Box Score BOWIE, Md. - The Bowie State University women's basketball team suffered a 71-57 setback to the visiting Lady Golden Bulls of Johnson C. Smith University on Saturday afternoon. The loss moves the Lady Bulldogs record to 5-6 overall (0-2 CIAA) while the Lady Golden Bulls improve to 11-1 on the season and 1-0 against CIAA competition.
PHOTOSJunior
Ty-Nita Baker (Houston, Miss.) led the Lady Bulldogs with 16 points and added six rebounds and handed out a game-high five assists. Seniors
Jasmine McIntosh (Bowie, Md.) and
Alisha Burley (Baltimore, Md.) added 12 and 11 points, respectively. Senior
Donia Naylor (Washington, D.C.) fell just short of a double-double, recording nine points and 13 rebounds.
Three Johnson C. Smith players scored in double figures with Shanequa Phifer (Salisbury, N.C.) leading the attack with 22 points on 7-of-13 shooting from the floor, which included 5-of-9 behind the arc. Asha Jordan (Monroe, N.C.) contributed 18 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the floor and pulled down a half dozen rebounds. Amena Brent (Chicago, Ill.) came off the Lady Golden Bulls bench to records 10 points, seven rebounds and a game-high four steals. Anika Jones (Shelby, N.C.) also contributed off the JCSU bench adding eight points and tied Brent for team-high rebound honors with seven.
Both teams made 33 percent of their field goals with Johnson C. Smith ending the game on 21-of-63 field goal shooting and Bowie State was 19-of-56 from the floor in the contest. Turnovers were plentiful as well with the Lady Bulldogs committing 27 and the Lady Golden Bulls turned the ball over 23 times.
Johnson C. Smith controlled the glass, holding a 49-37 advantage and the Lady Bulldogs bench outscored BSU's bench 45-5.
With Bowie State holding an early 10-9 lead, Johnson C. Smith used a 12-0 run to take control of the game at 21-10 with 7:46 left in the first half.
A pair of Naylor free throws and a Baker layup trimmed the Bowie State deficit to seven (21-14), but Johnson C. Smith would not allow the Lady Bulldogs to get any closer.
Johnson C. Smith closed out the first 20 minutes of action shooting 44 percent (11-of-25) compared to 29 percent (7-of-24) for Bowie State.
The Lady Bulldogs will look to snap a three-game slide when the host the Lady Rams of Winston-Salem State University on Monday (January 5th) at 5:30 p.m. Winston-Salem State dropped a 72-63 road decision at Lincoln on Saturday (1/3) night.
