College men’s basketball: Catawba falls to LMU

Staff report SALISBURY Lincoln Memorial got the ball in the paint, shot almost 63 percent from the floor and beat Catawbas mens basketball team 84-74 on Saturday in front of 290 fans at Goodman Arena.

The South Atlantic Conference game was as close as it was because Kris Robinson made four 3-pointers for the Indians and because Catawba had only eight turnovers.

Unfortunately for the Indians, Robinson was the only on the roster who made a 3-pointer and Catawba put up 21 shots from long range.

LMU (4-1, 2-0) took only nine 3-point attempts, making three, but was able to beat the Indians two points at a time.

The Railsplitters earned a whopping 44 free-throw attempts, but missed 17 of them to help keep Catawba in the game.

Catawba (4-3, 2-2) pulled down an impressive 18 offensive rebounds but the Indians, who shot 37 percent, couldnt turn very many of those ORs into second-chance points.

Robinson scored 18, Caleb Jones had 13, and Justin Banks, who had a lot of those offensive rebounds, scored 11.

Elyjah Freeman scored 20 for the visitors.

Catawba has another tough home game on Wednesday, as Lenoir-Rhyne, 4-1 in the SAC, visits at 7:30 p.m.

Lincoln Memorial 36 48 84 Catawba 37 37 74 CATAWBA scoring Robinson 18, Jones 13, Banks 11, Buchanan 10, Tinsley 8, Athie 4, Walker 4, Thomas 3, Hawkins 2, Chase Daniel 1..

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