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(BALTIMORE, Md.)  The Bowie State University Lady Bulldogs basketball team started slow, battled back in the second half, but came up short dropping a 66-50 exhibition to the Lady Bears of Morgan State University. Though the team took the tough loss, they had an impressive performance against their tough NCAA Division I opponents.

The Lady Bulldogs gave a good overall effort against their opponents, despite shooting 30% from the field (18-of-60).  Morgan State shot slightly better, hitting 39% of their field goals (22-of-56).  Senior forward Kimberly Jones led the effort for the Lady Bulldogs with 15 points while sophomore forward Chanet Wallace and  fellow sophomore Brooke Miles added 13 and 10 points respectively.  Wallace and senior Juliette Turner led Bowie State will nine rebounds each.  Jones and Wallace blocked a game-high two blocks each for the Lady Bulldogs.

Bowie State trailed 31-18 after the first period of play, making just six-of-30 first half field goals.  The Lady Bulldogs closed the deficit to seven twice in the second half with the last coming with 5:22 remaining and the Lady Bears leading 52-45.

Morgan State paraded to the free throw line over the final five minutes of play, making seven of 10 freebies down the stretch.  Tracey Carrington paced the Lady Bears with a game-high 21 points to go along with 11 rebounds.  Amarah Williams chipped in 16 points and Omara Parker hauled down a game-high 12 rebounds for the Lady Bears.

Bowie State will open the 2011-12 season next weekend when the team heads to Shepherdstown, W.Va. to take on Seton Hill in a 2:00 p.m. game hosted by Shepherd University.