Box Score LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa. – Bowie State University women's basketball started strong but fizzled in the end, dropping a 52-43 decision to The Lincoln University. The loss marks BSU's sixth consecutive setback and puts the Lady Bulldogs record at 6-9 overall, 1-6 in the CIAA and 0-1 in the North.
 
The Lady Bulldogs jumped out to an early 4-0 lead and extended that lead to 12-4 by the first media timeout. In the first 10 minutes, Bowie State is shooting 47 percent from the field, which includes 42.9 behind the 3-point line.
 
Bowie State pushed the lead to 21-9 on a short jumper in the paint by junior

(Washington, D.C.) made one of two free throws to tie the game at 27-all and scored again on Bowie State's next possession to give lead back to the Lady Bulldogs at 29-27.
 
Senior Alessandra Flores Conway (Hagerstown, Md.) scored her fist points of the game on a fast break layup 31-30, but Zephran Pam (Syracuse, N.Y.) shifted the advantage back over Lincoln following a pair of free throws.
 
Lincoln (10-7, 3-4 CIAA / 1-0 North) used a 9-0 run to open up a 39-31 lead before BSU graduate student Uchechi Ahaiwe (Riverdale, Md.) stopped the run with a free throw with just over 10 minutes remaining in the game.
 
The Lady Lions defense held Bowie State without a field goal for almost 10 minutes until a Naylor jumper in the paint halted the Lady Bulldogs field goal drought. Unfortunately, Bowie State would get no closer than eight points twice in the final period of play.
 
Naylor and Castle lead Bowie State in scoring with 13 and 11 points respectively. Naylor tied for game-high rebound honors with seven and Ahaiwe grabbed five.
 
De'Jah Taylor (Nanuet, N.Y.) paced the Lady Lions with 11 points and Johnson added 10 points. Zephrah Pam just missed a double-double, contributing nine points and eight rebounds.
 
Lincoln held advantages on the glass (45-34), points in the paint (22-20), points off turnovers (19-14) and bench points (25-6).
 
Bowie State travels south for its next CIAA divisional game, facing the Lady Panthers of Virginia Union on Wednesday (January 22^nd) in historic Barco-Stevens Hall at 5:30 pm.