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	The Ypsilanti Courier A Heritage Newspaper Weekly Publication

Rails are still seeking first win

Could use Times Italic for a subhead in this position

By Tom Perkins, Special Writer

PUBLISHED: January 17, 2008

Lincoln varsity hoops again showed it can play solid basketball, but they again only did it for one half.

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Heading into the locker room with a one point advantage at halftime, the Railsplitters couldn't break the River Rat's half-court trap defense and quickly fell behind before losing 64-45.

"We didn't execute our game plan in the second half," Lincoln head coach Mike Foley said. "We reverted back to our old team after playing Lincoln basketball in the first half."

Huron forced multiple turnovers early in the third quarter providing a 14-2 run from which Lincoln would never recover.

Foley said he would have liked to see his team maintain their cool and play as a unit.

"We haven't come together yet and we just aren't playing as a team," he said.

"We have all the perfect ingredients, we just can't play together."

Ryan Walton led the Splitters with 16 points and Aaron Mitchell added 11. Aaron Dillon grabbed 12 rebounds.

"Dillon did an awesome job out there," Foley said.

The loss keeps Lincoln (0-9, 0-5 SEC White) without their first win. Foley attributes the lack of success to his boys' "I" mentality.

"You play as a team, you win as team," he said. "You can't win as an individual."

Though Foley said he does not believe it is an excuse for the poor start, much of Lincoln's roster lists underclassman, and the team's four seniors have never seen varsity action before.

"We really don't have a lot of experience," he said.

Lincoln will look for their first win on Thursday at Bedford.

Tom Perkins is a freelance writer for the View/Courier. He can be reached at trperkins@gmail.com.