January 19, 2007 – Raleigh, NC – The Shaw University Lady Bears bussed to Broughton High School for their second season athletic dispute with the Lady Falcons of Saint Augustine’s College. Shaw terrorized their cross-town rivals to score 31 points off of 24 forced turnovers, outrebounded SAC 50 – 34, and lead by as many as 22 points. The Lady Bears add on another triumph to their now four game winning streak as they defeated St. Augustine’s, 73 – 59.

The Lady Bears took possession of the tip-off and quickly tallied their first three points to the scoreboard after #3 Tanisha “Make It Rain” McGaughey (Guard / 5 – 11 / Sophomore / Norfolk, VA) successfully released a rainbow from behind the arc. Two possession later, McGaughey pumped fake the Lady Falcon defense only to dish to #50 Tavia Clemendor (Center / 6 – 0 / Senior / Danville, VA) for the lay-up. Shaw skied to a 7 – 2 lead after Clemendor danced past her defender with an impressive up and under move. Then, subbed in #21 NaKeisha “All Day” Anthony (Guard / Forward / 5 – 11 / Senior / Charlotte, NC) promptly made her presence known as she connected on two consecutive offensive possessions to aide Shaw with a nine point lead. SAC tacked on two made baskets, but Shaw still held a double digit lead, 17 – 6, after a top of the key three-pointer by #33 Celanese Bozeman (Guard / 5 – 9 / Junior / Hampton, VA). With a little less than three minutes remaining in the first half, Shaw plumped up their point margin advantage to 15 points, 28 – 13, with Bozeman’s second made three-pointer. The home team’s first year head coach LaTanya Collins arose from the bench to request a thirty second timeout. Just prior to the end of the half, Bozeman pick-pocketed her opponent for a steal and then rocketed an assist to #2 Jessica “The Answer” Davis (Guard / 5 – 2 / Junior / Cleveland, OH) for the fast break conversion. Davis sunk her free throw after she was fouled on the play. The Lady Bears led 33 – 18 at halftime.

Shaw initiated the second half with a 6 – 0 scoring spurt. Then, #25 Jamie “Go-To-Guru” Goshen (Guard / 6 – 0 / Senior / Chesapeake, VA) froze the SAC defense with a quick jumper as the Lady Bears led 41 – 20. The Lady Falcons began to muster up offense as a bucket here and a jumper there portrayed them not so much as threatening to take the lead, but more of redirecting the hand of momentum. After Shaw converted on a fast break possession, Head Coach Jacques Curtis called for a timeout. The Lady Bears progressed into the final ten minutes of the game with a commanding 53 – 33 lead. However, in the next three minutes, the Lady Flocks would squawk on a 10 – 0 scoring spurt. SAC severely split their point deficit as at the 3:16 mark, back to back baskets by out-of-state freshman #33 Whitney Griffis and a three point conversion by forward #3 Chanel Kinard escorted the Lady Falcons to within nine, 62 – 53 Shaw. Nevertheless, the Lady Bears would quickly refuel their offensive engines to secure the win with fast break buckets and made free-throws down the stretch.

The Lady Bears had three student-athletes to finish in double figures. Leading Shaw in scoring was #21 NaKeisha Anthony with a game high 23 points (nine rebounds / two assists / one steal). Providing additional scoring was #33 Celanese Bozeman with 11 points (one assist / two steals) and #3 Tanisha McGaughey with 10 points (four rebounds / six assists / four steals). Queen of rebounding was a two-way tie between #34 Nicky Souter (Forward / Center / 6 – 1 / Senior / Brooklyn, NY) and Anthony as they each accumulated a game high nine rebounds each.