GLENVILLE, W.VA. – The Chowan Women's Basketball team suffered back-to-back losses for the first time this season as the defending national champions, Glenville State, handed the Hawks a 102-76 loss on the road on Monday afternoon.
THE BASICS
FINAL | Chowan 76, #6 Glenville State 102
RECORDS | Chowan 7-4, Glenville 10-1
LOCATION | Glenville, W.Va. (Waco Center)
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
Destiny Robinson led the trio of Hawks in double-figures with 16 points and nine rebounds. Imani Hickman collected her second double-double of the season with 11 points and 12 rebounds. Aniah Patterson scored 10 points.
Chowan shot 64.3% from the floor in the first quarter and finished the game shooting 49.2% from the floor. The Hawks turned the ball over 35 times leading to 36 points for the Pioneers.
HOW IT HAPPENED
First Quarter:
Imani Hickman put the Hawks on the board with a deep jumper to give the Hawks a 2-1 lead. Yasmine Brown added a driving layup before Destiny Robinson evened the score at 7-all with a three-point play.
Demetria Bland cut through the defense to put up a tough layup before Aniah Patterson handed the lead back to the Hawks with a triple, 12-11. Patterson added another triple to extend the lead before Destiny Robinson posted a layup. Yasmine Brown collected a layup to keep the Hawks in front 19-15.
Tyaysia Sharpe connected from the elbow and knocked down a pair from the charity stripe to lead 23-17. Imani Hickman tallied a point from the stripe prior to Brittany Wilcox picking up the next four points from the stripe to end the quarter, 28-23.
Second Quarter:
Brittany Wilcox used a euro step to put the Hawks on the board with a layup in transition. Imani Hickman used a putback layup to extend the lead to 32-26. Jayah King-Johnson collected a pair of layups, 36-29. Sydney Roberts connected from the floor to keep pace with the Pioneers.
Glenville State would use a run to take the lead with four straight turnovers by the Hawks. Chowan would be held scoreless for nearly five minutes before Jayah King-Johnson ended the dry spell with a layup.
Destiny Robinson notched a three-point play to trim the deficit back to single-digits, 52-43. The Pioneers finished off the scoring in the half to lead 56-43.
Third Quarter:
The Pioneers continued to push their advantage as Aniah Patterson posted a pair of freebies during the early drought. Demetria Bland posted a deep jumper to slow the run by the Pioneers. Tyaysia Sharpe connected on a jumper prior to a three-pointer by Keibra Hopkins, 70-52.
Destiny Robinson collected four free throws before Imani Hickman posted a layup on a putback attempt to trail 81-58.
Fourth Quarter:
Aniah Patterson connected with a jumper to get the Hawks on the board in the frame. Imani Hickman posted a layup before Brittany Wilcox went coast-to-coast for a pull-up jumper. Destiny Robinson notched a layup along with a layup by Demetria Bland, 89-68.
Keibra Hopkins broke the press and hit a floater before Jayah King-Johnson posted a layup. Destiny Robinson connected from the floor as Imani Hickman posted a layup.
UP NEXT
Chowan will take the rest of the holiday break off until the Hawks travel to an old league foe on December 31 to take on Bowie State. Tip-off is slated for 2pm.