On Wednesday, the Lincoln School Lynx faced the North Providence Cougars in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Lincoln School came out on top in a nail-biter against North Providence and snuck past 49-47. For Lincoln School, this counts as revenge for the 51-36 loss North Providence walked away with the last time they faced one another back in January.
Leading Lincoln School to victory were Sarah Berube and Reign Whiteing. Berube scored 17 points along with five assists and two steals, while Whiteing dropped a double-double on 27 points and 15 rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Whiteing has scored all season.
Despite the defeat, North Providence had strong showings from Riddhi Mistry, who scored 20 points along with two steals, and Lusine Hagopian, who scored 12 points along with eight steals and five assists. Hagopian is crushing the steal category: she's posted at least two every time she's taken the court this season.
Even though they lost, North Providence were working as a unit and finished the game with 16 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Lincoln School only posted six assists.
Lincoln School has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-8 record this season. As for North Providence, their loss dropped their record down to 11-7.
Lincoln School will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Central Falls at 4:00 p.m. on February 16th. Hopefully Lincoln School focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up eight on Wednesday. North Providence does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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