PETERSBURG, Va. – Virginia State University’s Trojans held
off Bowie State on Wednesday evening in VSU’s Multi-Purpose Center, defeating the Bulldogs 59-55 and sweeps the season series.
Senior
Denver Clyde (Glen Burnie, Md.) paced the Bowie State Bulldogs with a
team-high 17 points while juniors Pere Alexander (Baltimore,
Md.) and Kyah Proctor (Capitol Heights, Md.) with 11 points each.
Freshman Kyaja Williams (Baltimore, Md.) hauled down a team-high 10
rebounds and added five points in the loss. Junior Kiara Colston
(Burtonsville, Md.) rounded out Bowie State’s scorers with
nine points.
Bowie State (18-7, 10-5 CIAA, 5-4 North) started extremely slow, falling behind Virginia State by a score of 11-3 at the 5:13
mark but trailed
13-9 after the first quarter. The Bulldogs made just three of 13 from
the field (23.1 percent) in the first 10 minutes with two of those field
goals being 3-pointers.
The
Bulldogs improved their field goal shooting percentage in the second
quarter to 46.7 percent (7-of-15) and trailed by just one (27-26)
at halftime. Alexander and Clyde paced Bowie State in first half
scoring with 10 points apiece.
Virginia State began the third quarter with an 8-2 run to push advantage to 35-28.
The three-ball played a major part in the Trojans early third
quarter scoring, with 4-of 5 field goals being triples and carried a
49-42 lead into the fourth quarter.
Bowie
State’s field goal shooting percentage continued to climb in the third
quarter, hitting at a 54.5 percent clip (6-of-11) but so did
Virginia State’s shooting percentage. The Trojans hit 8-of-15 field
goals in the quarter (53.3 percent), which included 4-of-10 behind the
arc.
Virginia State extended their lead to nine (56-47) with 5:09 remaining in the game but would score just one field goal the rest of the way.
Fortunately, that was enough to hold off the visiting Bowie State.
Virginia
State (18-7, 10-5 CIAA) was led by Nandi Taylor (Mt. Morris, Mich.) and
Joy Hickman (Wilmington, Del.) with 17 points apiece. Endia
McKinney (Norfolk, Va.) added 12 points and Taylor Daniels (Hampton,
Va.) led all rebounders with a game-high 15 (14 defensively).
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