Lincoln hoops off to good start in quest for state title
Lincoln High School rolled through the playoffs, beat Jefferson High School at Madison Square Garden and won the Public School Athletic League city title for the first time since 2009 last season. Now, Isaiah Whitehead has his sights set even higher — on a state championship.
“I just feel that after we won the city title that some of the guys on our team were content with that and they didn’t play as hard when we went out to states,” Whitehead said. “This year, we’ve got our core group of guys back and we’re not going to settle. We want a state championship.”
The Railsplitters took a bit step in that direction on Saturday when they went out and beat Brooklyn Collegiate 96-73 in Coney Island as three different players scored at least 20 points, Desi Rodriguez led with 27 points, Whitehead had 26 and A.J. Williams had 20, in a dominant victory.