Wednesday, January 10, 2007

PC Loses First Home Game In Over A Year

CLINTON, S.C. – Led by David Lopez’s game-high 22 points, Lincoln Memorial acquired a 74-57 victory over Presbyterian College in South Atlantic Conference action on Wednesday evening at the Templeton Center.

The Railsplitters pick up their third conference win of the year to improve to 3-1 in SAC play and 8-5 overall, while PC drops its second consecutive league contest to end the day 2-2 in league action and 9-6 overall.

Lopez was one of three LMU players in double figures. Beau Brown (Athens, Tenn.) had 14 points in the win and Artavius Mitchell (Chicago, Ill.) had 11.

Presbyterian was led in the loss by Sean Dixon (Marietta, Ga.), who finished the game with 18 points and four assists.

The most important statistic from the evening though was probably the fact that the loss was Presbyterian’s first loss at the Templeton Center since December of 2005.

Presbyterian was 6-0 at home this season entering the game against Lincoln Memorial and 14-0 overall since losing to Georgia College & State at the Templeton Center on Dec. 30, 2005.

The loss also snaps a 10-game home conference winning streak. The Blue Hose had not lost to a league foe at home prior to Wednesday’s loss since Feb. 6, 2005 when they fell to Catawba 67-57 at the Templeton Center.

Still, the Blue Hose are 6-1 in the friendly confines of the Templeton Center this season and 31-3 at home since the commencement of the 2004-05 basketball season.

Presbyterian will try and begin a new home winning streak at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 13 against Catawba in the second game of a men’s and women’s basketball twinbill at the Templeton Center.

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