HARROGATE, Tenn. – The No. 1 Railsplitters (21-1, 15-0 SAC) erupted offensively and survived an aerial assault from the visiting Newberry Wolves (11-11, 5-9 SAC) to secure a 117-95 win at Tex Turner Arena on Saturday evening. The victory extended Lincoln Memorial's South Atlantic Conference winning streak to 29 games, matching the SAC record for the longest conference winning streak in league history.
 
The Railsplitters, who pushed their overall winning streak to 10 games and captured their 19th straight win at Tex Turner, shot 62 percent and poured in 14 three-pointers to reach the century mark for the fourth consecutive game. They needed every single point down the stretch against a Newberry team that scored 58 points in the second half and buried 19 three-pointers in the contest.
 
"Thank god we can score," LMU head coach Josh Schertz said. "I thought we played really well offensively and shot the ball extremely well. We needed all of that because we didn't guard them at all in the second half. Credit them, they really hurt us in transition and made a lot of tough shots. Offense carried the day for us today. We played well offensively and took care of the ball."
 
Trevon Shaw and Emanuel Terry led that offensive explosion for the Railsplitters by combining for 66 points.
 
Terry had a night to remember. The 6-9 senior center went 11-for-13 from the floor to score a career-high 31 points and become the 29th player in program history to reach 1,000 career points. On top of that, he added 14 rebounds, three blocks and three steals, with his three blocks pushing his career total to a program-record 199. It marked the 10th double-double of the season for the senior forward.

"Emanuel was great. He did a really good job of screening, exploding out of his roll and putting really good pressure on the rim," Schertz said.
 
Shaw fell just a point shy of matching his career-high mark, draining eight three-pointers to pile up 35 points to go with five rebounds and two steals. Shaw scored 19 of his 35 in the second half, when he went 5-for-6 from three.  
 
"The guys did a great job of finding him and Trevon did a great job moving," Schertz said. "He just made some shots that are otherworldly – tough ones, contested, falling down. As he's shown all year, Trevon is one of the best shooters in the country."
 
That duo was backed by Cornelius Taylor and Josh Odem. Taylor contributed 19 points with three assists, while Odem posted his second double-double of the season with 15 points and a season-high 11 rebounds to go with five assists. Dorian Pinson added 11 points, eight assists and six rebounds.
 
Rob Valentine paced the Wolves with 27 points in 27 minutes off the bench, while Quaman Burton and Xavier Hill scored 15 points apiece. James Stepp also finished in double figures with 12 points but finished just 2-of-9 from the field.
 
It was nip and tuck early as the Railsplitters led by just three at 17-14 following a three-pointer from Valentine with 12:20 left in the half, but Lincoln Memorial scored eight unanswered points following the media timeout to get some breathing room.
 
With just over seven minutes remaining in the half, the Wolves cut the deficit to 36-29 on another three-pointer. However, the Railsplitters scored nine straight points capped by an old-fashioned three-point play from Shaw to extend the lead to 45-29 with 5:06 left in the half. Lincoln Memorial pushed the lead to as many as 18 points before settling for a 51-37 cushion at the break.
 
The Railsplitters used an 11-0 spurt early in the second half to build a commanding 25-point lead and, while the end result was never really in question after that, the Wolves never completely went away either. 
 
A jumper from Marshall Lange closed the gap to 83-69 with 10:41 left, but LMU quickly pushed the lead back to 18 with a dunk by Terry and a bucket by Pinson.  
 
The Wolves never trailed by less than 18 or more than 25 for the remainder of the game. It was the slimmest margin of victory for the Railsplitters since a 73-72 win at Queens back on January 13.
 
The win pushed the Railsplitters to 15-0 in SAC play and extended the program's SAC winning streak to 29 games. That is now tied for the longest winning streak of that kind in conference history, matching Lincoln Memorial's own streak from 2014-16.
 
"We've been really fortunate at LMU, myself included," Schertz said. "We've had unbelievably talented players. People point to that and that's the key, but those guys supplement that. They are unbelievably committed, their competitive character is through the roof. Their togetherness, camaraderie, the responsibility they feel to one another – it's all those things beyond the talent."
 
Quick Hits
 
- The Railsplitters put up at least 60 points in a half for the seventh time this season, shooting a ridiculous 69.4 percent in the second half to rack up 66 points.
 
- Lincoln Memorial handed out 24 assists and turned the ball over only nine times.

- Terry surpassed former great D'Mario Curry for the all-time record at LMU for blocks. With one more, he would be the first player in program history with 200 blocks. 
 
- The Railsplitters beat Newberry for the third straight time and improved to 20-7 in the all-time series. LMU scored at least 90 points against the Wolves for the seventh straight time.
 
Up Next
 
Lincoln Memorial will have the opportunity to break the record for longest SAC winning streak in league history on Wednesday, February 7 when the Railsplitters pay the Anderson Trojans a visit. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. in Anderson, S.C.