RUSTON, LA. – The Lincoln University men’s basketball team will open up the 2009-10 season with an exhibition game at Division I Louisiana Tech Saturday evening with tipoff set for 7 p.m. CT.
The Bulldogs return nine letterwinners from a team that improved by nine wins over the previous season to finish 15-18 overall and 6-10 in the Western Athletic Conference. It was the most wins for the program since the 2005-06 season.
Lincoln is set to begin a new era with new head coach John Redmond ready to take the reins after serving as an assistant coach the previous two seasons. The Blue Tigers return six players from last year’s team that went 4-20 overall and 2-14 in Heartland Conference games.
Of the returning Blue Tigers, senior Lionel Booker produced the most points, leading the entire team a season ago tallying 16 points per game, while also adding 3.4 rebounds per game, 50 assists and 29 steals. Senior Donald Brumfield started in 16 games last year, posting 6.9 points per game to go along with 3.9 rebounds per game, 19 steals and a nearly 50 percent shooting percentage (49.6).
Junior Michael Dorton, senior Davey Fall and sophomore Matt Morris all saw action a season ago, with Dorton posting the most minutes at over 21 minutes per game (21.4). Dorton was right behind Brumfield in terms of points per game, tallying over six points a game (6.2), along with adding 10 blocks to lead the squad. Fall, in his first season transitioning from playing baseball, played in 21 games, tallying 5 points per game, seven blocks and 12 steals. Morris also played in 21 games, averaging just under four points per game (3.9), nine blocks and nine steals. Senior Ryan Spearman will get a chance at a full season this year, after missing last season due to an ankle injury.
Lincoln will play at Louisiana Tech this Saturday with gametime set for 7 p.m. Fans can follow the action via Louisiana Tech’s live stats by following the link below. Once on the page, look for the Gametracker icon on the right side of the page below coverage.
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