SHAW eliminate vuu by eleven
Lady Bears Configure Fifteenth
Feat of the Season
February 12, 2008 – Raleigh, NC – The Shaw University Lady Bears were the home court hosts of Virginia Union University. Three Lady Bears bullied VUU to finish in double figures as collectively; Shaw stung the Lady Panthers for 35 bench points and 24 points off of 28 forced turnovers. The Bears beat the Lady Panthers 72 – 61. The Lady Bears record now stands at 15 – 11 Overall, 12 – 3 CIAA, and 4 – 2 Division.
Although the Lady Bears motioned from half-court with possession of the tip-off, it was the Lady Panthers that tallied the first points to the scoreboard as senior # 40 Katchona Johnson made her first three-pointer. It was not even three full minutes before Head Coach Jacques Curtis made his first substitution with a “fresh five.” Shortly thereafter, the Lady Bears deposited their first two points of the game after #21 NaKeisha “Hoop Queen” Anthony (Guard / Forward / 5 – 11 / Senior / Charlotte, NC) dished to #25 Jamie “Guru” Goshen (Guard / 6 – 0 / Senior / Norfolk, VA) for the lay-up. However, VUU voyaged off to a 7 – 4 lead with two consecutive scores from #31 Ashley Hill. Shaw sliced their deficit to two after Goshen spotted up in the corner to hit nothing but net from behind the arc and then #20 Ari Cureton (Guard / 5 – 8 / Senior / Harrisburg, PA) caught a “priority air-mailed” assist from #11 Jessica “The Answer” Davis (Guard / 5 – 5 / Junior / Cleveland, OH) to convert the fast break lay-up. The Lady Panthers pleaded for their first thirty second timeout with a 9 – 7 lead. VUU credited gave themselves some breathing room via quick offensive production due to backdoor bounce passes and consecutive conversions at the charity stripe. The Lady Bears misfired on multiple occasions as it seemed quite difficult to make good of their home court advantage. Then, the Lady Bears began to demonstrate tactical teamwork as they passed the basketball several times before attempting a shot. Shaw forced their opponents to take their second timeout. The Lady Bears continued to operate under the “three passes and shoot” law. Before the Panthers could blink twice, the Lady Bears advanced with a 22 – 20 lead. Shaw stretched their point margin to five,, 27 – 25, with back to back three-pointer by #33 Celanese “Sharp Shooter” Bozeman (Guard / 5 – 9 / Junior / Hampton, VA). The Lady Bears led 30 – 25 at the intermission.
Bozeman opened
up the second half of play by burying her fourth three-pointer, but the Lady
Panthers prowled back to be within two, 35 – 33 Shaw. Nevertheless, the Lady
Bears convinced the Lady Panthers to take a full timeout at the 15:16 mark
after #15 Tammy Lanier (Guard / 5 – 6 / Freshman / Atlanta, GA)
swiped a steal to complete a three point play just before Bozeman walked to
the lane to finish with another two points. Shaw led 45 – 33. The 12 point
margin was Shaw’s largest lead of the half. Once again, VUU found themselves
within reach of Shaw, 50 – 45 Shaw. Yet, two plays later, #3 Tanisha
“Make It Rain” McGaughey (Guard / 5 – 11 / Sophomore / Norfolk, VA)
erupted fans out of their seats after she swatted her third shot and then
danced to the lane with the ball cuffed in her right hand, only to release
it up for the lay-up with her left hand. The crowd’s rang out cheers of
“ahhhh’s” and “ooo’s” as the young phenomenon hustled back on defense. For
the remainder of the half, VUU only made small incisions into their point
deficit. As for the Lady Bears, they secure the success with the ability to
sink sixteen of 24 (66.7%) from the free-throw line.
Leading the Lady Bears in scoring was #25 Jamie Goshen with 21 points
(six rebound s/ two steals). Providing additional scoring was #33
Celanese Bozeman as her four made three-pointers led to 18 points (one
assist / one steal). Shaw’s top defense and offensive threat was #21
NaKeisha Anthony. The sociology major recorded a double double with 12
points and a game high 11 rebounds.
The Shaw University Lady Bears will journey to Capel Arena on Thursday, February 14th for the V-Day Dual with the Lady Broncos of Fayetteville State University. The CIAA match-up is scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m.
