Box Score BOWIE, Md. – Bowie State women's basketball struggles continue as the Lady Bulldogs fall behind late in the first half and never recovered in a 69-58 setback to the Lady Bears of Shaw.  The loss, BSU's fourth straight, drops the Lady Bulldogs record to 6-7overall (1-4 CIAA).

Junior Donia Naylor (Washington, D.C.) paced Bowie State with a double-double of 14 points and 12 rebounds. Junior teammate Denver Clyde Glen (Burnie, Md.) chipped in a dozen second half points to go along with seven rebounds after sitting out the first 20 minutes. Senior Uchechi Ahaiwe (Riverdale, Md.) and junior Ashley Castle (Brooklyn, N.Y.) contributed eight points each. Castle led the Lady Bulldogs with five assists.

Shaw (10-5 / 4-1 CIAA) built a double digit lead in the first half on the back of strong defense and rebounding.  BSU fought back in the second half, outrebounding the Lady Bears 33-22 in the closing period alone.  Though they would pull as close as five, Shaw then quickly extended the lead, finally claiming the double-digit win.

In the first, Bowie State attacked Shaw from long distance, launching 11 shots from beyond the arc and putting up 34 shots overall.  The Shaw defense, though, held them to only hitting nine of those shots, for 26.5 percent.  Shaw put up 30 shots, hitting 12 for a 40 percent shooting rate.

Bowie State started the game by challenging Shaw from beyond the arc.  Three of Bowie State's first four shots were three-point attempts, with graduate student Ashley Davis (Odenton, Md.) responsible for that one as Shaw built a 6-3 lead. Shaw extended that lead to 11-5, but Bowie State responded with five straight points, to trim the Shaw lead to one.  Micah Brooks hit a pair of free throws for Shaw, but Bowie State answered with a bucket to keep the Shaw lead at one.

Ariel Hatcher hit a three on the left wing to extend the Shaw lead to four, but Naylor hit a bucket and converted the three-point play to trim the lead yet again.  Castle then hit a bucket for the Lady Bulldogs to take the lead with 10:05 left in the first half.

The two teams exchanged threes, and Bowie State got a bucket to extend their lead to three.  Kamiya Burwell hit a long three to tie the contest at 22 with 8:55 until the break. 

With Shaw leading 27-24, the two teams went cold, with neither hitting a bucket for nearly four minutes.  Burwell hit a jumper to put Shaw back on the board and, the next time down court, sank a long three from the right wing to give Shaw a 32-24 lead with 2:36 left in the half.

Bowie State went even longer without a bucket, after a layup by junior Alisha Burley (Baltimore, Md.) with 6:24 left in the half, the Lady Bulldogs did not score again the rest of the half.  By that time, Shaw had built a 34-24 lead going into the locker room at the half.

The two teams played evenly for the opening minutes of the second half.  With 14:38 left in the game, Diamond Mitchell hit a layup to give Shaw a 43-33 lead. Bowie State responded by scoring five straight to trim the Shaw lead to five at 43-38 with 13:12 left. The Lady Bears then went on an 11-6 run to build the lead back to ten with 8:28 left.

Leading 57-48, Shaw went on a six-point run, culminating in a Bryann Guyton jumper that gave the Lady Bears a 63-48 lead with 5:11 left.

The Lady Bulldogs battled back, cutting the Shaw lead to seven when Castle hit a jumper to make the score 65-58 with 47 seconds left, but it was too little too late as the Lady Bears held on for the 69-58 win.

Burwell finished the game with 19 points, nine from beyond the arc.  Verdine Warner and Hatcher had 12 apiece.  Brooks' nine rebounds and Kaula Jacks' five assists led the Lady Bears.

Bowie State returns to the hardwood on Monday (1/13) hosting Fayetteville State at 5:30 pm.