BOWIE, Md. – The Bowie State University women's basketball team is set to open the 2014-15 season on Friday, November 14 at 1 p.m. vs. Lock Haven in the opening game of the Wolf's Bus Lines Classic hosted by Shippensburg (Pa.) University.
 
Lock Haven finished the 2013-14 season with a 7-19 overall record and were 5-11 in PSAC East action and are under the leadership of eighth year head-coach Jennifer Smith. Coach Smith will look to rely on four veteran leaders this season.  The Lady Eagles return their top-three scorers from last year including Marrysa Moyer (14.8 ppg), Emily Daugherty (12.8 ppg), and Sami Lane (9.5 ppg). Lock Haven has been picked to finish seventh in the PSAC East.

Fifth-year head coach Renard Smith and the Lady Bulldogs ended the 2013-2014 campaign with an overall record of 11-14, 6-10 in the CIAA and 5-5 in the division and have been picked to finish fourth in the conference's Northern Division.

Smith has several returning players from last season's squad including 2014-15 Preseason All-CIAA senior forward Donia Naylor (Washington, D.C.), senior guard Alisha Burley (Baltimore, Md.), senior guard/forward Jasmine McIntosh (Bowie, Md.) and juniors Alauna Jackson (Ellicott City, Md.) and ReVen Smith (Baltimore, Md.). Naylor led the Lady Bulldogs in scoring and rebounds last season, averaging 12.4 ppg and 9.5 rpg.

Six players will see action for the first time in a Lady Bulldogs uniform. They are guards Ty-Nita Baker (Jr./Houston, Miss.), Sheldeen Joseph (Jr./Belair St. Vincent and the Grenadines), Luna Jefferson (Fr./Manhatten, N.Y.), Lisa Jing (Fr./ Laurel, Md.) Shamar Prilliman (Fr./Baltimore, Md.) and forward Jourdan Stanhope (Jr./Columbus, Ohio).
 
Baker exploded for 31 points on 10-for-17 shooting from the field in Bowie State's exhibition at George Mason (11/2/14) to go along with eight rebounds. Naylor recorded a double-double of 14 points and 14 rebounds while Burley and Jackson tallied 14 and 11 points respectively. The Lady Bulldogs came up just short, falling to the Patriots by a score of 83-81.
 
Follow the Lady Bulldogs all weekend via live stats at http://www.sidearmstats.com/ship/wbball/.  Bowie State will take on host Shippensburg on Saturday at 6 pm to close out their participation in the Wolf's Bus Lines Classic.