LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA. (February 16, 2009) – Sharay DuBose (Salisbury, Md./Parkside HS) scored 20 points for the Lincoln University of Pennsylvania women's basketball team during an 86-57 defeat to visiting Saint Paul's College Monday night at Manuel Rivero Hall. (BOXSCORE) (PHOTO GALLERY)

Playing their final home game, seniors Angelle Green (Yeadon, PA/Penn Wood) and Tanina Cook (Landover, MD/Charles H. Flowers) played hard and displayed plenty of tenacity. Green finished with 10 points and Cook added nine points and six rebounds. Cook has 800 career points, the second highest total under fifth-year coach Andy Haman.

DuBose and Noel Webster (Hagerstown, MD/Elkton) (six points) also pulled down six rebounds each for Lincoln, which also celebrated the WBCA's Pink Zone at halftime. The Lincoln athletics department recognized Lincoln employees who survived breast cancer during halftime and presented each with a pink carnation. 

Saint Paul's College placed three players in double figures highlighted by Tatitian Ellis, the CIAA's leading scorer and Player of the Year candidate, who finished with a game-high 24 points. Gabrielle Johnson had a double-double with 19 points and 12 rebounds. Juantelle Cook scored 14 points and handed out seven assists for the Lady Tigers.

Lincoln concludes its season Saturday afternoon at Johnson C. Smith (2:00 p.m.). Saint paul's finishes its regular season on Thursday night at Virginia State beginning at 5:30 p.m. Saint Paul's defeated Virginia State earlier this year. The CIAA's annual “Rock the Rim”, known as the tournament, celebration begins Tuesday night in Charlotte with a pair of first round women's game. The pairings will be announced later.

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