Article: Howard's Beale Has the Gift of Grab

Howard University women's basketball coach Sanya Tyler doesn't really have a nickname for Darlene Beale. She has a mantra.

"I don't need a 6-foot-2 finesse player," Tyler said. "I need a bruiser. I need a Moses Malone. We call her Moses for that reason. She likes to drop step. She likes to get in there and mix it up."

More than anything else, however, Beale likes to rebound.

"It's my forte," said the senior from Brooklyn, N.Y. "It's my No. 1 priority and my goal this season is to be No. 1 in the country."

Right now, she is ranked third, with an average of 14.5 rebounds per game. Last season, she was second, with an average of 16.2 per game and a total of 459-the ninth-best single-season ...

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