Effingham girls basketball coach Jeff Schafer summed up Friday night’s game in Lincoln pretty simply.

“They played good and we didn’t.”

And it doesn’t hurt to have a standout player like Kloe Froebe.

The Lincoln sophomore pumped in 33 points, including 21 in the second half, helping the Lady Railsplitters pull away for a 57-29 victory at home over the Lady Hearts.

Effingham was in it for the first eight minutes. Froebe scored just three points and the Lady Hearts were within 13-9. But Lincoln went on a 19-2 scoring spree in the second period to build a 32-11 halftime lead and were never threatened.

Froebe knocked down three shots from behind the arc in the third quarter and the hosts maintained their 21-point cushion, 46-25.

Ella Niebrugge paced EHS with 11 points, while Meredith Schaefer added eight.

The Lady Hearts dipped to 9-3 overall and 2-3 in the Apollo Conference. Their next game will be in the Charleston Holiday Tournament. Effingham will play at 6 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 27, against Danville. The Lady Hearts will play four games in three days in the five-team round robin format.