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47
Winner Bowie St. F-70
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Chowan F-8875
Score By Periods
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Bowie St. F-70 4 15 16 12 47
Chowan F-8875 15 19 5 6 45

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Hawks Squander Half Time Lead, Fall To Bulldogs

MURFREESBORO, N.C. – The Chowan Women's Basketball team had a 15 point lead at the half slip away as Bowie State held the Hawks to 11 points in the second half to hand the Hawks a 47-45 loss in CIAA Northern Division play on Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS

FINAL | Chowan 45, Bowie State 47

RECORDS | Chowan 11-8 (7-3, 1-2), Bowie State 16-3 (8-2, 1-2)

LOCATION | Murfreesboro, N.C. (Helms Center)

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE

Mariah Coker led the Hawks with 12 points.  Danielle Weldon missed out on a double-double with nine points and 11 rebounds.  Jada Lee chipped in with eight points and five assists.

The Bowie State defense held the Hawks to 18.2% shooting in the second half for a total of 11 points.

HOW IT HAPPENED

First Quarter:

Mariah Coker gave the Hawks a 3-1 lead knocking down a triple to start the scoring.  After a free throw by Danielle Weldon, Coker knocked down back-to-back triples to stretch the advantage to 10-4.

Danielle Weldon and Jada Lee added a jumper and Kaylah Henderson tallied a free throw to lead 15-4 after the opening quarter.

Second Quarter:

Back-to-back buckets by Joanne Williams offset the points by the Bulldogs early in the quarter.  Jordan Pettaway knocked down a three-pointer and Jada Lee scored four points to push the lead to 26-12.

Four quick points by Danielle Weldon and a layup by Olivia Gaither extended the advantage to 32-15 midway through the quarter.

Both teams were unable to score late in the quarter with Olivia Gaither knocking down a jumper.  Chowan led 34-19 at the intermission.

Third Quarter:

Jada Lee knocked down a jumper in the paint just 12 seconds into the quarter.  Bowie State cut into the deficit with a 6-0 run.  Danielle Weldon would tally the final basket of the quarter for the Hawks at the 3:33 mark.

Bowie State went on a 10-1 run to finish off the quarter to trim the deficit to 39-35.

Fourth Quarter:

Teylahna Green knocked down a three-pointer to give the Hawks some breathing room, 42-35.  Mariah Coker knocked down a triple to offset the Bulldogs' points.

The Bulldogs' defense forced four shot clock violations to spark a 9-0 run to take the contest, 47-45.

UP NEXT

Chowan hosts Lincoln (Pa.) in a CIAA Northern Division match up on Wednesday, January 30.  Tip-off is at 5:30pm.

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