Blue Tiger Men Go 3-0 On The Week With A Victory Over St. Mary's

Jefferson City, MO - The Lincoln University Blue Tigers came in tonight's looking for a little revenge from the 67-66 loss to the St. Mary's University Rattlers in San Antonio. The Blue Tigers after a little cat and mouse game with the Rattlers pulled out to a 12 point lead in the first period and led by 11 at the half, 36-25. Lincoln survived nine strikes by the Rattlers to cut the lead to single digits but each time LU sent the lead back to double to digits and won by 16, 75-59 at Jason Gymnasium. With Monday's win over UMSL and Thursday's upset over Incarnate Word, Lincoln goes undefeated for the week.

Senior Guard Martin Palmer led the offensive attack with a game high 15 points, while Junior Forward Jonas Pierre led the defense with a game high 12 rebounds and a game best four blocks. Three additional Lincoln men scored in double figures with Junior Guard Sean Briggs and Freshman Travis Backes both adding 13 points with Senior Guard DuRell Sanford tallying 12.

The Blue Tigers go to 10-11 for the season and 3-4 in the Heartland Conference, while St. Mary's tumbles to 11-12 and 5-2. Lincoln will head to Goodwell, OK on Thursday, February 13th for meeting with the Oklahoma Panhandle Sate University Aggies. The tip-off is scheduled for 7:30pm with the game to be broadcasted on Smooth Jazz 88.9 after the women's game.