WASHINGTON, D.C. - Zykia Brown's 3-pointer with two seconds left lifted Howard to a 48-47 victory over Hampton Saturday afternoon in the conference opener for both teams at Burr Gymnasium.

The Lady Bison led by 10 in the first half before Hampton rallied for a double-digit lead after the break. Howard (3-4, 1-0 MEAC) started chipping away at the lead with just over seven minutes remaining and cut an 11-point deficit down to four with 3:50 left. Tamoria Holmes hit a pair of free-throws with 1:24 remaining to close Bison within two points of the lead at 47-45 before Brown connected on a 3-pointer as time expired to give Howard the victory.

"I'm so proud of our team tonight," Howard coach Niki Reid Geckeler said. "We started off strong and I was pleased with the way we competed. We could have closed it out by hitting a few more free throws earlier in the game, but we played tough down to the final possession."

Brown finished with a game-high 16 points for the Bison and Saadia Doyle added 10 points and 11 rebounds, her sixth double-double of the year. Kara Smith added 10 points.

Bernadette Fortune's 14 points led Hampton and Breanna Jones chipped in 13 for the Pirates. The loss dropped Hampton to 2-4 and 0-1 in conference play.

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Lady Wildcat Comeback Falls Short, 65-62

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.- The Lady Wildcats faced off with the Lady Rattlers of Florida A&M, Saturday afternoon at the Ocean Center, finding themselves in a serious battle most of the game. However in the second half, FAMU gained a little momentum and pushed out to a 15-point lead.

Late in the game, B-CU buckled down, making an outstanding comeback, that fell short just three points as the final Lady Wildcat shot bounced of the rim with time expiring.

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Lady Rams Fall to South Carolina State in 66-55 Home Loss

WINSTON-SALEM, NC - The Winston-Salem State Lady Rams (2-6) couldn't overcome a slow start in a 66-55 loss to the South Carolina State Lady Bulldogs (4-3), Saturday afternoon. The Lady Rams matched South Carolina State in nearly every statistical category, but the team couldn't get the points that counted in the tough loss.

The two team posted nearly identical shooting percentages with the Lady Rams shooting 41.1% from the field while South Carolina State shot 47.9% from the field. WSSU committed just three more turnovers (17) than the Lady Bulldogs (14) and had just four fewer rebounds (32) than SCSU. For the second straight game, the free throw line doomed the Lady Rams who sent South Carolina State to the charity stripe for 23 attempts while attempting just 14 free throws. The Lady Bulldogs made WSSU pay going 18-of-23 from the free throw line in the game.

There was no shortage of effort by the Lady Rams as the junior tandem of guard Rene Rector and forward Vontisha Woods combined for 30 of the team's 55 points. Rector led all scorers with 19 points and eight rebounds in the game while Woods added 11 points.

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Quinnipiac Knocks Off Lady Bears in Brown Bear Classic, 68-57

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Dec. 5, 2009)-Kathleen Neyens scored a game-high 17 points and Jacinda Dunbar and Courtney Kaminski both added 11 points, all in the first half to lead Quinnipiac to a 68-57 victory over Morgan State on Saturday afternoon in the opener of the Brown Bear Classic at the Pizzitola Sports Center.

Corin Adams led the Lady Bears (3-4) with a team-high 15 points and added a game-high five steals along with five assists and six rebounds, both team-highs. Brittany Noel added six points for Morgan State.

Morgan State, which fell behind by as much as 26 points in the second half, battled back and held Quinnipiac to 18 points in the second half, but was unable to overcome a 50-point first half by the Bobcats, who improved to 2-3 on the season and will face Massachusetts in Sunday's championship game.

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