ORANGEBURG, Sc. - The Howard University women's basketball team will look to get back on the winning track when it takes on the Bulldogs of South Carolina State Monday at 5:30 pm at the Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center.

The Lady Bison are coming off a 56-51 road loss at North Carolina Central on Saturday. Howard (12-13, 8-4 MEAC) got a team-high 16 points from all-conference guard Destiny Howell. The junior added a career-high eight rebounds. Senior forward Brooklynn Fort-Davis recorded a double-double of 10 points, 12 rebounds but graduate guard Aziah Hudson, who came into the game as the team's second-leading scorer (11.2 ppg), played only 19 minutes and scored a season-low two points.
 
Sophomore guard Nyla Cooper (12 points), freshman forward Nile Miller (four blocks, six rebounds) and senior forward Krislyn Marsh (11 rebounds, three blocks) all contributed but the Bison shot 25-percent from the floor and converted on a season-low 4-of-12 from the free-throw line in the second half and 11-of-20 overall for the game. Howard came into the game ranked second in the MEAC at 71-percent from the charity stripe.
 
South Carolina State (3-24, 2-10 MEAC) come into the game having dropped four in a row, including Saturday's 69-41 loss to Norfolk State. The Bulldogs are led by sophomore guards Nicole Gwynn (10.9 ppg, 30 assists) and Lovely Sonnier (8.8 ppg, 8.1 rebounds, a team-leading 42 steals).

SERIES RECORD: The Bison won, 67-35 on January 30 in Burr Gymnasium and has won five in a row and seven of the last eight to lead the series, 11-6, dating back to 2008.

NEXT UP: Howard has a big showdown with conference leader Norfolk State University in a Senior Day matchup on Thursday, March 2 at 6 pm in Burr Gymnasium.

For more information, visit the Bison Athletics website at www.HUBison.com.


Contributor: Chevonne Mansfield