The weather was nice and homecoming activities went well before a huge crowd on Friday in Lincoln.
The Cardinals were coming off two straight wins over Windsor and LaMonte on the road. Having lost to Northwest 44-29 in the Kaysinger Conference Tournament a few days ago, Lincoln knew what they would be up against.
It was 17-7 after one and the story of the game was unfolding quickly as Lincoln missed shot after shot. It was 25-10 at halftime and the fat lady would sing early as Lincoln managed just one point in the third as it was 37-11 as the sophomore laden Cardinals were just outmatched by the bigger and stronger Northwest squad on this particular night in a 43-21 loss.
Lincoln tried their full court trapping press but Northwest used the entire court in textbook style and scored often on the other end with easy layups. Dawson Parrott, who scored 20 the night before at LaMonte, was held scoreless and Riley Sanders, who had 19, was held to just two on the night.
It was also senior night as Xaxier Smith and Zaden Cole were honored before the game along with the senior cheerleaders and the senior girls basketball players.
Northwest moved to 17-9 and Lincoln fell to 7-14.
LINCOLN (21): Eckhoff, 6; Benham, 3; Lyon, 2; Cole, 2; Sanders, 2; Everhart, 3; Harms, 2.
NORTHWEST (43): Caton, 12; J. Boss, 13; Arnett, 9; Johnson, 2; Neiters, 5; N. Boss, 2.
