#25 Virginia State Rallies to Edge Bowie State’s Bulldogs 67-59 in Women’s Basketball
ETTRICK, Va. – Bowie State women’s basketball relinquished a 14-point
third quarter lead and fell 67-59 to nationally ranked Virginia State on Saturday afternoon in the VSU’s Multipurpose Center.
Bowie
State (13-6, 6-4 CIAA, 2-2 North) was paced by graduate student Sade
Chatman (Minneapolis, Minn.) with 13 points and senior Kiara Colston
(Burtonsville,
Md.) added 11 in the tough setback.
The Bulldogs led the Trojans 10-5 at the first media timeout (4:12) and held a 16-10 advantage after the first quarter.
Bowie
State knocked down 50 percent of their shots (13-of-26) in the first 20
minutes of play and took a 35-29 advantage into the break over #25
Virginia
State. Chatman led the Bulldogs in the first half with eight points.
Bowie State also held a slim 14-12 advantage on the glass at halftime.
Virginia
State (17-2, 7-2 CIAA, 1-3 North) hit 10-of-23 first half field goals
(43.5 percent) which included 6-of-12 behind the 3-point line.
Bowie State held a 12-point cushion twice in the third quarter and a Colston layup gave the Bulldogs a 50-36 lead at the 4:23 mark and puts her into the
elite Bowie State 1,000 Point Club. The Bulldogs kept pushing and led 54-47 after three quarters of action.
The Trojans would not go away quietly closing the deficit to 54-51 by the 7:22 mark of the fourth quarter following a pair of free throws by Dionna Marcus
(Fort Stewart, Ga.). Virginia State battled back to take its first lead (55-54) since (3-0) at the 4:26 mark of the fourth quarter via an Alexis Smith (Lusby, Md.) layup.
Bulldogs
sophomore Kyaja Williams (Baltimore, Md.) made one of two free throws
to tie the game at 55-all but Virginia State’s Smith drilled a 3-pointer
on the next Trojans possession to shift the advantage back over to the
home team at 58-55.
Virginia
State led 61-55 but a Chatman free throw followed by a 3-pointer by
senior Ty-Nita Baker (Houston, Miss.) pulls the Bulldogs within two at 61-59
with 34.7 seconds remaining in regulation.
VSU’s
Keyanna Brown (Williamsburg, Va.) knocked down a pair of free throws
for a little breathing room at 63-59 and Chrisanna Green (Jamestown,
N.Y.) hit
a pair of free throws to seal the win.
Smith
and Brown led the Trojans with 16 and 15 points respectively. Mia Fitts
(Richmond, Va.) added 13 points and Green recorded a double-double of
13 points
and 10 rebounds.
Bowie State women’s basketball will be idle until returning to action on Saturday (February 3rd) at Elizabeth City State. Game time in ECSU’s
Vaughan Center is 2 p.m.
Official Basketball Box Score
Official Basketball Box Score Bowie State vs Virginia State 1/27/18 1:00 p.m. at Ettrick, Va. (VSU Multipurpose Center) ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------- VISITORS: Bowie State 13-6, 6-4 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....... * 5-9 1-2 0-0 0 6 6 1 11 3 4 0 3 40 03 PROCTOR,Kyah........ * 2-9 1-6 2-2 2 1 3 3 7 2 5 0 1 33 05 JING,Lisa........... * 1-4 1-1 2-2 2 2 4 3 5 4 2 0 2 27 10 WILLIAMS,Kyaja...... 3-8 0-1 1-2 1 1 2 3 7 3 0 0 1 21 11 BAKER,Ty-Nita....... 2-7 2-5 0-0 1 1 2 5 6 2 2 0 0 23 15 HUTTON,Talanya...... 2-5 0-2 2-2 2 1 3 0 6 0 0 0 1 8 32 CHATMAN,Sade........ * 6-10 0-0 1-2 0 3 3 5 13 2 2 1 1 32 42 CHRISTIAN,Dynaisha.. * 1-1 0-0 2-4 1 4 5 1 4 1 1 0 0 16 TEAM................ 1 1 2 Totals.............. 22-53 5-17 10-14 10 19 29 21 59 17 18 1 9 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-26 50.0% 2nd Half: 9-27 33.3% Game: 41.5% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-9 44.4% 2nd Half: 1-8 12.5% Game: 29.4% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3% 2nd Half: 5-8 62.5% Game: 71.4% 5 ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -------------------- HOME TEAM: Virginia State 17-2, 7-2 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 00 ROBERTSON,Aja....... 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 5 01 SMITH,Alexis........ * 6-13 4-8 0-0 0 3 3 2 16 5 4 1 1 40 04 MARCUS,Dionna....... * 0-4 0-0 6-8 3 2 5 3 6 3 2 0 0 32 05 FITTS,Mia........... * 5-9 3-6 0-2 0 1 1 3 13 0 3 0 1 37 10 GREEN,Chrisanna..... * 2-5 1-1 8-10 3 7 10 3 13 5 2 1 0 40 11 MCKINNEY,Endia...... * 1-3 1-2 0-0 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 14 12 SMITH,D'Ajahnae..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 20 BROWN,Keyana........ 5-7 1-3 4-6 0 4 4 3 15 1 2 0 1 26 TEAM................ 3 3 3 Totals.............. 19-42 10-20 19-28 7 20 27 16 67 16 18 3 5 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-23 43.5% 2nd Half: 9-19 47.4% Game: 45.2% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 6-12 50.0% 2nd Half: 4-8 50.0% Game: 50.0% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 3-4 75.0% 2nd Half: 16-24 66.7% Game: 67.9% 6 ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -------------------- Officials: Kristina Denson, Amy Weglarz, Robert Webb Technical fouls: Bowie State-None. Virginia State-None. Attendance: 2054 Score by Periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Bowie State................... 16 19 19 5 - 59 Virginia State................ 10 19 18 20 - 67 Points in the paint-BSU-W 28,VSU-W 16. Points off turnovers-BSU-W 15,VSU-W 15. 2nd chance points-BSU-W 5,VSU-W 5. Fast break points-BSU-W 10,VSU-W 4. Bench points-BSU-W 19,VSU-W 16. Score tied-3 times. Lead changed-6 times. Last FG-BSU-W 4th-00:43, VSU-W 4th-02:17. Largest lead-BSU-W by 14 3rd-04:23, VSU-W by 8 4th-00:10. BSU-W led for 30:16. VSU-W led for 06:22. Game was tied for 03:22.
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