Feb. 8, 2010

Final Stats

FAYETTEVILLE - Taylor Hughes' layup as time expired gave Chowan a 64-62 win over Fayetteville State on Monday.

The game ended with a flurry of action.

Both teams turned the ball over in the final five seconds. The Hawks' Brittany Nicholson drove to the lane and the shot clock expired with 0.3 seconds remaining.

However, the shot clock buzzer didn't go off. The officials huddled and ruled that a shot clock violation occurred with an inadvertent whistle. The possession arrow was used which gave the ball to Chowan.

The Hawks (8-13, 5-11 CIAA, 1-5 Western Division) took advantage of the extra possession and handed FSU only its second home loss of the season.

"We had a breakdown on defense," head coach Eva Patterson-Heath said of the game's final play. "I'll have to take a look at the tape and see what happened but she (Hughes) was wide open."

Despite the loss, FSU (14-7, 10-5, 5-1) still has a one-game lead in the Western Division.

Five Broncos finished with eight points or more. Senior guard L'oreal Price had a team-high 14 points, Amanda Owens and Tiffany Haywood had nine each while Deja Middleton and LaQuasha Jordan contributed eight apiece.

Monday's game was the third of five-straight contests inside Capel Arena for FSU. The Broncos host Shaw on Thursday and Johnson C. Smith on Feb. 13.

The game on Feb. 13 against JCSU will begin at 2 p.m. Tipoff for FSU's game against Shaw is set for 5:30 p.m.

Talaya Leach scored a game-high 18 points for the Hawks. Najah Harris added 11 points.

Patterson-Heath's team led by nine at halftime and held its ninth straight opponent under 40 percent shooting from the field. Haywood and Middleton, the CIAA's top two rebounders, had eight rebounds each.