#7 Virginia Union Defeats Bowie State 74-56 in CIAA Women’s Basketball Action
RICHMOND, Va. –
Bowie State University women’s basketball dropped its second
consecutive CIAA Northern Division contest, falling 74-56 at Virginia
Union University on Saturday afternoon
inside VUU’s Barco-Stevens Hall.
Bowie State (12-5, 5-3 CIAA, 0-2 North)
was led by senior Ty-Nita Baker (Houston, Miss.) with a personal
season-high 21 points on 7-of-14 shooting from the field. Senior Kyah
Proctor (Capital Heights, Md.) finished the afternoon
with 10 points
VUU’s Panthers held a 13-12 lead at the
first media time out of the first quarter but a pair of free throws by
sophomore Dynaisha Christian (Pocomoke, Md.) gave Bowie State a 14-13
lead. The Panthers followed with a 4-0 run only
to see the Bulldogs answer with a 6-0 run of their own to retake the
lead at 20-18. Virginia Union outscored Bowie State 5-2 over the final
two minutes to take a 23-20 advantage after one quarter.
Bowie State took its largest lead of the
first half at 29-26 after a layup by senior Lisa Jing (Laurel, Md.) but
Shareka McNeil hit a 3-pointer and was fouled on the play. McNeil’s free
throw shifted the advantage back over the
Virginia Union at 30-29 at the 4:47 mark of the second quarter.
The nationally ranked Panthers (#7) used
an 11-0 run to take a 37-29 lead, forcing the Bowie State Bulldogs to
call a timeout with 2:45 left in the first half and carried a 39-33 lead into halftime.
Virginia Union and Bowie State shot the
ball well over the first 20 minutes with the Panthers hitting 14-of-27
(51.9 percent) and the Bulldogs hitting 10-of-21 (47.6 percent).
Bowie State trimmed the deficit to five
points twice in the third quarter but trailed Virginia Union 59-49
heading into the final quarter. As a team, Bowie State tied their
season-high for turnovers with 22.
The Bulldogs closed within nine points
(65-56) at the six-minute mark on the fourth quarter but would not get
any closer. Bowie State finished the game with a field goal shooting
percentage of 36.7 on 18-of-49 shooting.
Virginia Union (17-1, 8-0 CIAA, 2-0
North) was paced by Rachael Pecota with a game-high 27 points. Shareka
McNeil and Alexis Johnson rounded out the Panthers double figure scorers
with 19 and 12 respectively. Jasmine Carter finished
at the games’ leading rebounder with 10.
The Panthers held advantages over the
Bulldogs in points in the paint (38-22), points off turnovers (32-12),
second chance points (19-14) and bench points (32-11).
Bulldogs women’s basketball return to action on Wednesday (January 24th), hosting the Hawks of Chowan University at 5:30 p.m. in Bowie State’s A.C. Jordan Arena.
Official Basketball Box Score
Official Basketball Box Score Bowie State vs Virginia Union 1/20/18 2:00 pm at Richmond, VA (Barco-Stevens Hall) ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------- VISITORS: Bowie State 12-5 (5-3 CIAA) TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 01 COLSTON,Kiara....... 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 3 4 1 2 0 0 23 03 PROCTOR,Kyah........ * 3-11 0-4 4-6 0 1 1 3 10 2 4 0 1 30 05 JING,Lisa........... * 2-4 0-0 2-2 1 3 4 2 6 3 4 0 1 25 10 WILLIAMS,Kyaja...... 1-4 0-0 2-2 4 2 6 4 4 0 4 1 3 15 11 BAKER,Ty-Nita....... * 7-14 6-10 1-2 1 3 4 3 21 1 2 0 2 35 22 DUGGINS,Amel........ 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 24 ALEXANDER,Pere...... 1-5 0-3 1-2 0 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 23 32 CHATMAN,Sade........ * 1-5 0-0 2-2 1 1 2 3 4 1 4 1 0 29 42 CHRISTIAN,Dynaisha.. * 1-2 0-0 2-2 1 1 2 3 4 1 1 1 0 15 TEAM................ 2 2 4 Totals.............. 18-49 6-17 14-18 11 16 27 22 56 11 22 3 7 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-21 47.6% 2nd Half: 8-28 28.6% Game: 36.7% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-8 37.5% 2nd Half: 3-9 33.3% Game: 35.3% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 10-12 83.3% 2nd Half: 4-6 66.7% Game: 77.8% 1 ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -------------------- HOME TEAM: Virginia Union 17-1 (8-0 CIAA) TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 00 LUCKIE,Jayda........ 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 01 MCKINNEY,Bria....... 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 8 03 MCNEILL,Shameka..... * 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 12 04 MCNEILL,Shareka..... * 6-11 1-2 6-9 0 7 7 3 19 2 4 0 0 29 10 SPIVEY,Rejoice...... * 3-6 0-1 1-1 1 1 2 2 7 6 7 0 2 38 12 CARTER,Jasmine...... * 2-4 0-0 0-1 6 5 11 3 4 2 1 1 1 26 14 PECOTA,Rachael...... 10-14 4-5 3-3 4 2 6 2 27 2 0 1 2 30 21 SUTTON,Kishona...... 0-4 0-0 3-6 2 2 4 1 3 1 3 0 1 28 23 JOHNSON,Alexis...... * 4-10 0-2 4-7 2 3 5 2 12 1 1 1 0 24 TEAM................ 3 2 5 1 Totals.............. 26-55 5-12 17-27 18 23 41 16 74 15 20 3 6 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-27 51.9% 2nd Half: 12-28 42.9% Game: 47.3% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-5 60.0% 2nd Half: 2-7 28.6% Game: 41.7% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 8-11 72.7% 2nd Half: 9-16 56.3% Game: 63.0% 5 ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -------------------- Officials: Quinn Mathlin, Antoinette "Shelley" Smith, Sharlene Davis Technical fouls: Bowie State-None. Virginia Union-None. Attendance: 2705 Score by Periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Bowie State................... 20 13 16 7 - 56 Virginia Union................ 23 16 20 15 - 74 Points in the paint-BSU-W 22,VUU-W 38. Points off turnovers-BSU-W 13,VUU-W 32. 2nd chance points-BSU-W 14,VUU-W 19. Fast break points-BSU-W 14,VUU-W 21. Bench points-BSU-W 11,VUU-W 32. Score tied-8 times. Lead changed-10 times. Last FG-BSU-W 4th-06:00, VUU-W 4th-00:17. Largest lead-BSU-W by 3 2nd-05:45, VUU-W by 18 4th-00:17. BSU-W led for 02:49. VUU-W led for 32:45. Game was tied for 04:26.
