Box Score Takoma Park, MD- The Lady Blues loses a nail biter on the road to the Washington Adventist Shock by a final score of 53-45. After this game, Bluefield State falls to 1-19 on the season and The Shock are now 7-10.
This low scoring affair was really attributed to a poor shooting night by both teams. Bluefield State made 16 of 63 (25%) from the floor. They were not any better from downtown going 4-21 (19%). But Bluefield State did improve from the free throw line compared to last week, going 9-14 (64%). Washington Adventist did not have a much better shooting night. The Shock shot 28% from the floor, making 16 of their 57 attempts. From beyond the arc they were only 7-32 (21%), They did get to the line 30 times during the game, but were only able to convert 14 times.
The 1st quarter was a close one as both teams were trying to establish ways to break down the defense. No one was able to establish a lead as both teams were evenly matched throughout. And so after the first 10 minutes of play, the teams were knotted at 10 apiece.
The 2nd quarter was not much different for the teams. The shots just were not falling for either team. The Shock managed to gain a 3-point lead and take it into half. But by no means was Bluefield State out of it.
The 3rd quarter was the best shooting quarter for the Blues. BSC was really working the ball around and ended up with 16 points in the quarter. This brought the Lady Blues within 1 at the end of the quarter with the score being 39-38.
At the start of the 4th quarter the Lady Blues were in a great position to pick up their second win of the season. But things fell apart at the end and the Blues could not keep the magic going from the 3rd quarter. BSC struggled finding the bottom of the basket and only scored 7 total points. The Shock doubled the Blues point total and scored 14 bring the final score to 53-45.
Janae Williams (00) lead the team in scoring for the night with 11 points, as she was able to go 4-10, 3 of those buckets coming from downtown. Lyndsay Hatfield (32) also had a solid night for the Lady Blues, having 10 points. Half of those points came from the free throw line where she went 5-6.
The Lady Blues next game with be at home on Saturday, February 6th at 2:00 p.m. against the Battlers of Alderson-Broaddus. Check back on our website (http://go-bstate.com/sports/wbkb/2015-16/schedule) for updates on links to Live Video and Live Stats.
