Lady Railers fall to Mount Zion
50-47 in overtime
[January 21, 2026]
The Lady Railers lost a heartbreaker on Tuesday night at Roy
S. Anderson Gymnasium. After tying the game at the buzzer in
regulation, Lincoln lost 50-47 in overtime to Mount Zion.
Lincoln led 6-5 after the first quarter and at the half the two
teams were tied at 13-13.
Lincoln pulled ahead in the third quarter with a 30-21 lead as Mia
Clark dropped in two 3s and a two-point bucket. The Holmes sisters
also combined to score nine points, with older sister Lily getting
the advantage with five points.
Mount Zion took over the lead in the fourth quarter and nearly had
the ballgame won but the Lady Railers never gave up. After Clark
missed a three late in the game, Mesa McCloud pulled down the
rebound and tried to score but she missed. The rebound was pulled
down by Lily Holmes, who quickly tossed up a bank shot for the tying
bucket at the buzzer. The game was tied 40-40 in regulation.
Lily Holmes put Lincoln up 42-40 with another putback to start the
overtime but that would be Lincoln’s last lead of the night. Mount
Zion went ahead at the free throw line and in fact they would sink
8-of-10 shots from the line in overtime. With Mount Zion up 49-44,
Clark made a three to bring Lincoln back to within two points with
10.1 seconds left. A final free throw gave the Braves a 50-47 lead
and after one more attempt to tie the game on a three, Lincoln had
to settle for the 50-47 heartbreaking loss at the buzzer.
Mia Clark led Lincoln with 22 points.
Lily Holmes tossed in 16 points for the Lady Railers.
Lincoln falls to 13-7 on the season.
Lincoln won the JV game 35-26.
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Emma Hutchison led the team with 14 points and Sage Gilbert added 11
points.
Lincoln will play at Champaign Centennial on Saturday. The JV game
will start at 12:00 p.m. The Varsity will tip-off at 1:30 p.m.
Varsity scoring
Lincoln 47
Clark 22
L. Holmes 16
P. Holmes 6
Bivin 3
Mount Zion 50
Wisher 16
Austin 13
Anderson 8
Jenkins 7
Rotz 6
JV scoring
Lincoln 35
Hutchison 14
Gilbert 11
Chen 6
Schneider 2
Short 2
Mount Zion 26
Baker 9
Parker 4
Jones 4
Cully 3
Hellweg 2
Barsema 2
Heckel 2
[Teena Lowery]
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