The #9 ranked Lincoln Land women's basketball team played host to Olney Central College and won dramatically by a score of 61-60.  The Loggers got out to a hot start as usual and had a ten point lead midway through the first period.  Olney held steady and managed to cut the lead to four at the end of the period 18-14.  The Loggers slowly pulled away from Olney in the second quarter and held a 39-27 lead at the half.  The Loggers have struggled in the third period all season, and today was no exception.  The Loggers were outscored 20-7 in the third period.  Lincoln Land managed to shoot just 7% from the field in the quarter.  The Loggers were 1-13 from the floor in the period.  The Loggers were down 46-47 at the end of the period.  The fourth quarter was when the game really began.  The teams traded leads throughout the period.  Olney managed to have their largest lead of the game with 2:06 to go in the game.  The Loggers called a time out to regroup and quickly scored a bucket to cut the lead to two.  Olney managed to find themselves with a three-point lead and forced the Loggers to call a time out to advance the ball. 

    Lincoln Land perfectly executed a side line play and Kylie Robinson buried a wing three point basket to tie the game.  Olney quickly inbounded the ball and the Loggers were called for a foul on the play.  Olney then missed the first free throw and made the second.  Lincoln Land, with out a time out, inbounded the ball and quickly raced up the floor.  Sophomore Alexis Wade managed to get to the paint and draw the defender to her. This freed Zoey Beehn to hit what would be the game winning shot with 1.7 seconds to play.  Olney called timeout to advance the ball, but the Logger defense held strong and the Loggers escaped defeat on won 61-60. "Wild finish tonight.  We are capable of great things, but also capable of being not so great" stated Chad Jones. "But, they showed some guts down the stretch tonight and found a way two pull it out.  We needed that feeling."

    The Loggers were lead in scoring by Zoey Beehn with 16. Lillie Woodworth chipped in 14 and Kylie Robinson scored 12 respectively.  Beehn also led the Loggers with seven rebounds.  Lincoln Land improves to 6-0 on the season and plays again at home Tuesday night against Carl Sandburg College.