With a Big Win, Women’s Basketball Rolls to Second Round in CIAA Tourney

Women’s Defensive Player of the Year Kyaja Williams Leads Team to Victory

MEDIA CONTACT: Damita Chambers, dchambers@bowiestate.edu, 301-832-2628 mobile 

(BOWIE, Md.) – Riding a wave of momentum from a 23-4 regular season record, the Bowie State University women’s basketball team advances to the second round in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Tournament with a 73-37 victory over Shaw University today.

Led by Kyaja Williams, the 2019-20 Women’s Defensive Player of the Year, the Bulldogs scored a decisive win over the Shaw University Bears. Williams finished with 22 points, 13 rebounds and six steals. Shankia McCallum added 16 points, while Drew Calhoun chipped in 13. Bowie State will take on Johnson C. Smith on Thursday at 3 p.m. in the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Just last week, the Division II Sports Information Directors Association ranked the Bulldogs second overall in its final weekly poll of the season.

The men’s basketball team ends its season today with a 74-70 loss to Livingstone College in the tournament’s first round, finishing with the season with a 16-14 overall record. Saiquan Jamison led the Bulldogs with 12 points and nine rebounds, and Smith added 11 points in the loss. Rebounding kept the Bulldogs in the contest as they won the battle of the boards 43-31, including a 23-12 advantage on the offensive glass.

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