Gaffney, SC - The Lincoln Memorial women's basketball team opens their season with a 69-52 win against the Converse Valkyries Saturday afternoon in the SAC/Conference Carolinas Challenge. 

The Lady Railsplitters took control of the 1st quarter, outscoring Converse 19-5.  Lincoln Memorial also dominated the 2nd quarter, outscoring the Valkyries once again 18-8, with the score being 37-13 going into halftime. When the play resumed in the 3rd, Converse finally got their offensive strategies going and outscored the Lady Railsplitters 11-16. Despite that, Lincoln Memorial remains in the lead going into the 4th quarter 48-29. The 4th quarter was high scoring for both teams, with Converse ultimately leading the 4th quarter 21-23. Even though Converse lead the second half, LMU extended the lead enough in the first half to where they were still able to secure the win 69-52. 

Kamil Collier led the team on the day, with 15 points and 17 rebounds. Matty Tanner also had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Both Alexa Smiddy recorded 12 points and 4 rebounds on the day, while Lexi Patty scored 10 points and posted 6 rebounds and a game high 2 blocks. Federica Lagana registered 6 points, while Asia Barr, Jamyah Winter, and Keiara Anderson all scored 3. Dominique Rodriguez ended the day with 2 points. 

With the win, LMU improves to 1-0 overall. 

The Lady Railsplitters have a tight turnaround, with their next game being tomorrow afternoon at 2 pm against King University.