WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 21, 2023)--Morgan State's women's basketball team visited Beltway rival and defending Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Tournament champion Howard on Saturday afternoon at Burr Gymnasium. Last year the two spilt the season series, each winning on their own home floor.
 
Morgan State (10-6, 3-0 MEAC) got a game-high 26 points from senior Ja'Niah Henson and graduate Charlene Shepherd added 16, as the Lady Bears went into the Nation's Capital and dealt Howard a 71-49 thumping. It was the Lady Bears' largest road victory at Howard since a 16-point (68-52) win on Feb. 1, 2020.
 
Henson, finished the afternoon knocking down 10-of-16 field goals, including 4-for-9 from three-point range. Shepherd added seven field goals and grabbed a team-high seven rebounds.
 
The Lady Bison (6-11, 2-2 MEAC) were led by Destiny Howell's 19 points on 7-for-13 shooting, including 3-for-5 from three-point range. Aziah Hudson added 13 points, while Nile Miller pulled down a game-high eight rebounds.
 
Howard finished the game shooting 18-for-47 from the floor, including 4-for-11 from beyond the three-point arc. The Bison also connected on 9-of-17 from the charity stripe.
 
The visiting Lady Bears hit 29-of-59 from the floor and was 7-for-20 from long-range. Morgan State went to the line just nine times, converting on six of them.
 
The Lady Bears will entertain the Spartans of Norfolk State on Monday, Jan. 23 at 4 p.m. It will be the first meeting between the two 2021-22 MEAC regular season champions since last year's MEAC semifinal contest. Norfolk State would win, to advance to the MEAC title game against Howard. Today the Spartans traveled to Coppin State and got past the Eagles, 49-43 in Baltimore.
 
 
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Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified high research (R2) institution offering nearly 140 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, and the only university to have its entire campus designated as a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit www.morgan.edu.
 
 
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