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Football
Lenell King highlighted the Shaw offense with 160 receiving yards, while the quarterback duo of Marcus Brooks and Travis Robinson combined to complete 18 of 33 passes for 299 yards in leading Shaw University to a convincing 41-10 victory over Bowie State University.
Jason Scott converted 12 of 31 passes for 135 yards with Anthony Green being the recipient of six of those passes for 67 yards. Bowie State's leading ground gainer was Rodney Webb with 21 yards on eight carries.
Shaw (3-2/2-0 CIAA) scored first thanks to a bad center snap which sailed over the head of Bowie State punter Michael Gagne, who kicked the ball out of the back of the end zone, resulting in a safety. King burned the Bowie State secondary for an 82-yard touchdown reception from Robinson, giving Shaw a 9-0 advantage with 4:29 left in the first quarter.
The Bulldogs put their first six points on the board at the 13:18 mark of the second quarter. Green hauled in a 15-yard pass from Scott and Gagne added the extra point, cutting the Bulldogs' deficit to 9-7. King then scored his second touchdown of the afternoon, this time for 52 yards, giving the Bears a little breathing room at 16-7 with 11:27 remaining in the first half. Gagne converted a 20-yard field goal at the 4:10 mark, trimming the Shaw lead to 16-10.
Caleb Reid booted a 22-yard field goal as time expired in the first half, sending Shaw into the locker room leading 19-10. Shaw amassed 204 total yards in the first half, compared to only 65 yards for Bowie State.
Just like Shaw's first points of the game, the Bears scored two points by way of a safety when Bowie State's Tariq Jones was tackled in the end zone, increasing the Bears lead to 21-10. Jason Royal put his name in the official record, catching a 12-yard pass, pushing the Shaw lead to 28-10.
Lincoln Shepherd nailed a 34-yard field goal just as the fourth quarter began, giving the Bears a very comfortable 31-10 stronghold over the Bulldogs. Shepherd kicked a 23-yard field goal with 9:13 left to play, extending Shaw's lead to 34-10. Frederick Holliday put the final nail in the coffin with 5:22 left in the game, scampering in from 16 yards, making the score 41-10. The defending CIAA champions rolled up 462 yards in total offense and held Bowie State to a season-low 155 total yards.
Defensively, Bowie State's Alvin Cox recorded a game-high 14 tackles for the Bulldogs.
Bowie State (2-2/1-1 CIAA) will finally get to play at home for the first time this season when the Bulldogs host the Lions of Lincoln (Pa.) University at 1 p.m. Saturday in the fifth annual Prince George's Classic.
Volleyball
Bowie State returned to its winning ways with a three-set sweep of the University of the District of Columbia. The Lady Bulldogs took care of the UDC Lady Firebirds 25-21, 25-19, 25-23 to improve their record to
9-7.
The duo of Tamira Conner Rogers and Alycia Williams-Chase paced BSU with eight and seven kills, respectively. Jasmine McNair put away six kills for the Lady Bulldogs and Itumeleng Shadreck along with Ashley Robinson knocked down five and four kills, respectively, in the victory.
Shadreck was BSU's setup queen, recording 18 on the night with McNair adding another seven assists. Williams-Chase and McNair combined for 22 of BSU's 46 digs and Bethany Sloat led both teams with three service aces.
The Lady Bulldogs survived a scare in Saturday's nonconference volleyball rematch against UDC, coming back to claim a 3-2 win. UDC went up two games to none before BSU recovered to win by scores of 24-26, 22-25, 25-20, 25-14, 15-7.
Conner Rogers, Williams-Chase and Sloat led BSU with 23, 12 and 10 kills, respectively. Williams-Chase also led the Lady Bulldogs with 28 digs to go along with three service aces. Sloat served up a career-high eight aces, contributed seven digs and accounted for BSU's only solo block. The trio of Shadreck, McNair and La Teasha Johnson tallied double-digit digs with 22, 20 and 18, respectively. Shadreck also topped Bowie State with 34 assists in the victory.
The Lady Bulldogs remained hungry by winning their third match in a row after capturing a three-game sweep over visiting Virginia State University. BSU had little trouble defeating the Lady Trojans 25-18, 25-19, 25-22 and improved its record to 11-7 overall, 6-4 in the CIAA and 3-1 in the Eastern Division. The sweep was the eighth of the year for the Lady Bulldogs.
Leading the assault for BSU was Williams-Chase, who appeared more fired up than usual and paced her team with a game-high 12 kills, 10 digs and two service aces. Sloat and Conner Rogers knocked down eight kills each for the Lady Bulldogs. Shadreck served up a game-high three service aces to go along with six digs and 26 assists.
The Virginia State loss dropped the Lady Trojans to 5-10 overall on the season, 4-5 in the CIAA and 1-2 in the Eastern Division.
Bowie State will host the division leaders from Elizabeth City State University Friday at 4 p.m. at A.C. Jordan Arena.
Upcoming events
Friday: Cross country at Towson Invitational, 4 p.m.
Volleyball versus Elizabeth City State, 4 p.m.
Saturday: Football versus Lincoln (Pa.), 1 p.m.
Tickets for the football game are on sale in the Wiseman Centre on the BSU campus. Game day tickets will be available for purchase beginning at 10 a.m. in the Wiseman Centre and in the athletics office at the Leonidas S. James Complex. For ticket information, call 301-860-3744 or visit www.bsubulldogs.com.
