By John Goralski Sports Writer With four fouls, Kyre Jackson slipped between the ball and the basket and dug in his heels. There were two minutes left on the clock, but Jackson wasn’t worried about fouling out. He was just trying to draw a charge to keep the Wildcats in the game. On Tuesday, Dec. 10, the Lincoln College New England basketball team needed one more victory to reach double digits by the end of the first semester, and everyone was doing his part. “That was a huge charge,” said Wildcat coach Preston Beverly. “The mentality of most players with four fouls is to stay away from any contact or issues at all, but he took the charge. The officials called it, and everybody was just pumped.” The charge sparked the Wildcats over the final two minutes, and Lincoln rallied for a 78-73 win over Springfield Tech. Jackson led all players in points (26) and rebounds (7), but it was the charge he drew with four fouls that Beverly will remember the most. “That’s an unselfish play, and that really shows that we have a bunch of unselfish guys that really buy into that team mentality,” said the coach. “Everybody [...]
By John Goralski Sports Writer With four fouls, Kyre Jackson slipped between the ball and the basket and dug in his heels. There were two minutes left on the clock, but Jackson wasn’t worried about fouling out. He was just trying to draw a charge to keep the Wildcats in the game. On Tuesday, Dec. 10, the Lincoln College New England basketball team needed one more victory to reach double digits by the end of the first semester, and everyone was doing his part. “That was a huge charge,” said Wildcat coach Preston Beverly. “The mentality of most players with four fouls is to stay away from any contact or issues at all, but he took the charge. The officials called it, and everybody was just pumped.” The charge sparked the Wildcats over the final two minutes, and Lincoln rallied for a 78-73 win over Springfield Tech. Jackson led all players in points (26) and rebounds (7), but it was the charge he drew with four fouls that Beverly will remember the most. “That’s an unselfish play, and that really shows that we have a bunch of unselfish guys that really buy into that team mentality,” said the coach. “Everybody [...]