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Schertz & His Staff Go
To Work In The Paint
On
Tuesday afternoon, Lincoln Memorial University men’s basketball Head Coach
Josh Schertz and his staff received a
National Letter of Intent from 6’8” sophomore transfer Rob Sikes.
05/13/2008
Railsplitters Add To
Men’s Hoops Roster
Lincoln Memorial University men’s basketball
Head Coach Josh Schertz has been hard at work putting together the missing
pieces for the 2008-09 roster. On Thursday morning, Schertz announced
Carlos Sanford, a 6’0” point guard
from Durham, North Carolina as the latest addition to the Railsplitter
basketball roster.
05/08/2008
LMU Men’s Basketball
Continues To Reload
Thursday
and Friday were both great days for the Lincoln Memorial University men’s
basketball program. After signing Justin
Allen (Lithonia, GA), Brandon
O’Brien (Stone Mountain, GA),
Josh Stanley (Spartanburg, SC) and
Tony Martin (West Chester, OH) a
week ago, on Thursday and Friday LMU Head Men’s Basketball Coach Josh Schertz
added three more signees to the 2008-09 roster.
04/29/2008
Schertz Signs First
Recruits For 2008-09 Season
Only weeks
after taking over the helm of the Lincoln Memorial University men’s basketball
program, newly hired Head Coach Josh Schertz
announced on Wednesday his first four signees in what is hoped to be a
revitalized era in Railsplitter basketball.
04/23/2008
LMU Men’s Basketball
Recognizes Four At Annual Athletics Banquet
Officials with the Lincoln
Memorial University basketball team recognized four of its team members on
Tuesday night at the University annual athletics banquet held on the LMU campus.
04/22/2008
Schertz To Begin New Era
In LMU Men’s Basketball
 Following
an extensive search that included more than 160 applications, Lincoln Memorial
University athletics department officials will announce Thursday morning the
addition of Josh Schertz as the
University’s new head men’s basketball coach. Schertz will become the 17th
head coach in the program’s storied history that spans nearly 100 years.
Photo: Coach Schertz addresses the media
at his introductory press conference.
03/20/2008
Delaney & Whitaker Earn All-SAC Honors
Lincoln
Memorial University men’s basketball forward
Terry Delaney (Murfreesboro, TN) and guard
Ryan Whitaker (Pineville, KY) were
recently named to the All-South Atlantic Conference Men’s Basketball Second Team
and All-Freshman Team.
03/11/2008
 Coaching
Career Spanning Four Decades Comes To An End
On Wednesday
evening, playing on the road in the first round of the Food Lion South Atlantic
Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament, Lincoln Memorial University’s
Hugh Watson brought to a close a
career in coaching that has been spent on the sidelines of a game that he found
he loved as a child.
03/06/2008
Top-Seeded Lenoir-Rhyne
Downs Lincoln Memorial, 96-76, In The Food Lion SAC Men’s Basketball Tournament
The No. 22 Lenoir-Rhyne College Men’s Basketball Team (22-5) defeated Lincoln
Memorial University (8-20), 96-76, Wednesday evening at Shuford Memorial
Gymnasium in the First Round of the 2008 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference
Men’s Basketball Tournament. (Box
score)
03/05/2008
Carson-Newman Pulls Away From Railsplitters With Fast-Paced Second Half Start
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)
02/23/2008
Catawba Holds Off
Railsplitter Charge For 70-67 Win
 After
reeling off an 11-4 lead in the first three minutes of Wednesday night’s
final home conference game of the year against Catawba College, the
Railsplitter men’s basketball team trailed for more then 12 minutes of the
first half and for the first fourteen minutes of the second half before
coming back to take a 61-60 lead. (Box
score)
Photo: Ryan Whitaker drives in
for a lay-up. Photo by Ray Welch.
02/20/2008
 Undefeated Lenoir-Rhyne Cruises Past
Railsplitters
The Bears of Lenoir-Rhyne
College who remain undefeated in South Atlantic Conference play, cruised
past Lincoln Memorial on Saturday night to move to 19-3 overall and 10-0 in
league play. (Box score)
Photo: Wadner Joseph shoots the jumper. Photo by Ray Welch.
02/16/2008
Mars Hill Defeats Visiting
Lincoln Memorial 101-81
Mars Hill snapped a two-game skid as they ran past Lincoln Memorial
Wednesday night in Stanford Arena, 101-81. The Lions are now 10-12 overall
and 4-6 in the SAC. LMU fell to 8-15 on the season and 1-9 in the league. (Box
score)
02/14/2008
Tornados Fall In
Overtime Thriller, 76-75 To Lincoln Memorial
The men's basketball game between the Brevard College Tornados and the
Lincoln Memorial University Railsplitters on Saturday afternoon was full of
excitement as the game went down to the wire, with LMU sneaking away from
Boshamer Gymnasium with a thrilling 76-75 overtime victory. (Box
score)
02/09/2008
Railsplitters
Outlast Pioneers For First SAC Victory
 Lincoln Memorial trailed throughout most of the first half of Wednesday
night’s game with Tusculum College before taking the lead with 4:02
remaining in the first stanza and carrying it into the final buzzer to
pick up their first South Atlantic Conference victory of the year with a
70-64 margin. (Box
score)
Photo: Ryan Whitaker shoots the lay-up. Photo by Ray Welch
02/06/2008
Bulldogs Bite
Railsplitters
Less
than a day and a half after LMU Head Men’s Basketball Coach
Hugh Watson announced he would
retire after the 2007-08 season, the Bulldogs of Wingate University came to
Harrogate and handed the Railsplitters a 99-70 loss to drop Lincoln Memorial
to 6-16 on the year and 0-8 in the South Atlantic Conference. (Box
score)
02/02/2008
Watson To Step Down
As LMU Head Men’s Basketball Coach
On
Friday morning, Lincoln Memorial University Head Men’s Basketball Coach
Hugh Watson announced he will
resign following the 2007-08 season. Watson’s resignation will bring to a
close career in coaching that spans more than four decades at virtually
every level of the high school and college game.
02/01/2008
Railsplitters
Complete Season Sweep Of Crusaders With 90-76 Win
Beau Brown
scored a game-high 28 points to lead Lincoln Memorial University over North
Greenville University 90-76 Wednesday night. The Railsplitters improve to
6-13 on the season, while the Crusaders fall to 5-13.
(Box
score)
01/30/2008
 Railsplitters Fall
To Mars Hill 70-69 On Last Second Shot
The Lincoln
Memorial University men’s basketball team trailed nearly the entire game
before taking a 69-68 lead with 3.9 seconds remaining in Saturday night’s
home South Atlantic Conference battle with Mars Hill College. (Box
score)
Photo: Emmanual Njomo shoots the jump shot. Photo by Ray Welch.
01/26/2008
LMU Falls At Catawba
Catawba bolted from a three-point halftime lead to earn a 100-76 victory
over visiting Lincoln Memorial in South Atlantic Conference men’s basketball
action on Wednesday night at Goodman Gym. The Catawba Indians improve to
11-6 overall and 3-2 in the SAC, while the Railsplitters fall to 5-12 and
0-6. (Box score)
01/23/2008
Lenoir-Rhyne Men’s
Basketball Pulls Away From Lincoln Memorial, 77-51
The Lenoir-Rhyne College Men’s Basketball Team (12-3, 5-0) remained
undefeated in the South Atlantic Conference as it pulled away from Lincoln
Memorial University (5-11, 0-5) for a 77-51 win Saturday evening at Shuford
Memorial Gymnasium. (Box
score)
01/19/2008
Injury Plagued
Railsplitters Fall To Newberry 67-58
The 2007-08 season must seem
like a bad nightmare for Lincoln Memorial University Men’s Basketball Coach Hugh
Watson. (Box score)
01/16/2008
Railsplitters Come From
Behind To Defeat Brevard 59-56
The Lincoln Memorial
Railsplitters trailed by as many as 21 points and spotted Brevard College a 9-0
lead in Saturday night’s non-conference battle of future South Atlantic
Conference opponents before coming back to win 59-56 to capture their fifth
victory of the year. (Box score)
01/12/2008
Jeter Paces Tusculum
To 73-67 Overtime Over LMU
Lavonti Jeter recorded 22 points and scored the go-ahead basket with a
minute left in overtime on a fast-break dunk as Tusculum College defeated
Lincoln Memorial University, 73-67 Wednesday night in South Atlantic
Conference action at Pioneer Arena. (Box
score)
01/09/2008
Hot-shooting
Bulldogs Run Past Railsplitters 90-72
The Wingate University Bulldogs topped the Lincoln Memorial University
Railsplitters 90-72 Saturday afternoon in South Atlantic Conference men’s
basketball action at Cuddy Arena. With the win, the Bulldogs improve 9-3
overall and 2-0 in the SAC. Wingate has won nine of its last 10 contest. The
Railsplitters fall to 4-8 overall and 0-2 in the league. (Box
score)
01/05/2008
Turnovers &
Rebounding Doom Railsplitters Against North Georgia
Twenty-six
turnovers and 15 North Georgia offensive rebounds made for an 80-73 overtime
loss for the Railsplitters Tuesday night in Lincoln Memorial University’s
Tex Turner Arena. (Box
score)
01/02/2008
Men's game recaps from the Union College Classic
December 29 vs. Alice Lloyd
December 30 vs.
Union
12/30/2007
Saints Pull Out
66-57 Win Over Lincoln Memorial
The North Georgia College & State
University used a season high 22-points from Andre Morgan to get by Lincoln
Memorial 66-57 and win their third in a row here Saturday evening in
non-conference action. (Box
score)
12/15/2007
Railsplitters Bounce Back
With Win Over Crusaders
 Although
the Lincoln Memorial University men’s basketball team lost a close overtime
battle to in-state arch-rival Carson-Newman College on Saturday night (92-87),
Thursday night’s 61-42 win over North Greenville University was just what the
doctor ordered for getting back in a positive frame of mind for the last few
games of the first half of the season. (Box
score)
Photo:
Ronnie Jones is fouled while shooting the ball. Photo by Ray Welch
12/06/2007
LMU Falls To
Carson-Newman In Overtime
 The visiting Carson-Newman Eagles used a 7-3 run late in regulation to force
overtime and pull out the 92-87 win over Lincoln Memorial on Saturday. It was
the conference opener for both teams. (Box
score)
Photo: Wadner Joseph is fouled by C-N's Andy Tipton. Photo by Ray Welch
12/01/2007
Big Second Half Allows
Railsplitters To Blow Past Lees-McRae
The Railsplitters received 19 second half
points by junior Terry Delaney (Murfreesboro, TN) in Tuesday night’s
85-64 victory over Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, North Carolina to come away
with their first road-win of the year.
(Box score)
11/27/2007
Railsplitters Survive
Cobra’s Late-Game Bite To Notch First Win Of The Season
 The
Railsplitter men’s basketball team led the Cobras of Virginia Intermont College
by 12 points at halftime and later extended its lead to 21 points with 14:46 to
play in Sunday evening’s fourth game of the season. LMU looked as though they
would run away to victory in the second half, but the Cobras struck with a late
run that cut the LMU lead to only three points with 2:43 to go. Eventually, the
Railsplitters survived the scare and hit their free throws down the stretch to
come away with a 68-58 victory for their first win of the season. (Box
score)
Photo: Terry Delaney
guards VIC's Bruno Daliu. Photo by Ray Welch.
11/25/2007
Railsplitters Fall To Union In Home Opener
The Lincoln
Memorial University men’s basketball team dropped its home opener on Saturday
afternoon when the Bulldogs of Union College made the trek south from
Barbourville, Kentucky and defeated the Railsplitters 86-68 to drop the LMU men
to 0-3 on the year. (Box
score)
11/24/2007
Watson Pleased With His Team’s Progress
Despite Sunday’s Loss To Bellarmine
The Railsplitter basketball team's 12 point 82-70 loss to Bellarmine University
on Sunday puts the Lincoln Memorial men at 0-2 on the year however, LMU Head
Coach Hugh Watson believes his team is showing a good deal of progress.
11/18/2007
SIU Defensive
Pressure Too Much For LMU
Strong defensive pressure that forced 33 turnovers helped propel the 23rd
ranked Salukis of Southern Illinois to the 97-51 win over LMU in exhibition
action on Sunday. (Box
score)
11/11/2007
Railsplitters Fall At
Middle Tennessee State 93-68
Middle Tennessee State used a 31-13 run in the first half to pull out to a
big lead and never looked back as they downed Lincoln Memorial University
93-68 in exhibition action on Thursday. (Box
score)
11/08/2007
Railsplitters No
Match For Vols
 From the opening tip
of Monday night’s exhibition with the University of Tennessee, the
Railsplitters were forced to fight an uphill battle. The Volunteers
scored the opening basket and never looked back, eventually coming away
with a 124-61 win over Lincoln Memorial.
Photo: Ryan Whitaker tries to get by Tennessee's JaJuan Smith.
Photo by Ray Welch.
11/05/2007
LMU Basketball Season
Tickets On Sale!
In
anticipation of exciting men’s and women’s basketball seasons, the Lincoln
Memorial University athletics department announced this week that season tickets
for the 2007-08 year are now on sale.
09/21/2007
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