BREVARD, N.C. -- Sophomore shooting guard Luquon Choice (Laurens, S.C.) rained in a season-high 27 points as the fifth-ranked Railsplitters (25-1, 19-1 SAC) outscored the Brevard Tornados (10-16, 8-12 SAC) by 13 points in the second half in an 87-75 win in Brevard, N.C. on Monday night.
 
It was a story of two halves for the Railsplitters. In the first stanza, Lincoln Memorial shot 58.6 percent (17-for-29), but allowed the Tornados to post a 48.4 percent (15-for-31) clip with five three-pointers. The Railsplitters and Tornados finished tied with 15 rebounds in the period, while Brevard scrounged for seven offensive boards. Lincoln Memorial trailed 44-43 after one period.
 
Things completely changed in the second stanza as the Railsplitters limited the Tornados to 9-for-26 shooting (34.6 percent) with a 3-for-11 (27.3 percent) clip from long distance. Lincoln Memorial accounted for a 23-18 rebounding edge and allowed only four offensive boards. The Railsplitters outscored the Tornados 44-31 in the last 20 minutes of action.
 
Choice led all players with 27 points, going 7-for-13 from the field and 5-for-10 from three-point range. The Laurens, S.C. native increased his season total for triples to 88, two shy of matching LMU's single-season record set by David Hopper during the 1990-91 campaign. Choice added six rebounds, two assists, two blocks and a steal in 38 minutes of action.
 
Gerel Simmons (Accokeek, Md.) went 8-for-8 at the charity stripe and contributed 16 points in 28 minutes off of the bench. Lorenza Ross (Savannah, Ga.) posted 11 points, a game-leading five assists and two rebounds. Dorian Pinson (Greenville, S.C.) filled out the stat sheet with eight points, eight rebounds, three assists and two steals in 22 minutes of burn.
 
Freshman Emanuel Terry (Birmingham, Ala.) was arguably the one most responsible for the Railsplitters' second-half turnaround. Terry did not record a stat in one minute of action in the first half. In 18 second-half minutes, Terry poured in 15 points on 7-of-8 shooting and matched a career-high with 11 rebounds. Eight of Terry's 15 points were scored either off of a dunk or a tip-in at the rim.
 
The Railsplitters finished shooting 53.8 percent (28-for-52) from the field, 50 percent (8-for-16) from three and 71.9 percent (23-for-32) at the free-throw line. Brevard shot 42.1 percent (24-for-57) from the floor, 38.1 percent (8-for-21) from three and 70.4 percent (19-for-27) at the charity stripe.
 
After attempting just four free throws in the first half, the Railsplitters went to the line 28 times in the second stanza.
 
The Tornados held sway throughout much of the first frame, using buckets by Brayden Masten, Trevon Shaw and Darius Moose to take an 18-10 lead at the 11:49 mark. The Railsplitters used an 11-3 spurt to regain a 21-20 edge on a Pinson layup at 8:47, but Brevard scored seven unanswered points to assume a 27-21 lead with 6:42 left in the half. A 10-2 LMU flurry evened the game at 31-31 and it remained tight until the end of the half.
 
Two Phil Wallace free throws pushed the Tornados back out to a 37-33 cushion at 1:49. Choice buried a three and hit two free throws, and then Simmons knocked down a triple to tie the game at 41-41 with 44 seconds left. An Alex Moe three and a Curtis McMillion (Fayetteville, N.C.) layup ended the half as the Railsplitters went into the locker room trailing by one.
 
Choice accounted for 18 of his 27 points in the first half.
 
Choice was fouled while shooting a three-pointer early in the second half, and he made all three of his free throws to give the Railsplitters the lead for good with 16:28 left in regulation. But Lincoln Memorial never led by more than six points over the next seven and a half minutes until using a big run to put the game out of reach.
 
Two Miles Leathers free throws at 8:58 trimmed the LMU lead to 62-58. That was when the Railsplitters went on the run that they had been looking for, turning a four-point lead into a 17-point cushion with a 14-1 flurry. Pinson's tip-in with 5:37 left concluded the run and gave the Railsplitters a commanding 74-59 advantage. A Ross free throw bulged Lincoln Memorial in front 79-61 at 4:14.
 
Brevard briefly pulled to within 12 points on a Leathers three-pointer, but a Choice free throw and a tip-in by Terry made it 82-67 with 1:51 left. LMU's last five points came at the free-throw line, where they closed out the Tornados in the final minute.
 
Moe led Brevard with 20 points on 7-of-11 shooting, while Moose scored 16 points, grabbed six rebounds, handed out four assists and collected two steals. Shaw posted 15 points on 13 shot attempts. Leathers hauled in a team-high nine rebounds and scored seven points.
 
The Railsplitters defeated Brevard for the eighth straight time dating back to the 2011-12 season and extended the nation's longest road winning streak to 12 games.
 
Lincoln Memorial hits the third leg of a closing stretch that features four games in seven days on Wednesday, traveling to Jefferson City, Tenn. looking to avenge its lone loss of the season against the Carson-Newman Eagles. Tip-off between the Railsplitters and Eagles is set for 8 p.m. in Holt Fieldhouse.