Pembroke, NC – The Lincoln Memorial women's basketball team will play their final game of 2025 against non conference opponent the UNC Pembroke Braves on Wednesday, January 31st in Pembroke, NC at 1 pm.
The midweek match up will only be the third time that the two teams have met, with the most recent contest being 15 years ago in December of 2009, where LMU fell to UNCP 80-85. The Lady
Railsplitters are winning the series 2-1. The last time Lincoln Memorial has defeated the Braves in Pembroke was in January of 1990, as they won 84-64.
Lincoln Memorial is coming off a 4-game win streak, with their most recent victory being a 72-62 win over Anderson on December 20th. Juice Spot Railsplitter of the Week and SAC Player of the Week
Kamil Collier recorded her sixth double-double of the season as she led the team with a season-high 26 points and11 rebounds.
Currently, Collier is the team-leader in scoring average with 16.4 points per game. Teammates
Lexi Patty and
Alexa Smiddy follow, also scoring double-digits, with 13.9 and 13.6 points per game, respectively. Collier is also leading the team on the boards, as she is averaging 10.5 rebounds per game.
In the South Atlantic Conference, Collier is leading in double-doubles (6), fifth in field goal percentage (48.5), eighth in field goals made (63), second in free throw percentage (87.2), seventh in total points (164), eighth in points per game (16.4), second in rebounds per game (10.5), third in defensive rebounds per game (7.6), and third in offensive rebounds per game (2.9). Smiddy is third in the conference in assist/turnover ratio (2.16), second in total assists (41), second in assists per game (4.1), third in three point percentage (37.5), sixth in three pointers made (21), and sixth in three pointers made per game (2.10). Patty is seventh in the SAC in field goal percentage (47), seventh in defensive rebounds per game (5.1), ninth in rebounds per game (7), and ninth in steals per game (2).
Asia Barr is seventh in the conference in total steals (25), fourth in steals per game (2.5), eighth in three pointers made (17), and eighth in three pointers made per game (1.7).
Keiara Anderson is seventh in the SAC in three pointers made (18) and three pointers made per game (1.8).
Nationally, Collier is ninth in double-doubles, 17
th in defensive rebounds per game, and 18
th in rebounds per game. Smiddy is 25
th in assist/turnover ratio.
As a team, Lincoln Memorial is second in the SAC in assist/turnover ratio (1.09), second in assists per game (15.5), third in field goal percentage (41.7), fourth in field goal percentage defense (36.8), fourth in free throws made per game (14.20), second in rebound margin (3.9), third in scoring defense (58.4), first in scoring margin (19.2), second in scoring offense (77.6), third in steals per game (11.7), first in three point percentage (35.0), second in three point percentage defense (26.1), first in three pointers per game (10), fifth in turnovers forced per game (20.60), and second in winning percentage (90.0).
Nationally, the team is 22nd in assist/turnover ratio, 11th in scoring margin, 18th in scoring offense, sixth in three point attempts per game, 33rd in three point percentage, third in three pointers made per game, and 17th in winning percentage.
UNC Pembroke is coming off of a 67-70 loss against Flagler on December 20
th.
Leaders for the Braves include Bre'Asia Washington (#4), who is averaging 10.3 points per game and Grace Ikenegbu (#15) who is leading in rebounding average with 8.7 per game.
Lincoln Memorial is entering Wednesday with a 9-1 overall record, including a 5-1 mark in conference play. LMU is tied for second place in the SAC standings with Carson-Newman.
UNCP is going into the midweek with an 2-7 overall record and conference record of 2-1. In their conference standings, the Conference Carolinas, the Braves are in second place in the East Division.
Tip off is set for 1 pm in Pembroke, NC. The link to live stream and live stats can be found below.
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