The North Lincoln Knights had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 30.3 points), and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They took down East Lincoln 70-54. North Lincoln pushed the score to 57-36 by the end of the third, a deficit East Lincoln cut but never quite recovered from.
Leading North Lincoln to victory were Carson Engstrand and Kellen Karr. Engstrand scored 18 points along with six rebounds, while Karr scored 16 points along with eight rebounds and six steals. Karr hasn't dropped below two steals for ten straight games. Ty Sanders was another key contributor, scoring 11 points along with five rebounds.
When it comes to explaining why East Lincoln lost, one person who can't be blamed is Jackson Fannon. Despite the final result, he scored 22 points along with eight rebounds and two steals. Another player making a difference was Jaxon Dollar, who scored seven points along with eight rebounds and four blocks.
North Lincoln's win bumped their record up to 19-5. As for East Lincoln, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-10.
North Lincoln will be playing at home against Foard at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. North Lincoln knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past 24 games -- so hopefully Foard likes a good challenge. As for East Lincoln, they have the luxury of staying home another game and will welcome North Iredell at 7:30 p.m. on February 19th. Hopefully East Lincoln focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 12 on Friday.
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