BSU Bulldogs Cage Wilmington (Del.) Wildcats 80-38 in Home Debut

BOWIE, Maryland -- The Bulldogs women's basketball team pummeled visiting Wilmington (Del.) University on Wednesday (11/14) evening, blasting the Wildcats 80-38 in Bowie State's home debut.

Redshirt senior Pere Alexander notched a double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds and junior Kyaja Williams netted a game-high 19 points to go along with eight rebounds to lead Bowie State to the non-conference victory. Freshman Drew Calhoun came off the Bulldogs bench and provided a spark, drilling five 3-pointers on the way to 15 points on the night and added three rebounds an assist and one steal in the rout.

Sophomore Talanya Hutton contributed eight points on 4-of-8 shooting from the field and grabbed four rebounds while junior Amel Duggins chipped in six points, two rebounds, four assists and a pair of steals.

Bowie State (2-1) dominated in just about every statistical category holding advantages in rebounds (44-35, points in the paint (50-16), points off turnovers (28-9), second chance points (13-2) and bench points (25-12). The Bulldogs finished the evening shooting 45 percent from the field (34-of-75), which included 7-of-22 (32 percent) behind the arc. Bowie State didn't have many free throw opportunities but made 5-of-8 (63 percent) at the charity stripe.

The Bulldogs led 17-10 after the first quarter of action and took a 41-17 advantage into the locker room at halftime, outscoring the Wildcats 24-7 in the second quarter. Bowie State's defense held Wilmington (Del.) to single digits in the second and third quarter and allowed just 12 points over the final 10 minutes of action.

Bowie State largest lead of 45 points (74-29) came at the 6:12 mark of the fourth quarter and head coach Shadae Swan made sure every Bulldog player saw some action.

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Wilmington's Jaelyn Durrett was the only Wildcat to reach double figure scoring with 13 points. Macy Robinson finished with nine points, scoring six in the first half and Nyree Grant came off the bench to tally seven points in the loss. Wilmington (0-3) managed just 16-of-51 from the field (31 percent) which included 3-of-23 (13 percent) beyond the 3-point line and knocked down 3-of-6 free throws.

Bowie State will hit the road for its next two, making stops at Gannon on Saturday (11/17) and Slippery Rock on Sunday (11/18) before returning home to take on Felician at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, November 21st.

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