The Howard women’s basketball team snapped its four game skid with a 59-51 win over Long Island on Dec. 1. The Lady Bison improve to 3-6 on the season, and will travel to Hampton, VA to take on Hampton Pirates on Dec. 4. The game is slated for 6 p.m.
“I think the team really bounced back well,” said head coach Niki Geckeler. “The focus today was for our team to play like a team. They defended and made easy transition baskets, and the half court execution was key to our victory.”
Saadia Doyle finished the game with 24 points and eight boards – shooting 8-for-13 from the floor and a flawless 7-for-7 at the charity stripe. Thus far, Doyle has recorded 20 points or more in five games.
Tamoria Holmes tallied nine points and five steals on the night. India Bradford also had nine points beyond a 3-for-6 mark from behind the arc. Cheyenne Curley-Payne finished with eight points while dishing out five assists.
The first-half was a see-saw affair as Howard and LIU traded baskets. Neither team held an advantage for more than five minutes. The score was knotted 27-27 after the first 20 minutes of play.
The Lady Bison came out the locker room with a three pointer from Adelle Walton to open up scoring in the second half. Howard outscored LIU 15-6 in the first nine-plus minutes of the second stint.
HU pushed the spread to as many as 13 points, 52-39, at the 4:28 mark. Howard did not relinquish its lead en route to the 59-51 win.
As a team, the Lady Bison shot 84 percent from the free-throw line (11-for-13) and 40 percent from the floor (21-for-52), while holding LIU to a 34.5 clip (19-for-55).
The Lady Bison pounded the ball down low outscoring the Blackbirds in the paint 24-22. HU scored 19 points off 23 Blackbird miscues.
For the Blackbirds, Heidi Mothershead finished the game with a team-high 15 points, while Chelsi Johnson recorded 14 points. Ashley Palmer had a team-best 13 boards.
The Lady Bison are back in action at Hampton on Dec. 4 beginning at 6 p.m.
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