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| 03/03/25 - Neutral | 52-47 W |
| 01/30/25 - Neutral | 62-73 L |
| 01/07/25 - Home | 76-83 L |
| 01/06/24 - Away | 84-62 W |
| 01/07/23 - Home | 48-57 L |
Lincoln Southeast and Lincoln Northeast faced off in a cross-town battle on Monday. The Lincoln Southeast Knights secured a 52-47 W over the Lincoln Northeast Rockets. This was a revenge game for the Knights: when they faced off against the Rockets back in January, they had to take a 73-62 defeat.
Lincoln Southeast's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Prospedi Mukendi led the charge by shooting 50% from the field to rack up 12 points and eight rebounds. Another player making a difference was Mike Ngoyi, who posted 11 points.
Despite the loss, Lincoln Northeast still got an impressive performance from Lazerek Houston, who dropped a double-double with 23 points and 11 boards. That was a full 48.9% of Lincoln Northeast's points, marking the third time in a row Houston has earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Mowafag Abdalla, who had seven points and eight rebounds.
Lincoln Southeast has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 16-8 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.0 points over those games. Lincoln Northeast's loss dropped their record down to 19-6.
Coming up, Lincoln Southeast will take on Lincoln North Star at 7:45 p.m. on March 12th. Lincoln North Star knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past three games -- so hopefully Lincoln Southeast likes a good challenge. Lincoln Northeast does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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