Wichita, Kan. – The Newman Jets hosted Lincoln University Saturday afternoon inside Fugate Gymnasium. Newman would fall to Lincoln 74-72 thanks to a layup with four seconds left in overtime. This would be Newman's third conference loss by 3 or less points.
For most of the first half, it was back and forth with neither team gaining much of a lead. Trailing by 7, Newman would make a comeback to take the lead 26-25 with 6:41 left. Lincoln (5-7, 2-1) would weather the storm and make a run of their own to take a 31-29 lead into the intermission.
In the second half, Newman would respond as they gained their largest lead of the game, 52-46 lead with 9:46 left. Back to back turnovers and some missed shots gave Lincoln the chance to get back into the game and make a run of their own as they got the lead back with 5:21 left, 56-54.
It was back and forth for the rest of the second half and much of the overtime period until Cameron Potts got past the Newman defense and made a layup with four seconds left to give the Blue Tigers the 74-72 win.
Newman (6-7, 0-4) shot 25-of-58 from the floor for 43 percent, 8-of-17 from three for 47 percent and 14-of-19 from the free throw line for 73 percent. While Lincoln shot 27-of-60 for 45 percent, 8-of-24 from three for 33 percent and 12-of-26 from the charity stripe for 46 percent. The Jets and Blue Tigers were even on the boards with 36, with only 6 coming on the offensive end for Newman while Lincoln had 11 offensive rebounds.
Newman was led in scoring by Marshawn Blackmon with 18 points and 10 rebounds. David Javorsky and Omar Boone added 13 points each in the loss.
Newman will be back in action Monday, January 6th as they host Central Missouri with tip-off starting at 7:30 P.M.
