George Mason Tops Bowie State Lady Bulldogs 98-60 in Basketball Exhibition

FAIRFAX, Va. - The Bowie State University women's basketball team fell short of victory in a 98-60 exhibition loss to Division I George Mason University on Sunday afternoon at the Patriot Center. Juniors Ashley Castle (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Denver Clyde (Glen Burnie, Md.) led the Bulldogs with 14 and 12 points respectively.

The Lady Bulldogs kept the game close in the first 10 minutes of action, leading by three twice at 19-16 and 21-18 on back-to-back layups by graduate student Uchechi Ahaiwe (Riverdale, Md.). However, the Colonials went on a 14-0 run and never were threatened after that.

The first half featured four ties and nine lead changes before George Mason settled down and pulled away.

Bowie State trailed 45-27 at the break. The Lady Bulldogs shot 28 percent (9-32) from the field in the first half, compared to 47 percent (14-30) for George Mason. Castle led BSU in scoring for the first half with eight points while Clyde had six points and seven boards at intermission.

George Mason stretched out their lead in the second half, outscoring Bowie State 53-33. The Patriots finished the contest shooting 50 percent (28-56) from the floor and held a 48 to 37 rebounding advantage.

All 13 Bowie State players saw action and scored in the game. Uchechi scored eight points and grabbed five rebounds in just 10 minutes. Senior Alessandra Flores Conway (Hagerstown, Md.) chipped in seven points, sophomore Alauna Jackson (Ellicott City, Md.) scored four and junior Ashley Davis (Odenton, Md.) contributed three points. Six other Lady Bulldog players added two points each.

Clyde and senior Moriah Goodman led Bowie State on the glass with seven rebounds each.

Four of five George Mason starters scored in double figures with Cierra Strickland (Forestville, Md.) leading the Colonials with 21 points. Taylor Brown (Bowie, Md.) and Janaa Pickard (Philadelphia, Pa.) recorded 19 and 16 points respectively and Talisha Watts (Lynchburg, Va.) added a double-double of 11 points and 11 rebounds.

Bowie State begins the regular season on Friday (November 8^th) hosting Nyanck (N.Y.) College at 6 pm in the A.C. Jordan Arena.

Bowie State vs George Mason (11/3/13 at Patriot Center)

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Official Basketball Box Score

Official Basketball Box Score
Bowie State vs George Mason
11/3/13 2:00 pm at Patriot Center


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VISITORS: Bowie State 0-0
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
1  PHIPPS,Kiera........ *  0-1    0-1    2-2    1  1  2   3   2  1  3  0  0  17
2  SMITH,ReVen.........    1-5    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   2   2  0  1  0  0   5
3  CASTLE,Ashley....... *  5-11   2-5    2-2    0  2  2   3  14  2  7  0  1  26
5  BURLEY,Alisha.......    1-2    0-1    0-1    0  3  3   5   2  1  4  1  1  11
10 FLORES,Alessandra...    1-5    1-2    4-4    1  1  2   4   7  0  3  0  0  17
11 HEARD,Robin.........    1-3    0-0    0-3    0  1  1   3   2  0  0  0  0  13
14 DAVIS,Ashley........ *  1-4    1-2    0-0    0  0  0   1   3  0  0  0  0  20
23 McINTOSH,Jasmine....    1-4    0-1    0-0    0  0  0   4   2  1  1  0  0  17
24 CLYDE,Denver........ *  4-16   0-4    4-5    4  3  7   1  12  1  2  0  1  25
32 JACKSON,Alauna......    2-2    0-0    0-2    0  0  0   1   4  0  1  0  0  11
33 GOODMAN,Moriah...... *  0-2    0-0    2-2    3  4  7   3   2  0  1  0  0  21
34 BONAPARTE, Briana...    0-2    0-0    0-3    0  2  2   1   0  0  0  0  0   7
55 AHAIWE,Uchechi......    4-4    0-0    0-0    2  3  5   5   8  0  0  1  0  10
   TEAM................                         3  3  6
   Totals..............   21-61   4-16  14-24  14 23 37  36  60  6 23  2  3 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half:  9-32 28.1%   2nd Half: 12-29 41.4%   Game: 34.4%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  3-9  33.3%   2nd Half:  1-7  14.3%   Game: 25.0%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  6-11 54.5%   2nd Half:  8-13 61.5%   Game: 58.3%    3


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HOME TEAM: George Mason 0-0
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
5  MOHAMED, Reana......    4-5    1-2    4-4    1  2  3   0  13  0  1  0  0  22
11 PICKARD, Janaa...... *  3-9    1-2    9-12   1  6  7   4  16  1  0  5  0  24
12 PETTY-EVANS, Denisha    1-4    1-3    3-6    0  4  4   4   6  1  2  0  4  19
13 DUNNINGAM, Char-Dell    0-2    0-0    2-5    1  2  3   2   2  1  1  0  2  17
22 JACOBS, Kyana....... *  3-5    1-2    2-4    0  2  2   3   9  2  4  0  1  25
23 STRICKLAND, Cierra.. *  7-13   0-3    7-8    2  3  5   1  21  1  1  1  2  27
31 BROWN, Taylor....... *  6-12   2-5    5-7    0  1  1   3  19  4  1  0  2  31
32 JACKSON, Brittany...    0-0    0-0    0-0    1  0  1   0   0  0  0  0  1   0
40 WATTS, Talisha...... *  4-5    0-0    3-6    4  7 11   3  11  0  1  0  2  28
44 DAWSON,Dominique....    0-1    0-0    1-4    1  2  3   2   1  0  1  0  0   7
   TEAM................                         4  4  8
   Totals..............   28-56   6-17  36-56  15 33 48  22  98 10 12  6 14 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-30 46.7%   2nd Half: 14-26 53.8%   Game: 50.0%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  2-9  22.2%   2nd Half:  4-8  50.0%   Game: 35.3%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 15-22 68.2%   2nd Half: 21-34 61.8%   Game: 64.3%   10


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Officials:
Technical fouls: Bowie State-None. George Mason-None.
Attendance: 325
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
Bowie State...................   27   33  -   60
George Mason..................   45   53  -   98
Exhibition

Points in the paint-BOWIE 24,MASON 32. Points off turnovers-BOWIE 8,MASON 28.
2nd chance points-BOWIE 11,MASON 10. Fast break points-BOWIE 0,MASON 4.
Bench points-BOWIE 27,MASON 22. Score tied-4 times. Lead changed-9 times.
Last FG-BOWIE 2nd-03:23, MASON 2nd-00:25.
Largest lead-BOWIE by 3 1st-11:49, MASON by 38 2nd-00:25.