The Lincoln Lions will head out on the road to challenge the Africentric Early College Nubians at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Lincoln has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last five games.
Lincoln is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past New Albany 70-45 on Friday. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 152nd, while the Eagles are ranked 404th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Africentric Early College humbled South with a 67-22 victory. The Nubians have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 14 matches by 30 points or more this season.
Lincoln better focus on containing Jae?Veyonna Brown and Shaunie Little as the pair were huge in Africentric Early College's win. Brown posted 19 points and six boards, while Little earned 15 points and four steals. The contest was Brown's fourth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Aries Grant, who put up 11 points.
Africentric Early College is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 27.2 points per game. As for Lincoln, their victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-6.
Lincoln was able to grind out a solid win over Africentric Early College in their previous meeting back in January of 2023, winning 58-47. Will Lincoln repeat their success, or does Africentric Early College have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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