WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOPS GEORGE MASON 81-61

Thursday, January 31

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1/31/2008 5:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

HARRISONBURG, Va., Jan. 31, 2008 -- Senior guard Tamera Young (Wilmington, N.C./Laney) and freshman center Lauren Jimenez (North Bergen, N.J./North Bergen) scored 20 points each as the Dukes beat George Mason 81-61 in Colonial Athletic Association women's basketball Thursday evening at the JMU Convocation Center.

JMU has won three straight and four out of its last five games. The Dukes improved to 13-6 overall and 6-2 in the CAA. This is their seventh consecutive win over the Patriots.

Mason is 8-11 overall and 2-6 in the conference. The Patriots are now 1-8 on the road this season.

Freshman point guard Dawn Evans (Clarksville, Tenn./Northeast), who returned after missing four games to a foot injury, added 10 points for the Dukes.

Also scoring in double figures was junior forward Nina Uqdah (Lanham, Md./Riverdale Baptist), who tied her career-high with 10. She finished with a game-high nine rebounds.

Young also had five rebounds and a game-high six assists. Jimenez's 20 points tied her career-high. She was 9-for-12 from the field and also tied her career-high with eight rebounds.

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