Newsome LR 1920
72
Winner Lenoir-Rhyne LRUWBB 3-7, 1-4 SAC
62
Lincoln Memorial LMU 4-4, 3-2 SAC
Winner
Lenoir-Rhyne LRUWBB
3-7, 1-4 SAC
72
Final
62
Lincoln Memorial LMU
4-4, 3-2 SAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Lenoir-Rhyne LRUWBB 17 17 19 19 72
Lincoln Memorial LMU 9 16 11 26 62

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Shooting woes hurt LMU in 72-62 loss to Lenoir-Rhyne

HARROGATE, Tenn. – The LMU women's basketball team just could not get the shots to fall when needed Wednesday evening against Lenoir-Rhyne, shooting a season low 30.3 percent from the field as they fell to the Bears 72-62.

The loss snaps a three-game win streak and drops the Lady Railsplitters to 4-4 overall on the season and 3-2 in the South Atlantic Conference. Lenoir-Rhyne improves to 3-7 and 1-4 in SAC play.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Lady Railsplitters came out ice cold, shooting 4-12 in the first quarter and 7-24 for the half.
• Free throws kept LMU in the game in the first half as they went 10-13 from the charity stripe during that stretch.
• The Bears shot 50 percent in the first quarter and went out to the 17-9 lead after the frame.  
• LMU would cut the lead to eight, 33-25, just before halftime, but L-R extended the lead to 17 by the end of the third quarter.
• The Lady Railsplitters would outscore the Bears 26-19 in the fourth quarter but were unable to overcome the deficit.

KEY PLAYERS/STATS
• Lauren Flowers led LMU with 14 points, six rebounds, and four assists.
• Shermeria Quarles had 11 points and nine rebounds.
• Kyndall Caudle chipped in 10 points and three steals.
• L-R had five players score in double figures, led by Kiara Moore's and nine rebounds. Karlie Bearden chipped in with a double-double as she had 14 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks.
• For the game, LMU shot 30.2 percent from the field, 21.4 percent from behind the arc, and 70.0 percent from the charity stripe.
• LRU shot 47.3 percent from the field, 33.3 percent from three-point range, and 69.6 percent from the free throw line.
• The Bears outrebounded LMU 43-39.
• Lenoir-Rhyne outscored LMU in the paint 34-28, but LMU had the 15-13 advantage in second chance points.

UP NEXT
The Lady Railsplitters will close out the 2019 portion of the schedule as they travel to face future SAC foe Limestone College Saturday afternoon. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m. in Gaffney, South Carolina.

Stay tuned to LMURailsplitters.com, as well as LMU's social media platforms - @LMURailsplitter on Twitter, @LMURailsplitters on Facebook and @lmurailsplitters on Instagram, for complete coverage of Lady Railsplitter basketball throughout the 2019-20 season.
 
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