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January 22, 2003
  

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LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Penn. — Senior guard Sami Wylie (Philadelphia, PA/Southern) scored 23 points to earn tournament MVP honors and help the Lincoln University men’s basketball team win the championship of its own Cyrus D. Jones Invitational with a 96-62 victory over Rutgers University-Camden here Monday.
Lincoln posted a 2-0 record in the three-team tournament, which started Saturday. Keystone College finished at 1-1, while Rutgers-Camden went 0-2.
Lincoln, which was ranked as high as No. 10 nationally earlier in the season, improves to 10-4. Rutgers-Camden falls to 4-10 with its ninth straight loss.
The Lions also received 20 points from senior guard Thomas Lahart (Philadelphia, PA/Millbrook, NC), while freshman guard Ja’Juan Robinson (Baltimore, MD/Dunbar) notched 14 points. Freshman forward Lavine Grimes (Philadelphia, PA/Friere Charter) collected a double-double with 14 rebounds and 10 points, while junior center Garrick Wooten (Randallstown, MD/Randallstown) added nine rebounds and six points. Sophomore guard Dante Blanton (Baltimore, MD/Dunbar) collected nine points and three steals. Blanton joined teammates Wylie, Robinson, Grimes and Wooten on the all-tournament team.
Lincoln, which took a 13-4 lead, never trailed in the contest. Although the Raptors scored seven straight points to cut that margin to 13-11, Lincoln answered with a 9-3 run. Lincoln led by 33-18 before the Raptors cut the gap to 38-29 by halftime. The Lions scored the first nine points of the second half to put the game away.
Rutgers-Camden senior guard Dane Nicholson (Pleasantville, NJ/Holy Spirit) tied Wylie for game-high scoring honors with 23 points. That total lifted Nicholson to 986 career points as he attempts to become the 13th player in program history to reach 1,000.
Raptor senior guard Sydney Francis (Camden, NJ/Woodrow Wilson) had 13 points and eight rebounds.
Both Nicholson and Francis earned all-tournament honors for Rutgers-Camden.
Rutgers-Camden returns to New Jersey Athletic Conference play on Wednesday with a 6 p.m. game at Rowan University.
Lincoln plays host to Baptist Bible College at 7 p.m. Thursday.



News release submitted by Rutgers-Camden on Jan 09, 2007 at 12:03 AM
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