Shippensburg Holds On to Defeat Bowie State 75-69 in Women's Basketball

SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. - Bowie State University closed out the Wolf's Bus Lines Classic with a 75-69 setback against host Shippensburg on Saturday evening.

The Lady Bulldogs were led in scoring by junior Kiara Colston (Burtonsville, Md.), Denver Clyde (Glen Burnie, Md.) and Kyah Proctor (Capitol Heights, Md.) with 17, 11 and 10 points respectively. Colston was the teams’ top rebounder with seven and junior Lisa Jing (Laurel, Md.) handed out a team-high three assists.

Clyde and Proctor were named to the All-Tournament Team.
Shippensburg (2-0) and Bowie State (1-1) each held leads for long stretches, but the Raiders book-ended their advantages to gain the victory. SU opened the fourth quarter on a 6-0 run to grab an eight-point lead and ultimately stave off the Bulldogs. The Raiders led for 19:00, while Bowie led for 18:56.

The visitors got within one point on multiple occasions down the stretch, but Shippensburg got a put-back from senior Haley Scullion with 51 seconds remaining and hit 5-of-6 free throws in the final 30 seconds for the win.

Gold hit a three-pointer with 6:20 remaining in the second quarter to become the 21st player in school history to eclipse 1,000 points. She finished with 14 points, making two three-pointers and going 6-for-6 from the free-throw line, while handing out seven assists to just one turnover. Gold also had four rebounds.

Stephanie Knauer led four Shippensburg players in double figures with a game-high 19 points. Colleen Young and Lauren Gold contributed 14 points apiece while Logan Snyder added 13 points. Shippensburg’s Morgan Griffith was the games’ leading rebounder with nine while Gold paced both teams with seven assists.

Bowie State will make its home debut on Saturday (Nov. 19th) hosting Bloomfield College at 2 p.m.