Wednesday, February 27, 2013

WSSU knocks off Bowie State to advance to the Quarterfinals

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina  --  The Lady Rams, seeded third in the Southern Division, were efficient in ousting the Lady Bulldogs, seeded sixth in the Northern Division. The Rams are playing with confidence under first-year head coach A.G. Hall and appear to be building steam as they head into another matchup against No. 2 Southern Division seed Shaw in the quarterfinals on Wednesday at 5 p.m.

"I think we have a young team and when you're trying to build and you're teaching, there are some moments when you wish that some things would happen faster than they do, but right now, we have a team that has a good understanding of what we want to do," Hall said. " When you have kids on the floor and they're doing the right things, then obviously, that's going to make you a bit more patient with your players and their understanding of what you're doing."




It was only two weeks ago that the Lady Rams (15-12 overall) stunned the nationally-ranked Lady Bears, the defending Division II national champions, in Shaw's own gym by eight points (68-60). That victory happened during the month of February when the Lady Rams have played their best ball. They have won six of seven games this month including their third straight victory after beating Bowie State (7-17 overall). The loss was at the hands of nationally-ranked Fayetteville State, and that was by four points.

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