Lincoln University Athletics - Men's Basketball Set To Open Season With Exhibition Contest At Division I Louisiana Tech

Men's Basketball Set To Open Season With Exhibition Contest At Division I Louisiana Tech

Senior Donald Brumfield, left, and head coach John Redmond will open the season with an exhibition game at Louisiana Tech Saturday.

Brian Kortz, Sports Information Director

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11/5/2009 5:21:16 PM

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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Did You Know...

Lincoln University competes in the Heartland Conference and the Great Lakes Football Conference.

Running Back Leo Lewis, who was nicknamed the Lincoln Locomotive and the Minnesota Express for the Vikings, holds the school records for touchdowns in a season with 22.

Lincoln will be returning to the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association in the fall of 2010 after an 11-year absence

that the men's basketball team claimed four Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association conference championships (1972, 75, 77, 81)

Lincoln University was founded in 1866 by the men of the 62^nd and 65^th United States Colored Infantries.

8 time Pro Bowler Lemar Parrish, played football at Lincoln University.

Athletes of the Week

Okine Codlyn

Women's Track and Field

Okine Codlyn (Sr., Kingston, St. Andrew, Jamaica) took home the pentathlon overall title this past Friday at the Alumni Classic on the campus of Illinois College. Codlyn took first in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 8.41 seconds, first in the long jump with a jump of 5.60m, tied for first with teammate Sheri Kaye Campbell in the high jump and then completed the pentathlon with a first place in the shot put with a throw of 9.91m to take the overall title with 3,428 points.

Codlyn also came close in the long jump outside of the pentathlon, placing second with a jump of 5.22m, while teammate Racquel Anderson won the event with a jump of 5.54m.

Chris Pfau

Baseball

Chris Pfau (LHP, So., Columbia, MO) was named Heartland Conference Co-Pitcher of the Week on Tuesday for his performance this past weekend against Texas A&M International.

Pfau dominated on the mound in the first game of a doubleheader on Sunday, limiting Texas A&M International to just six hits in recording the complete game shutout, while also striking out six and walking one. The sophomore left-hander also delivered at the plate, coming through with an RBI groundout in the third inning for the only run scored in Lincoln’s 1-0 victory.

Pfau also started the other three games in the series in centerfield and combined with his pitching performance, posted eight putouts, two assists and no errors as the Blue Tigers took three of four from the Dustdevils.

So far on the season, Pfau has played in all 11 games, starting three on the mound and playing in the other eight games at centerfield and at designated hitter. The Blue Tiger leadoff man holds a .286 batting average, 10 hits, two RBI and three stolen bases, while compiling 19.1 innings pitched, a 2.79 ERA, 17 strikeouts and six walks to record a 1-1 mark on the bump.