ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. – Bowie State women's basketball concluded the regular season portion of its 2016-2017 season with a 72-44 win over Elizabeth City State on Saturday afternoon. The win gives Bulldogs a series sweep over the Vikings and sets the Bowie State record at 19-7 overall, 11-5 in the CIAA and 6-4 North heading on to next week's conference championships in Charlotte.
 
The Bulldogs were led by junior Kyah Proctor (Capitol Heights, Md.) with a game-high 15 points on 6-of-12 shooting from the floor, which included 3-of-7 behind the 3-point line. Senior Denver Clyde (Glen Burnie, Md.) contributed 14 points and junior Kiara Colston (Burtonsville, Md.) finished with 13 points, a team-high six rebounds and a game-high five assists.
 
Jalyn Brown led Elizabeth City State (5-17, 3-13 CIAA, 1-9 North) with 14 points and was the Lady Vikings' only double figure scorer. Chalise Greenwood tallied seven points to go along with four rebounds while D'asya Wilson was the games' leading rebounder with eight.
 
Bowie State led from the opening tip until the final buzzer, knocking down a season-high 52.6 percent of their shots (20-of-38) and held advantages in rebounds (32-23), points in the paint (18-14), points off turnovers (22-10), second chance points (16-12) and bench points (21-11). The Bulldogs made 9-of-17 shots beyond the arc (52.9 percent) and connected on 23-of-33 free throws (69.7 percent).
 
The Bulldogs took a 31-18 lead into halftime and the Bowie State defense held the Lady Vikings to only five points, all free throws in the second quarter. Elizabeth City State was 0-of-12 from the field in the second quarter with six of those attempts coming behind the 3-point line.
 
Bowie State's lead grew to 20 points (43-23) by the 4:07 mark of the third quarter after a pair of free throws by junior Lisa Jing (Laurel, Md.). The Bulldogs defense held the Lady Vikings to single digit scoring in the third quarter, allowing just nine points compared to 20 for Bowie State.
 
The Bowie State lead ballooned to a game-high 30 points (64-34) with three minutes to go in the contest as the Bulldogs cruised to its largest margin of victory of the season.
 
Bowie State's women enter the CIAA Tournament as the #4 seed in the North and will face Fayetteville State on Tuesday (2/21) at 10 a.m. in the Bojangles Coliseum.