Men's Basketball Wins Fourth Straight CCAC Conference Game With 59-52 Victory Over Lincoln

LINCOLN, Ill. – The Roosevelt University men's basketball team won its fourth consecutive CCAC Conference game with a 59-52 victory over Lincoln College on Saturday, December 18 at the Lincoln Center.  The Lakers now sit in third place and one game out of the top spot of the CCAC with a 6-2 record and are 9-4 overall this season.

Both teams struggled offensively and traded leads for the majority of the first half.  The Lakers picked up some momentum with Trenton Kyler coming off the bench and hitting two three-pointers and the visitors took a 25-24 to the locker room at the half.

The second half was more of the same offensively from each team, but Kyler continued to have a strong game, along with Caleb Brown, who came off the bench to register a double-double.  Strong free throw shooting by the Lakers in the second half and down the stretch pushed RU ahead in the final minutes as the Lakers went 10-of-12 from the line in the second half with Kyler hitting six of seven from the charity stripe in the final four minutes to earn the 59-52 conference victory.

GAME DETAILS

Score:   Roosevelt            25           34           59
                Lincoln                  24           28           52

Records: Roosevelt 9-4, 6-2 (CCAC) | Lincoln 5-9, 4-4 (CCAC)

Location: Lincoln Center | Lincoln, Ill.

KEY STATS

• Trenton Kyler came off the bench to score a career-high 21 points
• Caleb Brown posted a double-double with 15 points & a game-high 16 rebounds
• Ayomide Ajiboye tallied nine points & seven rebounds
• Matt Myers dished out six assists
• Eetu Villa recorded four blocks
• RU shot 33.3% from the field & 31.3% from three-point range
• Lincoln shot just 27% overall & 13% from beyond the arc

NEWS & NOTES

• The Lakers have now won four straight CCAC Conference games
• RU is 2-1 versus Lincoln in the all-time series
• Click here to view the current CCAC Conference standings

NEXT UP

The Lakers game scheduled for Monday, December 20 at Judson University has been postponed to January 24, and their next game will be on Thursday, December 30 when they host University of Michigan-Dearborn.  The non-conference contest is scheduled to tip-off at 3pm at the Goodman Center.