Harrogate, TN - If you're a fan of great basketball, Harrogate, TN is going to be a good place to be on Saturday. The 14th-ranked Lincoln Memorial men's basketball team will play host to the 21st-ranked Coker Cobras, with tip-off slated for 4 PM on Jan. 11. The two teams are separated by one game in conference play, with the Railsplitters holding onto second place in the South Atlantic Conference standings with an 8-1 record and Coker resting in third place at 7-2. Lincoln Memorial is coming off of an 89-80 win over Carson-Newman on the road, and Coker is coming off of a 103-97 loss to Carson-Newman at home.
Coker has scored over 100 points in 11 of its games so far this season and is the nation's second best scoring team at 109.3 points-per-game. However, Lincoln Memorial has held
every single opponent played this season to below its season average in points-per-game. The Cobras lead the conference in three point percentage and are the fifth best in the conference from the floor. The Railsplitters are second from the floor and from long range in the conference in both categories.
Sophomore
Wes Enis leads Lincoln Memorial in scoring, averaging 19.6 points-per-game, good for third in the conference. Freshman
Elyjah Freeman leads all freshmen in the South Atlantic Conference in points-per-game, scoring an average of 17.5 points-per-game. He is also fifth in the conference in rebounding, hauling in eight rebounds-per-game.
Lincoln Memorial's offense features nearly five players averaging double figures per game. As previously mentioned, Enis leads the team in scoring with 20.5 points-per-game. He is followed by Freeman with 15.8 points-per-game and 7.7 rebounds-per-game. Freeman is coming off of a career-high 36 points on the road at Carson-Newman Wednesday. Freshman
EJ Smith is averaging 11.1 points-per-game, 2.3 rebounds-per-game, and 3.2 assists-per-game.
Jordan Walters is averaging 9.7 points and 6.0 rebounds-per-game, nearly tallying a double-double on the road at Carson-Newman.
Osmar Garcia-Araujo is averaging 8.3 points-per-game and 3.5 rebounds-per-game.
The Railsplitters are averaging 83.5 points-per-game while holding their opposition to an average of 74.1 points-per-game, good for an average 9.4 point margin of victory. Lincoln Memorial will be tasked with stopping Coker's potent offense, headlined by Ian Blue who averages 14.7 points-per-game, followed by Jamie Muldowney with 14.3 points-per-game, Max Hurray with 14.1 points-per-game, Judson Coan with 13.3 points-per-game, and Sebastian Cole with 12.1 points-per-game.
Tip-off between Lincoln Memorial and Coker is slated for 4 PM in Harrogate, TN.
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