Box Score
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa. — The Lincoln University women’s basketball team prevailed in a back-and forth game and overcame a six-point deficit late to come away with a 55-52 win Monday night at Manuel Rivero Hall.
Sophomore guard Sharay Dubose (Salisbury, MD, Parkside) penetrated on an in-bounds pass. The ball bounced around the iron and dropped for a 54-52 lead with one minute left.
Kayler McBride missed a three with 24 seconds left and was forced to foul, her fifth, putting Sasha Evans (Hampton, Va, Phoebus) on the line. She made one of two, and desperation shots for the Lady Blue Bears fell short for a 55-52 LU victory.
The win is the Lincoln’s second. At 2-5, last year’s total has already been matched.
Dubose was one of two Lincoln University players to record a double-double. She had 20 points and 10 boards while DeJuana Mosley (Chestery, PA, Chester) had 10 points and 10 rebounds. Freshman Brittney Waters (Capitol Heights, MD, Charles H. Flowers) had a career-high seven points.
Lincoln started tremendously well as Dubose gave Lincoln a 14-5 lead following two made free throws with 14:50 left in the opening period.
Kelcyn Manurs converted a lay-up and made the free throw to cut the deficit to 16-11 at eight minutes in, but Dubose responded with an expiring shot clock for an 18-11 margin.
Mosley stifled the run with a basket following an offensive board off of a Charity Hart (Richmond, VA, Highland Spring) miss with 9:35 to go for a 22-15 margin.
Once again, Dubose hit a much-needed three when Livingstone clawed within one for a 27-23 advantage with 5:30 to go in the opening period.
Endia Hill took a nice feed from Manurs underneath to knot the game up with more than a minute left. The Lady Blue Bears took the lead with two seconds left when Rashida Elbourne knocked down both free throws for a 30-28 advantage.
LU foul trouble allowed LC to reawaken, going 14 of 18 from the charity stripe, with that success accounting for nearly half their point total.
At 15:10, Chanelle Harris (Philadelphia, PA, Penn Wood) came up with a steal and easy transition layup for a 34-33 Livingstone lead.
Waters found Danielle Smallwood (Philadelphia, PA, West Catholic) underneath as Lincoln retook the lead, 35-34.
Maturing seemingly every possession down the court Waters also had a three pointer, a steal and drew a foul while driving in transition. On that ensuing possession, Tequila Jimenez (South Jersey, NJ Cumberland Regional) got a bucket and a foul shot to extend Lincoln’s lead to 42-37 with three to go.
That would be Lincoln’s largest lead of the half. LC quickly erased it with a 12-1 run, for its largest lead of the game at 49-43 with 5:50 to go.
Dubose and Alease Tabb (Brooklyn, NY, Middle College) scored on consecutive possessions to put LU within one score as Mosley converted both free throws for a 49-49 game.
Tied at 52, on a hustle play, Waters scrambled for the offensive board. Not able to come down with it, she knocked the ball off an LC player. Dubose penetrated on an in-bounds pass. The ball bounced around the iron and roped for a 54-52 lead with one minute left.
McBride missed a three with 24 seconds left and was forced to foul, her fifth, putting Sasha Evans on the line. She made one of two, and desperation shots for the Lady Blue Bears fell short for a 55-52 lead.