 President Reagan refused America's outdated cancer treatments Instead, like other celebrities and European royalty, President Reagan went to Germany to cure his cancer Americans would be shocked if they knew that President Reagan, while still in the White House, turned his back on American cancer treatments. He secretly went to a German cancer clinic, got rid of his cancer, and lived another 19 years. Why did he choose Germany? Because German cancer doctors are the best — thanks to breakthrough treatments the American cancer establishment calls “quackery.” No wonder President Reagan and other celebrities such as Liz Taylor, Suzanne Somers, Anthony Quinn, and European royalty chose Germany’s kinder, gentler treatments. Surprisingly, these treatments cost 10 cents on the dollar compared to America’s dreadful treatments. As one of Germany’s top doctors said, “Doctors give chemo, chemo, chemo, and patients die, die, die.” That describes American cancer treatments. German doctors use a whole new way with NO hair loss, NO nausea, and NO disfiguring surgeries. You’ll see a complete description of the breakthrough including three astonishing "before and after" photos of a woman who said “NO!” to surgery that would’ve disfigured her face. She was completely cured without chemotherapy or surgery. Click here and see for yourself exactly what the German cancer breakthrough is, why it works so well, and where the celebrities go to get rid of their cancer. |
Saturday, January 28, 2012
The Illegal Cure Ronald Reagan used for his Cancer
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Bowie State Moves Up To #19 in NABC Division II Poll
 Bowie State Moves Up To #19 in NABC Division II Poll (KANSAS CITY, Mo.) The Bowie State Bulldogs moved up two spots to # 19 in this week's Division II NABC (Coaches) poll. The poll records reflect games played through January 21st. Last week, the Bulldogs defeated Johnson C. Smith and Chowan to improve their record to 13-3. Bowie State also beat Elizabeth City State on Monday (January 23rd), but this game did not factor into the latest poll. The Bulldogs return to the hardwood on Saturday (January 28th) for a much anticipated rematch against Lincoln University of Pennsylvania in the Lions home court. NABC/Division II Coaches Poll (Jan. 24, 2012) 1. Bellarmine (Ky.) (8 first place votes) 16-1 200 2 2. West Liberty (W.Va.) 3. Metropolitan State (Colo.) 17-1 184 4 4. Tarleton State (Texas) 5. Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) 17-1 161 6 6. Winona State (Minn.) 7. Kentucky Wesleyan 8. Southern Indiana 9. Northern Kentucky 10. Midwestern State (Texas) 15-1 128 13 11. Colorado School of Mines 15-2 126 12 12. Alabama-Huntsville 13. St. Cloud State (Minn.) 14. Missouri Southern 15. Christian Brothers (Tenn.) 14-3 86 11 16. Indiana (Pa.) 17. Shaw (N.C.) 18. Western Washington 19. Bowie State 20. Hillsdale (Mich.) 21. Indianapolis, (Ind.) 22. West Georgia 23. Fort Hays State (Kan.) 24. South Carolina Aiken 25. Alaska-Anchorage BOWIE STATE ROUTS ELIZABETH CITY STATE VIKINGS 89-64 (ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. – January 23, 2012) It only took the 21st ranked Bulldogs about eight minutes to show why they’re one of the best teams in the country as Bowie State routs Elizabeth City State 89-64. The victory was BSU’s fifth in a row and improves the Bowie State record to 14-3 overall, 6-2 CIAA and 2-0 North. The first 5:21 of the first half featured two ties and six lead changes. However, a tip-in by Bowie State senior Ali Djim broke an 11-11 tie which started a 12-0 Bulldogs run. Elizabeth City State’s Quintin Spady cut the Vikings deficit to eight (27-19) with just under 10 minutes remaining in the first half. Unfortunately for ECSU, that’s as close as they would get for the rest of the game. The Bowie State lead ballooned to a first period high 20 and sent the Bulldogs into halftime with a very comfortable 50-32 advantage. The Bulldogs shot 52 percent from the floor in the first period, connecting on 17-of-33 field goals, which included 8-of-14 beyond the 3-point line. Of those eight first half triples, junior Byron Westmorland was responsible for half of them. Bowie State’s defense stymied Elizabeth City State all night, holding the Vikings to 32 percent shooting in the first half and 37 percent in the second half. The Bulldogs began the second half with a 6-0 before a layup the Elizabeth City State’s Omar Jones stopped the run. Bowie State’s stronghold grew to a game-high 29 points (67-39) after a short jumper from the free throw line by junior Branden Doughty with 13:52 left in the game. From there, BSU head coach Darrell Brooks substituted freely. “Tonight we just shot the ball well and I was pleased with our effort defensively and continued to rebound well”, said Brooks following the game. “It’s always tough playing in here (R.L. Vaughan Center) and this was great divisional victory for us.” Bowie State matched its first half, 52 percent field goal shooting in the second half, hitting 15-of-29. The Bulldogs made 13-of-26 of its 3-point field goals. Westmorland led all scorers with a game-high 21 points and senior Darren Clark along with junior Bryan Wilson added 16 and 13 points respectively for the Bulldogs. Clark snatched a game-high nine rebounds and handed out a game-high nine assists from his point guard position. Elizabeth City State (9-9, 3-5 CIAA, 1-1 North) was led by Marquie Cooke’s 16 points and eight rebounds. Spady, Angelo Sharpless and Jones also scored in double figures for the Vikings, adding 13, 11 and 10 points respectively. Bowie State will take Tuesday off and begin preparation for Saturday’s (1/28) road rematch with the Lincoln University of Pennsylvania. The Lions and Bulldogs will tip-off at 7:30 pm from LUPA’s Manuel Rivera Hall. TURNOVERS COSTLY IN LADY BULLDOGS 60-50 SETBACK AT ELIZABETH CITY STATE (ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. – January 23, 2012) Turnovers and late cold spells costly in Bowie State 60-50 loss at Elizabeth City State. “You can’t turn the ball over 25 times in a ball game and expect to win”, said first year head coach Renard Smith. Elizabeth City State (11-7, 5-3 CIAA, 2-0 North) used an 11-0 run over a late first half stretch to turn a two point lead to a 35-25 halftime advantage. ECSU’s Jasmine Walker was deadly in the first 20 minutes, knocking down four 3-pointers on 4-of -6 shooting. The Lady Vikings shot a blistering 59 percent from the floor in the first half (13-22) which included 5-of-10 beyond the arc. Elizabeth City State held a ten point lead early in the second half until a 3-pointer by Bowie State junior Brooke Miles followed by a jumper by senior Juliette Turner cut the lead in half at 39-34 at the 16:27 mark. However, the Lady Viking pushed the lead back to ten (49-39) by the midway point of the second half. Bowie State (2-13, 2-6 CIAA, 1-1 North) battled back to pull within three at 51-48, but the offense stalled for the remainder of the game. The only bucket by the Lady Bulldogs over the final 6:07 was a layup by Turner at the 1:54 mark. Turner was Bowie State’s only double figure scorer with 19 points and also led the team in steals with six. Senior Chanita Jordan and junior Jasmine Jacobs chipped in seven points each and sophomore Chanet Wallace added six points. Jordan swatted away a game-high five shots. Walker scored a game-high 24 points to lead Elizabeth City State and Stephanie Harper added 12 points and six rebounds. Wykeemia Gray pulled down a game-high eight rebounds for the Lady Vikings to go along with eight points and a team-high four assists. Bowie State outrebounded Elizabeth City State 38-23. “This (rebounding) was an emphasis for us this week in practice, but we have to learn from this and get better by the next game … I’m proud of the ladies because they really worked hard tonight”, said Smith as the Lady Bulldogs boarded the bus for home. |
Monday, January 23, 2012
(Bowie State University's) DELANO JOHNSON GETS HIGH MARKS AT NFLPA ALL-STAR WORKOUTS
 DELANO JOHNSON GETS HIGH MARKS AT NFLPA ALL-STAR WORKOUTS CARSON, Calif. -- The first practice of the week in pads was the most physical and most intense of the NFLPA All-Star workouts. The action was best in "The Pit," a drill matching offensive and defensive linemen one-on-one. Some of the biggest programs in the country are well represented on either line, but it was the small-school prospect that made the splashiest plays. The most physically imposing player on either roster was Bowie State University’s Delano Johnson. Johnson has a chiseled build and looks the part of an NFL athlete. Listed at outside linebacker, Johnson practiced primarily at that position but was also occasionally shuttled to defensive-line drills to try his hand at rushing the quarterback. He showed speed but at the request of coaches resorted to attacking blockers with explosive upper-body strength later in practice. A passionate player whose enthusiasm made him popular with teammates and coaches, Johnson is undeniably raw but his size, strength and speed will draw interest from 4-3 and 3-4 teams alike. |
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Sunday, January 22, 2012
NCAA Basketball: Bowie State Vs. Chowan Mens and Womens Post Game Stories
  BOWIE STATE TAKES DOWN CHOWAN HAWKS 81-71 IN CIAA DIVISIONAL CONTEST (MURFREESBORO, N.C. – January 21, 2012) The size of #1 Bowie State University proved too much for Chowan University, as the Bulldogs defeated the Hawks 81-71 in the CIAA divisional opener for both teams. Bowie State improves to 13-3 overall (5-2 CIAA, 1-0 North) while Chowan falls to 6-13 overall (0-7 CIAA, 0-1 North). “Any time you can win a game on the road in this league, it’s a steal”, said Bowie State head coach Darrell Brooks. A 13-2 run midway through the first half gave Bowie State a 22-12 lead, but Chowan answered with a 10-3 run of their own to cut the deficit to three with 5:47 remaining in the half. Chowan’s Quinton McDuffie drained a jumper at the 3:29 mark to keep the scoring gap at three. That basket, however, would be the last for the Hawks over the next 9:05; a drought that extended deep into the second half. After taking a 35-31 lead into halftime, the Bulldogs opened a 41-31 lead, five minutes into the second period. Not until the 14:24 mark, when Kyree Bethel connected on a three, did Chowan get on the scoreboard. The Bulldogs extended its lead to 15 with 10:16 to play, before Chowan cut it down to eight at 62-54. Chowan could not maintain that momentum and Bowie State slowed pulled away late in the game. Bowie State’s largest lead of the afternoon (19 points) came with 3:32 remaining and all the Bulldog starters on the bench. Bethel scored a game-high 27 points on 8-13 shooting behind the arc and 3-4 from the free throw line. McDuffie rounded out Chowan’s double figure scorers with 19 points. “I’m really pleased how we’re defending and now we’re starting to rebound the basketball, and if we continue to do those two things well, we become a tougher team to beat”, said Brooks. Chowan committed just 11 turnovers compared to 18 for Bowie State. The Hawks were held to 41 percent shooting from the field (24-59), which included 12-27 (44 percent) behind the arc. The Bulldogs shot 28-58 from the floor and 23-of-34 from the free throw line. Bowie State ruled the backboards, outrebounding Chowan 51-31. Senior Darren Clark scored a team-high 15 points to go along with seven rebounds and two assists. Senior Travis Hyman and juniors Bryon Westmorland and Najee White chipped in a dozen points each. Hyman led both teams in rebounds with 11. Bowie State returns to action on Monday (January 23rd), taking on the Vikings of Elizabeth City State at 7:30 pm in ECSU’s R.L. Vaughan Center. BOWIE STATE LADY BULLDOGS GROUND CHOWAN HAWKS 70-65Super Bowl Tickets (MURFREESBORO, N.C. – January 21, 2012) The Bowie State University Lady Bulldogs used a quick second half burst to defeat Chowan University 70-65. BSU picked up their second victory of the season and now sit at 2-12 overall (2-5 CIAA, 1-0 North). Chowan (7-10, 2-5 CIAA, 0-1 North) took a 10-6 lead following a Ransheda Jennings layup with 13:31 to play in the first half. A 13-6 Bowie State run shifted the advantage over to the Lady Bulldogs only to have the Hawks fight back to regain the lead (22-21) with 5:51 left in the opening half. The Hawks maintained a slim lead throughout the remainder of the half, but Bowie State junior Cortney Baynard nailed a jumper with just four seconds on the Helms Center clock to give the Lady Bulldogs a 33-32 lead going into intermission. Bowie State went on a 12-2 run to open the second half to open a 45-34 lead. Chowan did respond, eventually taking the lead, 53-51, with 7:34 left in the divisional contest. Bowie State kept in close the entire second half and regained the lead (62-61) following a layup by senior Chanita Jordan with 1:28 on the clock. “Having Chanita (Jordan) back with us and making our free throws made the difference”, said Bowie State first-year head coach Renard Smith. The Lady Bulldogs made eight of their final nine free throw attempts down the stretch to seal the road victory. In total, Bowie State knocked down 23-30 free throws compared to 15-23 for Chowan. Talaya Lynch paced the Hawks with 24 points, with six field goals coming beyond the 3-point line. Lynch also grabbed six rebounds and handed out three assists. Jennings chipped in 14 points and Summer Curtis pulled down a team-high seven rebounds. Senior Juliette Turner led the Lady Bulldogs with 19 points. Junior Jasmine Jacobs scored a personal season-best 15 points and Jordan added 14 points and tied her career-high in rebounds with 13. Bowie State out-scored Chowan 22-3 on second chance points, thanks to 14 offensive rebounds and converted 16 Hawks turnovers into 18 points. Chowan finished the game shooting 43 percent from the field (22-49) with Bowie State hitting 23-62 from the field (37 percent). |
New type of breast cancer is mostly hype
Alarming New Trend in Breast Cancer
Diagnoses — Should You Believe the Hype?
By Carol Parks, Contributing Editor
Imagine… you go in for your regular mammogram and are assured — happily — that you do not have breast cancer.
But — your doctor claims — you do have a kind of cancer referred to as ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)… also called "stage zero" cancer. Which means irregular cells are lodged in one or more of your breast ducts — the "highways" connecting the milk-producing lobes to your nipples. But they have not escaped to invade the other breast tissue. Yet.Will they ever? Maybe… maybe not. Read on…
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Being diagnosed with DCIS is complicated, annoying… and horribly frightening.
On the one hand, you're told not to fret; you don't have invasive cancer and most probably won't (the 10-year survival rate is 99 percent).
Then again, you're informed you must have the cells surgically removed, along with, in some instances, radiation and chemo… pretty much the same as if you had full-blown cancer.
Though DCIS is almost always treated, scientists agree that not all cases of DCIS will turn harmful. In fact, most won't. The words "in situ" literally mean "in place" — in other words, non-invasive.
DCIS comprises 30 percent of all breast cancer diagnoses, and is 99% curable. Breast cancer stages range from 0 to IV. The higher the stage, the worse the cancer… making stage zero seem pretty harmless.
So why all the hype — and the aggressive treatment? Is it all a hoax?
It all begins with a mammogram
DCIS is initially detected through mammography. But the trouble is, mammography is a very poor, inaccurate diagnostic tool.
Perhaps its most glaring problem is its unacceptably high rate of false positives, up to six percent. A false positive occurs when the test mistakenly indicates cancer is present.It should be noted that we here at Cancer Defeated suggest you avoid mammography and use thermography, which has better detection for all stages of breast cancer without the risks of spreading potential cancers via compression and radiation. Detailed information about thermography is available in our Special Report, Breast Cancer Cover-Up.
Getting back to conventional testing, if a mammogram detects an abnormal spot, the next step is usually biopsy — cutting a small amount of tissue from the breast to be examined under a microscope by a pathologist to see if cancer is present.
A 30-year history of confusion, differences of opinion,
and unnecessary treatment
and unnecessary treatment
There's a huge problem with conventional testing…
An estimated 17 percent of DCIS cases found through needle biopsy are misdiagnosed.1 Far from being the infallible "gold standard" claimed by conventional medicine… biopsy is fraught with errors and differences of opinion.
DCIS is notoriously tricky to diagnose, prone to outright mistakes and case by case disagreements over whether a cluster of cells is benign or malignant.2 Discerning these kinds of minute differences is a challenging area of pathology, the science of examining tissue samples for evidence of disease.
Plus, pathologists vary widely in level of experience and expertise. Some read as few as 50 breast biopsies per year — far less than the acknowledged 250 a biologist needs to perform before you can have confidence in his or her ability.
Add that to the fact that no diagnostic standards exist for DCIS, nor do any requirements of expertise levels in the pathologists who read them, and you have a real quagmire.
So maybe this statement by Dr. Shahla Masood, head of pathology at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Jacksonville is not so shocking…
He told the New York Times, "There are studies that show that diagnosing these borderline breast lesions occasionally comes down to the flip of a coin."3
Indeed, even where your pathology report is done can affect the diagnosis.
Many of the hundreds of thousands of biopsies performed each year are done in small community hospitals, where the pathologist may only read a few breast biopsies a year. Thus, they lack exposure to atypical breast lesions. The local pathologist might not even be board certified.
In larger hospitals, the diagnosis may be decided by a tumor board.
Beyond diagnostic errors, there's a difference of opinion as to what even constitutes DCIS.
Dr. Lagios, a San Francisco pathologist who reviews slides for second opinions, uses a criterion that does not classify some breast lesions smaller than 2 mm as DCIS, even if they possess other markers of it.
On the other hand, at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston — also a respected center for breast pathology — those same lesions are considered DCIS.4
"We have troubling news to tell you…"
In 2006, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure cancer group released a disturbing study.
In it, an estimated 90,000 cases of women who'd received a DCIS or invasive breast cancer diagnosis either (1) did not have the disease, or (2) their pathologist made another error resulting in incorrect treatment.This wasn't really a shock to the medical community, since this problem had been cited in the medical literature numerous times.
Take the illustrative stories of the women in the July 19, 2010 New York Times story as a case in point…
All of them began their troubling journey with mammography showing a spot… which led to biopsy… and a (mis)diagnosis of DCIS… which then progressed to painful, debilitating, and disfiguring breast surgery… and one even led to radiation therapy — only to be told later that they never had cancer at all.
Now imagine you've gone through that hellish series of events — and lived with the terrifying fear of invasive breast cancer — only to receive the troubling news that all the fear and pain was for nothing.
Not very reassuring, even though…
You've got plenty of company
An estimated one million women will be living with a DCIS diagnosis by 2020… and 50,000 new cases are diagnosed every year, just in the U.S.
DCIS incidence rose from 1.87 per 100,000 in 1973-75, to a staggering 32.5 per 100,000 in 2004. A more than seventeen times increase… according to a published report by Beth Vernig, PhD and colleagues, in the January 13, 2010 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Virnig is professor of public health at the University of Minnesota, School of Public Health.
Of course, that doesn't mean there's a sudden increase in this illness, or pre-illness, or whatever it is. It just means that testing has led to a massive increase in the number of cases diagnosed. Mammography may be responsible for the dramatic increase. Before widespread mammography use began in the 1980s, DCIS was rare. Now, since we assume early detection is the best way to "cure" cancer, we actively go looking for it.
In addition to finding cancer in earlier stages, doctors sometimes find cells in a twilight zone between normal breast cells and cancerous ones — a condition known as DCIS or "stage zero" cancer.
The standard treatment protocol
With few exceptions (notably elderly women with other health issues), standard practice is to treat DCIS as cancer, rather than monitor it to see if it progresses over time.
This means doctors are surely over-treating some (perhaps many) patients. Conventional medicine claims to lack the necessary tools to identify who should be treated and who should be watched. They may have a point, but…With a DCIS diagnosis, your current treatment is almost always surgery — either a lumpectomy or mastectomy, depending on how widespread the cells appear to be in the ducts. As Allegra says, "it's hard to imagine not doing any surgery."5 (Emphasis mine.)
If the cells are concentrated in one location, you'll get a lumpectomy followed by radiation… which conventional medicine says slashes the risk of recurrence in that breast (but not the other one) by half. But if abnormal cells are fairly widespread, they'll typically advise a mastectomy and skip the post-op radiation.
Some women, particularly young women with a family history of breast cancer or genetic mutation (placing them at higher risk) even opt for a double mastectomy.
The rate of double mastectomies for DCIS patients skyrocketed from 4.1 percent in 1998 to 13.5 percent in 2005 — well more than a three-fold increase — according to a study published in April 2009 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Your doctor may sometimes recommend Tamoxifen (a chemotherapy drug) along with surgery.
So, what if YOU get a DCIS diagnosis?
First, take a deep breath and realize that mistakes are regularly made. There's no need to panic.
If you're diagnosed with DCIS or any type of early stage breast cancer, ALWAYS get a second — if not a third and fourth — opinion. False positive rates are so high, the diagnostic criteria so subjective, and the risks of surgery, radiation, and chemo too great to forgo this step.Before you make any treatment decisions, have your biopsy results reviewed specifically by a breast specialist.
As mentioned above, there are pathologists who specialize in rendering second opinions. I would certainly be willing to pay for it out of my own pocket, if necessary, before rushing into conventional medicine's slice and burn protocol.
Some doctors are increasingly urging the cautionary principle even with a clear DCIS diagnosis. A wait and see attitude. There seems to be a growing body of evidence suggesting that some breast cancers may spontaneously regress without treatment.6
Certainly a "wait and see" stance gives you a heads-up and an opportunity to engage in some of the strategies we discuss here and in our publications.
The controversy about over-treatment
Lawsuits from women who have been wrongly diagnosed -- and undergone radical disfiguring surgeries as a result -- may be affecting the treatment landscape and giving credence to a less aggressive approach.
Conventional medicine is quick to rush you into surgery. But researchers at the University of California-San Francisco see DCIS as part of a larger problem of cancer over-treatment.
Laura Esserman, director of the Carol Franc Buck Cancer Center and Professor of Surgery and Radiology, co-authored the 'controversial' analysis in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 2009… which calls for a new look at screening for both breast and prostate cancer.
Her argument: Mammography catches more early cancers, but the number caught at more advanced stages has not declined at a similar rate — which you'd expect if they were simply identifying early cases before they progress.
So screening may just be finding cases that don't need treatment.
What if we took the carcinoma out of ductal
carcinoma in situ -- DCIS --and eased up on treatments?
carcinoma in situ -- DCIS --and eased up on treatments?
There's growing pressure in the medical community for dropping the "carcinoma" from DCIS — saying it is troubling and misleading (which is impossible to disagree with).
These same proponents also suggest DCIS as an excellent candidate for "active surveillance" — a watching-waiting strategy that skips surgery and radiation unless the condition progresses to higher risk.So far, most of the drive for active surveillance seems to be coming from UC-San Francisco. Dr. Esserman has been especially forthright in demanding change in the naming and management of minimal risk cancers including DCIS.7
She advocates that minimal risk lesions should not be called cancer, and proposed a new term… saying the new name encourages a search for good outcomes without over-treating a rather benign condition.
With DCIS, "the bulk of what we find is not high grade… less than five percent of DCIS turns out to be 'something else' including invasive cancer," explained Dr. Esserman to Medscape Oncology in an interview.
Only high-grade DCIS tends to progress to invasive breast cancer. "If if doesn't look like high-grade DCIS, we should leave it alone. We would eliminate two-thirds of all biopsies if we did," says Dr. Esserman.
She states that there's sufficient data to rethink our entire approach to DCIS.
I'm sure eliminating two-thirds of all biopsies and practicing active surveillance will rattle those whose livelihoods depend on it. But that's exactly the route I'd choose.
Kindest regards,
Lee Euler,
Publisher
Footnotes from 1st article:
2http://www.nytimes.com/2010/
3http://www.nytimes.com/2010/
4http://www.nytimes.com/2010/
5http://health.usnews.com/
the-confusion-over-dcis-what-
6http://www.medscape.com/
7Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA. 2009;302:1685-1692).
References from second article:
"Cancer Death Rates Continue to Decline," by Katie Moisse. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/
"Cancer death rates continue to drop," by Amanda Gardner, HealthDay. http://yourlife.usatoday.com/
"Report: U.S. Cancer Death Rates Continue to Drop," by Dr. David B. Samadi. http://www.foxnews.com/health/
Fighting Cancer, ebook, by K.W.A. Jayawardana. http://www.nadula.info/
Friday, January 20, 2012
#21 BOWIE STATE CRUISE TO 70-60 CONFERENCE VICTORY OVER JOHNSON C. SMITH
 #21 BOWIE STATE CRUISE TO 70-60 CONFERENCE VICTORY OVER JOHNSON C. SMITH (BOWIE, Md. – January 19, 2012) A late arriving A.C. Jordan Arena crowd got into their seats just in time to see the 21st ranked Bulldogs cruise to a rather easy 70-60 conference victory over Johnson C. Smith University. With the win, Bowie State improves to 12-3 overall (4-2 CIAA) while the Golden Bulls dip to 7-8 overall (2-3 CIAA). “I thought our guys did a terrific job overall defensively, especially against (Trevin) Parks” said a tired BSU head coach Darrell Brooks. The Golden Bulls had their second lowest shooting percentage of the season. Johnson C. Smith shot just 33 percent (20-60) from the field, compared to 46 percent (29-63) shooting for Bowie State. The Bulldogs outscored the Golden Bulls 34-22 in the paint and 16-0 off second chance opportunities. Bowie State never trailed in the game and led by 13 (35-22) late in the first half. The Bulldogs defense allowed just six points over the final 6:04 of the first period and strolled into halftime with a 35-24 advantage. The Bulldogs lead ballooned to a game-high 24 points, opening the second half with a 13-0 run, padding the Bowie State lead at 48-24. Antwan Wilkerson had a team-high 12 points with nine rebounds. Phillip Wood produced a double-double of 11 points and 10 boards and Trevin Parks had a season-low 11 points with five assists. Senior Jay Gavin scored a game-high 19 points on 7-of-13 shooting from the field and included 5-of-8 beyond the 3-point line. Senior Darren Clark and junior Bryan Wilson rounded out Bowie State’s double figure scorers with 11 points each. Senior Travis Hyman led the Bulldogs on the glass with seven rebounds and a game-high four blocks. Bowie State University will head south again for their next two games with the first stop coming in Murfreesboro (N.C.) against the Chowan University Hawks on Saturday (January 21st) at 4 pm. Following that game, Bowie State will invade Elizabeth City State’s Vaughan Center on Monday (January 23rd) at 7:30 pm. Both games are doubleheaders with the Lady Bulldogs. |
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