BOWIE, Md. – The Bowie State women's basketball team combined a strong defense with a balanced offensive attack to claim a 59-43 home win over Saint Augustine's University. Senior Amel Duggins (Largo, Md.) led the Bulldogs in scoring with 14 points in 23 minutes of play while fellow senior Kyaja Williams (Baltimore, Md.) fell one rebound shy of a double-double. The forward recorded 11 points and grabbed nine boards. With today's victory, the Bulldogs moves to 16-2, (6-1 in CIAA) while the Lady Falcons dropped to 6-10 (1-5) in conference matchups.  PHOTOS (Courtesy of Lawrence Johnson)
 
The Bulldogs had a great effort at both ends of the court to claim the victory. Bowie State held their opponents to shooting just 27.5 percent (14-of-51). In addition to their stellar defense, causing 32 turnovers in the process, the Bulldogs big name players such as senior Dynaisha Christian (Pocomoke, Md.) and junior Talanya Hutton (Seat Pleasant, Md.) struggled from the floor today but were able to contribute in other ways. Christian had nine rebounds while Williams stole the show on defense causing six steals. Bowie State shot 32.8 percent (20-of-61) from the floor in today's game.
 
Bowie State dominated the game from the very beginning and the team kicked things off with a big first quarter. The team had balanced scoring to open up the period with sophomore Chyna Butler (Syracuse, N.Y.) knocking down a jumper at 51 seconds to end the first frame with Bulldogs on top 13-7.
 
Williams got the home team going after a layup to commence the second, period, but St. Augustine's Kiana Clark's deep ball cut the Bulldogs lead to 15-10 with 8:19 remaining. From there, BSU used a 10-0 run to build its largest lead of the first half at 13 and went to the locker room up 28-15.
 
During the third quarter, Williams scored four quick points, added a steal and a finish at the other end to give the Bulldogs a commanding lead at 32-17. The team would later put the game out of reach after Duggins' 3-pointer with 2:26 left to end the third stanza with Bowie State comfortably in front 43-23.
 
Bowie State held an impressive 28-16 advantage in points in the paint while outscoring the Falcons 26-8 in points off turnovers.
 
Angela Caraballo recorded game-high scoring honors for the Lady Falcons with 10 points while Milequa Eason and Shankia Clark chipped in eight and seven points respectively.
 
Bowie State will return to action on Saturday (1/25) when they travel to Lincoln University of Pennsylvania for a key CIAA showdown. Tipoff is set for 2:00 p.m.