LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa. - The Goldey-Beacom College men's basketball team put four scorers in double-figures including senior transfer Tariq Uqdah's double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds, but the Lightning could not overcome 20 turnovers as they fell on the road to Lincoln University by a count of 84-78 on Tues. night at Manuel Rivero Hall.

GBC fell to 1-2 on the season with the loss while Lincoln, a member of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, moved to 2-3.

Sophomore guard A.J. Picard led all Lightning scorers with 23 points (8-17 FG, 4-9 3FG, 3-3 FT), reigning Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference rookie of the week Marcus Porter notched his second straight 20-point game, and graduate student Ido Yehuda pitched in with 10 points and three assists.

But Lincoln's Denzel Mooney (26 points) and George Jackson (24 points) led three Lions in double-figures, and the hosts totaled two more assists (14-12) with eight less turnovers (20-12).

The Lightning, who led 42-36 at halftime, could not withstand the 20 points the Lions scored off of GBC's 12 second-half turnovers and the free-throw shooting parade that saw Lincoln make 19-of-22 (86-percent) from the charity stripe.

For the game, Goldey-Beacom held a 44-42 edge in field goal shooting percentage and more than doubled-up the Lions in three-point field goals (9-of-18 / 4-of-13), but Lincoln made good at the free-throw line, making 26-of-32 (81-percent) compared to GBC's 15-of-30 (50-percent).

Turnovers once again proved costly for the Lightning, as it did in GBC's season-opening loss to Franklin Pierce. While the Lightning had a respectable eight assists to eight turnovers in the first half, they turned it over 12 times with only four assists in the second half.

Rebounding was dead even at 44, but Lincoln scored eight more points (38-30) in the paint. The Lightning did turn 12 offensive rebounds (including three apiece by Yehuda and Porter) into 11 second-chance points. 

Picard made seven of his first eight shots from the field and scored 21 of the Lightning's first 23 points of the game. Through over 10 minutes of play, he alone was outscoring the Lions, as the sharp-shooting guard had the Lightning out to a 23-15 lead on his fourth three-point field goal of the night at the 9:41 mark.

Then Porter and Uqdah got into the scoring act, and suddenly the Lightning had extended their lead to the largest margin of the night, 34-20 as the six-minute mark approached. 

GBC continued to lead by 14 as the five-minute mark past, but by intermission, Lincoln had closed the gap to six, 42-36, by scoring 16 of the final 24 points in the frame.

The Lions came roaring out in the second half to take a 47-44 lead on a three-pointer by Jackson which capped an 11-2 charge over the first 3:22 after the break. Picard stopped the bleeding with what would be his final two points of the night on a jumper at the 16:16 mark. Later, a free-throw by transfer Jordan Brooks would send the game to a 47-all tie.

Lincoln went on to score the next six points, and GBC would never lead in the game again. Porter did bring the Lightning back from a 59-54 deficit with five straight points to send the game to its seventh and final tie near the nine-minute mark, but the Lions raced out to a 9-1 run over the next three minutes and took control of the game, up 68-60.

The Lightning cut the deficit to four on three different occasions, the last of which came on a tip-in by Yehuda to make it 78-74 with 22 seconds left in regulation. But Lincoln's Jackson was 8-of-8 at the line in the final 40 seconds to ice the win for the Lions.

Next up for the Lightning is their season home opener against Bridgeport on Sat. at 4 p.m. GBC puts its 12-game (11-game regular season) home winning streak at the Jones Center on the line as it plays its first home game of the season.