Harrogate, Tenn.----The 14th-ranked Lincoln Memorial University Railsplitters used a 17-2 second-half run Saturday afternoon to erase Wingate University's seven-point lead en route to an 85-78 victory over the Bulldogs in South Atlantic Conference men's basketball action. LMU improves to 9-1 overall and 7-0 in the SAC, while the Bulldogs fall to 4-5 overall and 3-4 in league play.

KEY STATS

- LMU shot 50 percent from the field, going nine-for-20 from three-point range (45 percent)
- Wingate shot 44 percent from the field, connecting on 12-of-34 from deep (35 percent)
- The Railsplitters held a 33-28 rebounding advantage; WU a 10-7 edge in second-chance points
- The 'Dogs scored 20 points off 11 LMU turnovers
- Lincoln Memorial outscored Wingate 30-20 in the paint
- LMU was 26-for-30 at the free throw line; the Bulldogs went eight-for-eight

KEY BULLDOGS

- Kendall Taylor had 24 points, seven rebounds, three assists and two steals
- Corbin Pack also had 24 points, going six-for-13 from deep
- Aaron Hall and Derek Bradley added six points apiece
- Jordan Miller and Jaden Lingo contributed five points each

FIRST HALF

- A Wes Enis triple gave LMU an early 11-4 lead
- Two free throws and a layup from Jaleb Grant cut the lead to three
- Another Enis triple at the 12:55 mark gave LMU an 18-12 lead
- Pack buried back-to-back threes to tie it at 18
- Triples from Taylor and Miller put the 'Dogs on top 24-23
- A Jordan Walters layup with 8:18 to go gave LMU a four-point advantage
- Pack knocked down two more threes to put WU back on top 30-28
- A Walters dunk gave LMU a one-point lead, but Pack's jumper gave WU a 34-33 lead at the 5:08 mark
- A Bradley triple with 3:47 to go gave the 'Dogs a 37-35 lead
- Enis knocked down back-to-back threes to give the Railsplitters a 40-37 advantage
- A Walters layup with 55 seconds left pushed the lead to five
- Bradley buried another three, while a Pack triple in the final seconds gave Wingate a 43-42 halftime lead

SECOND HALF

- A Mahmoud Bangura three-point play gave Lincoln Memorial a 53-47 lead four minutes in
- WU scored the next nine, getting five points from Taylor in the spurt to go on top 58-53
- A Matty Foor layup with nine minutes left put the 'Dogs on top 64-57
- A Enis three cut it to four, but a Hall dunk made it 66-60
- LMU scored 17 of the next 19 points over a five-minute span
- An Enis layup at the 2:50 mark capped the flurry to give the Railsplitters a 77-68 lead
- Freeman's layup with 1:11 to go extended the lead to 11
- Threes from Pack and Lingo cut the lead to five with 22 seconds left at 82-78
- Freeman and Connor Jordan knocked down free throws over the next 10 seconds to make it 85-78

UP NEXT

- Wingate is back in action Dec. 31, hosting Mount Olive at 2 p.m.