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Sports Release                                                                                                                      February 26, 2008

LMU Women’s Basketball Team Wins Lucky No. 13

HARROGATE, TN – The Lincoln Memorial University women’s basketball team improved to 13-13 on the year Tuesday evening with a 70-45 win over the Bobcats from Lees-McRae College. (Box score)

While the victory wasn’t the prettiest win the Lady Railsplitters have had this season, it came on the heels of Saturday’s 74-67 conference loss to Carson-Newman College and only days before the Lady Splitters regular season finale against Newberry College and should give the team some much needed confidence going into the game.

LMU was led in scoring Tuesday night by freshman Megan Davis (Petersburg, IN).  Davis picked up three fouls in the early minutes of the game and sat on the bench most of the first half.  However, late in the second half when LMU post player Andi Winney (Yorktown, IN) picked up her third foul, Davis entered the game and went on a tear, scoring 17 points in a little more than 12 minutes of play.  Davis also went to war on the board and led Lincoln Memorial with eight rebounds.  Winney contributed 10 points for the Lady Railsplitters while teammate Shawna Nicols (Milwaukee, WI) and Stephanie Wagner (Elkhart, IN) chipped in 11 each.

Lees-McRae was paced by Erin Thompson who finished the game with 13 points, while Renee Roberson and Stephanie Mullinax both added 11 by game’s end.  The loss drops the Bobcats to 7-19 on the season.

The Lady Railsplitters now have several days to rest and prepare for this weekend’s conference road battle with Newberry College.  The Indians will enter Saturday’s contest with Lincoln Memorial as the South Atlantic Conference’s fourth ranked team and boasting a 16-9 overall record, including a 6-7 conference mark.  Saturday’s tip-off is set for 2:00 p.m.

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