WASHINGTON (February 4, 2024) – Howard University women's basketball team travels to Dover, Del., to face the Delaware State (DSU) Lady Hornets Monday night (Feb. 5) in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) clash. Tipoff is slated for 5:30 p.m.
 
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LAST TIMEOUT
 
Saturday (Feb. 3), redshirt freshman Tyana Walker (Leawood, Kan.) came off the bench to score a game-high 18 points and junior forward Vanessa Blake (Summerville, S.C.) tallied 12 points to lead the Bison to a 52-47 win over the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) in a MEAC showdown at Burr Gymnasium.
 
MEAC Defensive Player of the Year candidate sophomore forward Nile Miller (Haddonfield, N.J.) grabbed 12 rebounds to go along with her eight points.
 
Fifth-year guard Iyanna Warren (Accokeek, Md.) scored only four points, but she recorded six assists and four steals in the victory.
 
MATCHUP PREVIEW
 
SERIES RECORD
 
Howard defeated the Hornets, 67-35, in the MEAC Tournament (March 9, 2023) for its 14^th straight win over DSU. The Hornets last won, 87-86 (January 11, 2016).
 
Howard holds a 19-5 advantage in the series since 2006.
 
HOWARD
 
Howard (7-13, 4-2 MEAC) is coming off a 52-47 home win over UMES and now have won three-of-the-last-four.
 
The Bison are led by Warren (11.7 ppg, 2.7 rpg, team-leading 54 total assists, 28 total steals & 80-percent from the free throw line), Walker (11.5 ppg, 3.1 rpg, team-high 37 three pointers made & 82-percent from the free throw line), Blake (7.0 ppg, 4.9 rpg & 53-percent shooting from the floor), Miller (6.7 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 47 total steals [team-high] & 19 total blocks [team-high]), senior forward Kaiya Creek (6.6 ppg, 2.8 rpg & 10 total blocks) and senior guard Kaniyah Harris (2.5 ppg, 3.2 rpg, team-high 50 total assists & 26 total steals).
 
DELAWARE STATE
 
Delaware State (6-13, 2-4 MEAC), which is coming off a 79-52 road loss at Norfolk State Saturday (Feb. 3), is led by senior guard Jai'Naiah Jackson (11.7 ppg & 2.0 rpg), junior forward Tyshonne Tollier (12.1 ppg & 4.4 rpg), sophomore wing Savannah Brooks (9.8 ppg, 3.1 rpg & team-tying 41 total assists) and graduate guard Denisha Wilson (9.6 ppg, team-tying 41 total assists & team-leading 26 total steals).
 
MEAC STATS
 
HOWARD
 
The Bison lead the MEAC in field goal percentage defense (35-percent) and second in three-point shooting defense (28-percent).
 
Individually, Warren leads the conference in free throw shooting (80-percent), third in assists and assist/turnover ratio and eight in scoring.
 
Walker is second in three pointers made (2.1) and eighth in three-point shooting percentage (34-percent) and 10^th in scoring.
 
Miller is second in steals, fifth in blocks and eighth in rebounding (5.6 per game).
 
Harris is seventh in assists and Creek is eighth in three-point shooting (35-percent).
 
DELAWARE STATE
 
The Hornets lead the MEAC in three pointers made (5.5 per game) and three-point shooting (32-percent) and fourth in assists (10.4 per game).
 
Individually, Jackson Perkins is second in three-point shooting (38-percent) and ninth in scoring (11.7 ppg).
 
Brooks is third in three-point shooting (36-percent), eight in assists and 10^th in field goal shooting (38-percent).
 
Wilson is seventh in field goal shooting (40-percent) and 10^th in assists.
 
Freshman forward McKenzie Stewart in sixth in rebounding (6.5 per game).
 
BISON NOTES

• Walker has entered the conversation for MEAC Rookie of the Year consideration after scoring 83 points in the past five games.
• Miller, a strong candidate for MEAC Defensive Player of the Year, continues to be a factor in the Bison's push for a title run.
• Warren has quietly carried the team with her leadership during the last nine games in which Howard is 6-3 in those contests.

 
NEXT UP
 
Howard returns home to take on the Eagles of North Carolina Central Saturday (Feb. 17) for an early 1 p.m. tipoff.
 
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