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Lenoir-Rhyne University’s men ride a five-game win streak into their next game, a South Atlantic Conference battle on Saturday (4 p.m.) at Lincoln Memorial.
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The Bears (13-3, 6-2) ran their win streak to four games on Wednesday in Hartsville, S.C., by beating Coker College 75-64.
LRU had four players reach double figures at Coker – Cory Thomas (20 points), Djibril Diallo (17 points), Bertrand Awana (14 points) and R.J. Gunn (10 points) as it dropped Coker to 3-12, 1-7.
Awana added 12 rebounds, one steal, a block and one assist.
The Bears led by as many as 23 points with a bit more than nine minutes left in the second half and before the Cobras rallied to close within 64-59 with two minutes, 26 seconds left to play.
Three Coker players scored in double figures, led by Kennedy Malcom with 20 points. He added two rebounds, an assist, one steal and went 9-of-10 on free throws.
LRU shot 59.2 percent and Coker shot 39 percent.
Diallo and Thomas each reached double figures for the 14th time in 16 games this season.
The Bears are tied with Catawba for second in the SAC standings, both trailing first-place Queens.