Box Score PHILIPPI, W.Va. – After a 15-day layoff, Bowie State women's basketball returned to action on Wednesday evening and captured a 68-62 road win over Alderson Broaddus University. The win evens the Lady Bulldogs record at 3-3 on the year.
Senior
Donia Naylor (Washington, D.C.) led four Bowie State players in double figures with 17 points. Joining Naylor with double figure scoring were junior
Ty-Nita Baker (Houston, Miss.) with 13 points and seniors
Alisha Burley (Baltimore, Md.) and
Jasmine McIntosh (Bowie, Md.) with 12 and 10 points respectively. Junior
Jourdan Stanhope (Columbus, Ohio) ripped down a game-high and personal season-best 11 rebounds for the Lady Bulldogs to go along with two blocks, one steal and one assist.
As a team, Bowie State shot 24-for-59 from the field (40.7 percent) and 15-for-22 (68.2 percent) at the free throw line. The Battlers of Alderson Broaddus went 19-for-58 (32.8 percent) for the game, that included 11-for 27 behind the 3-point line and made 13-of-18 (72.2 percent) free throws.
The Lady Bulldogs came out of fast in the first half jumping out to 10-2 lead with Stanhope scoring five points. Alderson Broaddus' Erica Brooks stopped the run with a 3-pointer at the 15:53 mark. Brooks split a pair of free throws and Rachel Ashley connected from behind the arc to cut the Bowie State lead to 10-9 with 15:43 on the clock.
Bowie State pushed the lead back to 15-11 on a Stanhope layup at the 13:49 mark, but the Battlers scored five straight capped by a pair of Jordan Parker free throws to grab its first lead of the game 16-15.
After four straight points by the Lady Bulldogs, the Battlers went on an 8-0 run keyed by five points from Parker and a Brooks triple to take back the lead 24-19 with 8:37 left in the first. Bowie State answered with a 16-6 spurt to go ahead 37-30 on a McIntosh layup with 24 seconds to play in the first. Terra McKenzie hit a 3-pointer with six seconds left in the first to cut the Alderson Broaddus halftime deficit to 37-33.
Bowie State pushed their lead to a dozen points twice in the second half before Alderson Broaddus battled back. Trailing 62-50 with 4:55 to play in the game, the Battlers went on an 11-3 run to get within four at 65-61 with 58 seconds on the clock. However, that's as close as the Battlers would get. Alderson Broaddus used strong 3-point shooting to get back in the game with Jordan Parker connecting on a pair of triples and Sydney Shaffer adding a trey.
Parker was the leading scorer for Alderson Broaddus with a game-high 18 points to go along with six rebounds. Shaffer chipped in 14 points and Brooks contributed 10 points in the loss.
The Lady Bulldogs return home for a Saturday (December 13th) non-conference matchup against Felician College with a tip-off time of 2 pm.
