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LADY BULLDOGS LOOKING FORWARD TO START OF 2012-2013 SEASON

BOWIE, Md. – Second-year head coach Renard Smith, his coaching staff and players are eager and ready to get the 2012-2013 campaign underway. The Bowie State University Lady Bulldogs will tip-off the year with a short road contest to Washington Adventist University.

The Lady Bulldogs return five players from last season’s squad which finished 9-16 overall and reached the CIAA Tournament quarterfinals. Bowie State returns two starters and welcomes 10 newcomers to the program.

The Lady Bulldogs will look for a strong start to the season when they take on the Lady Shock – Thursday, November 15^th at 6 pm. After starting last season losing their first eight games, Bowie State ended the year winning eight of its final 12 games. Bowie State will be without the services of former starters Juliette Turner, Chanita Jordan and Kimberly Jones. The team will return with senior guards Cortney Baynard and Jasmine Jacobs, junior guard Brooke Miles and sophomore guards Alisha Burley and ReVen Smith. Miles, a preseason All-CIAA selection, ranked second on the team in scoring (10.0) and first in steals (46) while Jacobs and Baynard had identical 6.5 points per game averages.

Of the key newcomers, sophomore guard Channell Mackey (Gwynn Park H.S.) should be one of the biggest impact players for the Lady Bulldogs. Mackey transferred from West Virginia State University where she averaged 6.6 point per game. Other new players to watch are junior center Moriah Goodman (Morgan State University), Alessandra “Sunny” Flores Conway (Hagerstown Community College) and Jasmine McIntosh (East Tennessee State University).

“We got off to rough start and our goal this year is to not only get better but do better and I feel very confident will achieve this goal”, said Smith. “We a more athletic than we were a year ago!”

The Washington Adventist Lady Shock wrapped up the 2011-2012 season with a 6-17 record and will be led by senior guards Vanessa Rice, Angelica Nevarez and Quianna Tiggle. Rice averaged 11.8 points per game last season and Tiggle paced the Lady Shock with 46 steals. WAU will have a two-game advantage on BSU, having played and lost two games. Washington Adventist opened the 2012-2013 season with a 85-50 loss on the road at Shippensburg (11/10) and lost their (11/13) home opener to the University of D.C. by a score of 69-52.  Follow the Lady Bulldogs / Lady Shock game via live stats athttp://onnidan.net/wausports/wbball.

BOWIE STATE BOWLING CLAIMS FIRST IN NORTH AT CIAA EVENT #1

BOWIE STATE BOWLING CLAIMS FIRST IN NORTH AT CIAA EVENT #1

BOWIE, Md. – The Lady Bulldogs bowling team hosted the first CIAA North/South event of the season and claimed the top spot in the North with a total pin count of 11719. Bowie State recorded a 13-2 record of the weekend. 

Elizabeth City State finished second overall with a record of 12-3 and 10666 total pins and Virginia State was third (11-4) with 10984 total pins. Virginia Union finished fourth at 5-10 with 8934 total pins, followed by Lincoln (PA) in fifth with 3-12 record and 8906 total pins and Chowan placed sixth (0-15) with 7896 total pins.

Bowie State went a perfect 5-0 on day one (11/9) defeating Lincoln (PA) 845-603, Elizabeth City State 814-781, Chowan 856-615, Virginia Union 741-686 and Virginia State 940-854. Freshman Briana Evans led the Lady Bulldogs on Friday with 944 total pins followed by sophomore Shayla Lightfoot with 922 total pins.

The Lady Bulldogs were perfect again on day two of competition (11/10), beating Virginia State 820-805, Virginia Union 1001-676, Chowan 793-533, Elizabeth City State 831-773 and Lincoln (PA) 884-693. Lightfoot took the lead on Saturday, rolling high-games of 232 and 275 and ended with 999 total pins.

In Sunday’s (11/11) Baker System Scoring, Bowie State claimed victory in matches one and two against Chowan and Virginia Union. In match one, the Lady Bulldogs downed the CU Hawks 634-447 and had no trouble beating the VUU Lady Panthers 640-469. Virginia State gave Bowie State their first loss of the weekend in match three as the Lady Trojans edged the Lady Bulldogs 684-630. BSU bounced back in match four, cruising past Lincoln (PA) 632-507, but fell short in match five to Elizabeth City State 699-658.

Bowie State’s next date of competition is November 30th-December 2^nd at the Virginia Union University Invitational in Midlothian, Va.

ALDERSON-BROADDUS DEFEATS BOWIE STATE 81-78 IN OVERTIME

ALDERSON-BROADDUS DEFEATS BOWIE STATE 81-78 IN OVERTIME

SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. – The Bulldogs dug a huge hole for themselves, rallied in second half, but fall 81-79 overtime to Alderson-Broaddus College in Bowie State’s final game of the Clarion Hotel Tipoff Classic.

"For the second consecutive night we get off to a slow start, so I have to figure that out", stated an obvious dejected Bowie State head coach Darrell Brooks. "What's really disappointing is that we're just getting out-rebounded and we shouldn't ... We're a big, athletic, physical team and we should not get beaten on the glass like we did today." Alderson-Broaddus dominated on the glass, holding a 54-32 advantage with 25 of those rebounds coming on the offensive end.

The Battlers (1-1) did not need to wait until the second half for Kurklin Bohanon to put points on the board against the Bulldogs as he did in Saturday night’s opener. Bohanon nailed a pair of 3-pointers and scored eight first-half points to help propel Alderson-Broaddus to an early 18-point lead. 

Bowie State trailed 36-24 at the intermission and shot just 30 percent in the opening period. Second chance points helped bolster the Battlers offense as Alderson-Broaddus cleaned up the glass and tallied 17 in the first half.

The Bulldogs (0-2) stormed out of the locker room and nibbled away at the A-B advantage until they captured their first lead going up 61-60 with 5:04 left in regulation. Bowie State’s offensive explosion was led by Byron Westmoreland, who scored a career and team-high 31 points and went 10-of-24 from the floor with four 3-pointers. Westmorland was named to Clarion Hotel Tipoff All-Classic Team. 

Alderson-Broaddus fell behind as Bowie State shot 60 percent in the final period and built up a four-point lead in the final four minutes.

Bohanon connected on a late trey to tie the game and O’Dell Eargle gave the Battlers a 71-69 lead with close to a minute left, but Bowie State senior Najee White hit a short endline jumper, forcing overtime as time expired. White closed out the afternoon with 17 points and a career-high nine rebounds. 

The lead changed hands four times in overtime and the Battlers went 8-for-8 from the charity stripe to capture the lead and the season’s first victory.

Bohanon and Eargle compiled double-double performances in the win; both scored 22 points and pulled down 11 and 10 rebounds respectively. Eargle also collected a pair of blocks, Stuart Clark led Alderson-Broaddus with five assists and Casey Ainsle had 10 points.

Bowie State will travel to PSAC powerhouse Indiana University of Pennsylvania for a non-conference tilt on Wednesday (November 14^th) at 7:30 pm.

The good, the bad and the ugly about soy

The good, bad, and ugly truth about SOY!

    You'll get different answers to the question of whether soy is good for you, depending on whom you ask.

    Some people think it's a healthy food, while others think that consuming soy will cause breast cancer. So what's the truth?

    Let's start with some basic facts…

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Mixed study results keep folks guessing...

    Soybeans pack a lot of healthy nutrients into one small package. They contain all the essential amino acids humans need. But they also have compounds called isoflavones that act like a weak form of estrogen in your body.

    The soy isoflavones genistein and daidzen act as powerful antioxidants that can help protect your cells from oxidative damage caused by free radicals.

    But too much estrogen in your body can fuel tumor growth in hormonally sensitive tissues, such as the breasts and endometrium (lining of the uterus).

    These cells contain receptors that bind with estrogen and send out signals that can stimulate abnormal cell growth.

    Much of the controversy surrounding soy can be traced to animal laboratory studies. Rats injected with estrogen receptive (ER) positive tumor cells were given different doses of genistein or daidzen.

    Scientists noticed that the animals with the greatest tumor growth were those who received more of the isoflavones. But these harmful effects were demonstrated in some, but not all animal studies.

    For that matter, study results in humans produced different results from those conducted on lab animals. In studies of Asian women, who tend to eat more soy foods, researchers found a lower risk of breast cancer.

    But even this is controversial. Opponents of soy say that Asians consume far less soy than American health food advocates claim.

    Nonetheless, U.S. studies have so far failed to produce any association between a woman's soy consumption and her risk of breast cancer.

    If that finding is accurate, it could be because genistein and daidzen also have anti-estrogen properties, even though they're natural forms of estrogen!

    As strange as it sounds—these isoflavones can also prevent other natural estrogens from binding to estrogen receptors.

    What's more, the soy isoflavones encourage production of a protein that binds estrogen in the blood. This makes it less able to link to the cell receptor where it can send signals leading to tumor growth.

    But aside from the role of soy isoflavones in increasing or decreasing initial cancer risk, you might be wondering ...

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Should breast cancer survivors
steer clear of soy products?

    Some women might refrain from using soy products, fearful of the possibility that they may cause a recurrence of tumor growth. But from what Cancer Defeated has been able to learn, there are no studies to confirm this.

    Three recent studies of eating habits and other lifestyle factors of breast cancer survivors focused on soy consumption of more than 9,000 women.

    Investigators found that women in two U.S. studies and one Chinese study who consumed 10 mg or more of soy each day actually had a 25% lower risk of breast cancer recurrence!

    The 2012 American Cancer Society Guidelines on Nutrition and Physical Activity for Cancer Survivors determined that current research simply does not suggest that there are harmful effects to breast cancer survivors from eating soy. I'm no fan of the ACS, but we can't lightly throw out peer-reviewed studies without knowing more.

    The ACS's guidelines recommend against taking soy supplements because they contain higher isoflavone concentrations than you would ingest from soy foods. In other words, the natural food is better for you than the supplement. No surprise there.

    By now you may be thoroughly confused. Here's my take: We don't know enough. Soy is still too controversial. I'm wary of the risk of eating large amounts of a food that mimics the activity of estrogen in the human body.

    This is a disagreement I have with my own doctor, a very knowledgeable guy who encourages me to eat more soy. I tell him what I just told you: I don't want to eat a form of estrogen.

    By the way, these comments don't apply to fermented soy, like that found in soy sauce and miso soup. Fermented soy is a VERY healthy food. Check out our Issue #88 for more about this.

Soy used to be cattle feed

    Whether Asians really eat much soy is a controversial matter, as I said earlier. But in the U.S. we know that up till the 1980's soy products were used primarily to feed livestock.

    Then nutritionists decided that maybe bulls and cows weren't the only ones who could benefit from soy-based foods.

    Soy products are often a popular choice to meet the protein needs of people following a vegetarian diet. And these foods are not hard to find, considering you'll find soy in all these grocery store and restaurant items:

• Edamame (green soy beans)
• Meatless foods (e.g. burger crumbles, bacon-like strips)
• Miso paste and soup (fermented soy, not the same as tofu)
• Soy milk
• Soy sauce (fermented)
• Tofu

    Studies show soy helps lower cholesterol... control blood pressure... and may help moderate symptoms of menopause and osteoporosis. For what it's worth, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) even slapped its seal of approval on 25 grams of daily soy protein.

    Animal tests conducted by researchers at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles seem to show that a soy compound called genistein can stop your cells from making the stress proteins that cancer cells produce.

    These proteins protect cancer cells from being destroyed by your immune system and anti-cancer therapies. When their protective shield is stripped away—your body can identify and destroy them far more easily.

    Genistein is widely regarded as a good cancer remedy, but it's still nagged by the same doubts about the overall safety of soy.

    Hopefully all the issues will get sorted out and we'll finally know the truth about soy. Till then, be cautious. There are plenty of good cancer remedies that aren't plagued by doubts.

    We wrote about one of these exciting remedies in our last issue. If you missed the article, just scroll down and read it below.

Bowie State 3 - Lincoln (PA) 0 (VOLLEYBALL FINAL)

FLOWERS AND FISHER LEAD LADY BULLDOGS TO 3-0 SWEEP OF LINCOLN (PA)

LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa. – Bowie State University avenged an earlier season loss to Lincoln University of Pennsylvania, sweeping the Lady Lions 25-19, 25-22 and 25-21. With the win, the Lady Bulldogs end the season with a 7-22 overall record (2-14 CIAA, 1-9 CIAA North).

The Lady Bulldogs used a balanced offensive attack as junior Briana Flowers led the way with seven kills, a match-high five service aces and four digs. Freshman Alexis Fisher had five kills, while junior Kasi Eisenzimmer recorded 18 assists. Marissa Martinez paced Bowie State defensively with seven digs.

Lincoln University (4-17, 1-15 CIAA, 1-9 CIAA North) was led by Cynthia Johnson with 11 kills, but the Lady Lions had their Senior Day spoiled by Bowie State on Saturday morning as the Lady Bulldogs took the CIAA Northern Division match, 3-0, at Manuel Rivero Gymnasium. Briana McKellery finished with five kills and had a pair of blocks. Erica McClain added 18 assists and eight digs and Erika Bell recorded a team-high 14 digs.

BOWIE STATE MEN'S BASKETBALL READY FOR SATURDAY'S SEASON OPENER AT SHEPHERD

BOWIE STATE READY FOR SATURDAY’S SEASON OPENER AT SHEPHERD

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BOWIE, Md. – The Bowie State University men’s basketball team makes its season debut on Saturday, Nov. 10, on the road at Shepherd University in the nightcap of the Clarion Hotel Classic. Tip time for the Bulldogs and Rams is set for 7 pm in Shepherd’s Butcher Athletic Center.

The Bulldogs return eight players from last season’s squad which finished 22-6 overall and reached the CIAA Tournament semifinals. Bowie State returns only one starter and welcomes four newcomers to the program.

Last season, the Bulldogs ranked 8^th nationally in Division II in blocks (5.3 per game), 9^th in rebound margin (7.3) and 33^rd in scoring (78.3). Pressure defense, uptempo offense and the teams’ ability to rebound have been trademarks of the Bulldogs under head coach Darrell Brooks, who is in his fourth season.

“We’re excited and ready to get started on Saturday,” Brooks said. “Even though we’ve only played Shepherd twice since I arrived at BSU (both times on their floor), it has been a dog fight and that’s what we’re expecting tomorrow night”. As for the Alderson-Broaddus game on Sunday (4 pm), Brooks said “This will be first time playing them … They are so well coached and we’ll just have to be prepared for them and everything they bring”.  

The Bulldogs are embarking on a new era of sorts as a number of key starters finished their collegiate eligibility in 2012. Center Travis Hyman, who led the CIAA in blocks for two seasons and was the 2012 CIAA Defensive Player of the Year departed along with All-CIAA First Team selection and guard Darren Clark, who was the team’s leading scorer. Also departed from the program is former starting guard Jay Gavin, who was the team’s third-leading scorer.

On a positive note, the Bulldogs return eight players from last season including All-CIAA First Team selection and senior forward Byron Westmorland, who averaged 14.6 points and 4.7 rebounds. Senior Bryan Wilson, who made six starts last season, will become a full-time starter after averaging 6.3 points and 2.5 rebounds per game. Also returning for the Bulldogs will be senior forwards Dameatric Scott (6-7, 215) and Najee White (6-8, 238). Westmorland and Scott were voted to the 2012-2013 All-CIAA preseason team.

Bowie State holds a 5-1 series advantage over the Shepherd Rams which includes a thrilling 78-75 victory last season in the final game of the Clarion Hotel Classic.

The Rams return four starters from last year’s squad including preseason All-American player Chad Moore, who scored 20 points and added 11 rebounds against the Bulldogs last season. Other top players for the Rams include Brantley Osborne and Sidney McCray. Shepherd finished the 2011-2012 season with an overall record of 14-14.

The Bulldogs are picked to finish first in the CIAA Northern Division while the Rams are projected to finish sixth in the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

VIRGINIA STATE ROLLS TO 3-0 SWEEP OF BOWIE STATE IN DIVISION VOLLEYBALL MATCH

VIRGINIA STATE ROLLS TO 3-0 SWEEP OF BOWIE STATE IN DIVISION VOLLEYBALL MATCH

PETERSBURG, Va. – Virginia State University had no trouble with the visiting Lady Bulldogs, rolling to a three-set sweep of Bowie State University, winning by scores of 25-22, 25-9 and 25-9. The Bowie State loss dips the Lady Bulldogs record to 6-22, 1-14 CIAA and 0-9 in the North.

Bowie State struggled all evening and ended the event with an attack percentage of -.031. On the flip side, Virginia State wrapped up the match with a positive attack percentage of .173.

Jasmine Davis and Aubree Parker led the Virginia State charge with eight kills each and Cherish Richardson added a half dozen kills of her own in the victory. Jasmine Henderson setup her teammates 24 times, tied for match-high service ace honors with two and contributed 12 digs. Jenessa Shinauld recorded a team-high 21 digs for the Lady Trojans and was responsible for Virginia State’s other two service aces.

The Bowie State combo of junior Briana Flowers and freshman Yaje Ngundam paced the Lady Bulldogs with seven kills apiece. Sophomore Paige McIntosh chipped in three kills and three other BSU players added a pair of kills each. Lady Bulldogs redshirt freshman Marissa Martinez and Ngundam led the team in defense with 21 and 19 digs respectively.

Virginia State closes out the regular season with an overall record of 14-10, 13-3 CIAA and 8-2 in the North and will be one of the four teams representing the Northern Division in next week’s CIAA Volleyball Championships. Bowie State will round out their 2012 season this Saturday (November 10^th) at Lincoln University of Pennsylvania.