BOWIE, Md. – Juniors Kyah Proctor (Capitol Heights, Md.) and Lisa Jing (Laurel, Md.) along with freshman Kyaja Williams (Baltimore, Md.) lead Bowie State to a 43-38 home division win against Elizabeth City State on Saturdayafternoon. The win improves the Bulldogs season record to 16-5, 8-3 in CIAA play and 3-2 in the North.
Proctor led all scorers with a game-high 15 points while Williams notched her third double-double of the season (11 points and 11 rebounds) and Jing chipped in 11 points to go along with seven rebounds and a career-high five steals. Bowie State senior Ashley Jennings (Newark, N.J.) contributed five points and added four rebounds and junior Kiara Colston (Burtonsville, Md.) tallied a season-low three points and senior Denver Clyde was responsible for one point.
Elizabeth City State (4-12, 2-8 CIAA, 0-5 North) was led by Jalyn Brown (Williamston, N.C.) and Jazmine Nixon (Elizabeth City, N.C.) with nine and seven points respectively. Nixon led the Lady Vikings on the glass with nine rebounds.
The Bulldogs were pretty sluggish in the first half, scoring a season-low 17 points but went into halftime with a 17-15 advantage. Neither team could find the range in the first 2:35 of the first quarter until Bowie State junior Pere Alexander (Baltimore, Md.) made 1-of-2 free throws for the first points of the game.
Bowie State and Elizabeth City State shot an identical 25 percent from the field over the first 20 minutes. The Bulldogs made 5-of-20 from the floor in the first half while the Lady Vikings made 6-of-24 from the field. Ironically, each team also shot 3-of-9 behind the 3-point line. Bowie State knocked down 4-of-7 first half free throws compared no first half free throws for Elizabeth City State.
The third quarter was nip and tuck and featured three ties. Elizabeth City State led briefly 25-23 at the 4:30 mark following a 3-pointer by Keechell Johnson.
That lead didn’t last long as Jing answered with a layup, tying the game at 25-all followed by a pair of Proctor free throws to shift the advantage back over to Bowie State for good.
With the scored knotted at 33-all at the 3:59 mark of the fourth quarter, the Bulldogs closed the game with a 15-0 run to account for the final margin of 48-33. The 33 points were a season-best for Bowie State’s defense.
The Bulldogs hit the road for the next contest, traveling to Lincoln University of Pennsylvania next Saturday(February 4th) for 1 p.m. divisional matchup against the Lady Lions.
