RALEIGH, N.C. – The streak continues for Bowie State women's basketball after the Bulldogs used a 14-0 fourth quarter run to defeat the Shaw Lady Bears 58-44 inside the C.C. Spaulding Gymnasium. The Bulldogs 13th win a row sets the teams record at 14-1 overall and 6-0 in league play.
 
Junior Kyaja Williams recorded a triple double of 22 points, 11 rebounds  and career-high 10 steals while redshirt senior Pere Alexander added 13 points for Bowie State. Junior Dynaisha Christian pulled down 10 rebounds for the Bulldogs to go along with seven points and a pair of steals.
 
As a team, Bowie State converted 33 Shaw turnovers into 31 points and outscored Shaw 22-9 in the fourth quarter. Bowie State closed out the game shooting 32 percent from the field (23-of-71, 4-of-12 (33 percent) behind the 3-point line and 8-of-16 (50 percent) at the free throw line.
 
The Shaw Lady Bears led Bowie State's Bulldogs 13-12 after one quarter, 6-of-8 (Shaw) 5-of-14 (Bowie State)
 
Bowie State used a 10-0 run late in the second quarter to regain the lead and carried a 24-22 lead into intermission. The Bulldogs ended the first 20 minutes of play shooting 33 percent from the field (10-of-30) but made only 2-of-6 (33 percent) at the free throw line.
 
Shaw closed the first half with a field goal shooting percentage of 46 percent (10-of-22) and struggled at the charity stripe as well, hitting 1-of-4.
 
Bowie State held a slim 30-27 lead at the third quarter media timeout (4:53) but Shaw's Macy Keen made one of two free throws to tie the game at 34-all with 49 seconds left in the quarter. However, BSU's Williams scored a layup to send the Bulldogs into the final quarter leading 36-35.
 
The Lady Bears regained the lead at 37-36 following a Keyonte Cherry layup but the Bulldogs answered on the end with a traditional 3-point play by Talanya Hutton followed by a Christian layup shifted the advantage back over to Bowie State at 41-37.
 
Keen tied the score again this time at 43-all with 6:22 left on the fourth quarter clock.
 
Bowie State's Amel Duggins drilled a 3-pointer at the 5:17 mark to give the Bulldogs a 46-43 lead. Back-to-back field goals by Hutton and Williams combined with a pair of Alexander free throws gave the Bulldogs a little breathing room at 52-43 with 3:42 remaining. In total, Bowie State used a 14-0 run to break the game open and led the Lady Bears 57-44 with one minute left in the game.
 
Shaw (3-11, 0-6 CIAA) was led by Keen with a double double of 20 points and 22 rebounds to go along with two blocked shots. The Bears won the battle on the glass, out-rebounding the Bulldogs 44-37.
 
The Bulldogs wrap up its three-game road swing on Monday (1/14), making a stop at Fayetteville (N.C.) State for a 5:30 p.m. tip time.