-Newman’s Scott Williams. Both players contributed 23 points, while LMU’s Terry Delaney (Murfreesboro, TN) scored 20 and pulled 14 rebounds to lead in that category. Also in double figures for Lincoln Memorial were freshman Ryan Whitaker (Pineville, KY) who had 11, sophomore Beau Brown (Athens, TN) who finished with 11 and senior Ronnie Jones (Atlanta, GA) who had 10 along with nine boards.
Despite the loss, the Railsplitters shot 50% from the field, on 36 of 72 shooting. Most of the Railsplitter’s offensive success came on the inside as Njomo and Delaney combined for 43 of LMU’s 85 points.
Now 8-17 overall and 1-11 in the South Atlantic Conference, the Railsplitters have only their conference road game with Newberry College next Saturday before entering the league tournament as the No. 8 seed in the tournament. Most likely the Railsplitters will wind up traveling to Hickory, North Carolina to take on Lenoir-Rhyne College in the first round of the tournament. The Bears clinched at least a share of the regular season title this weekend with their win over Catawba. -LMU- For additional
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