Complete Game Notes

Game 6
Howard (0-5) at William and Mary (4-2)

Date: Thursday, Dec. 4
Place: Kaplan Arena, Williamsburg, Va.

The Game
The Bison will hit the road for a two-game road trip beginning with a matchup at William and Mary on Dec. 4. Howard is coming off a pair of losses at the Robert Morris Thanksgiving Tournament while the Tribe took down Butler in its last time out on Nov. 29.

IUPUI defeated HU, 61-45 in the consolation game of the RMU Thanksgiving Classic. Sophomore Zykia Brown paced Howard with a team-high 15 points. Lonice Kenley chipped in eight points off the bench and Morgan Neal led the Bison in rebounds with six.

Against Butler, W&M got a double-double of 15 points and 13 rebounds from Tiffany Benson. Kelly Heath added 10 points and Katy Oblinger dished out seven assists.

Howard
Probable Starters

William and Mary
Probable Starters

Scouting William and Mary
William and Mary is 4-2 with losses to Morgan State and New Mexico. Tiffany Benson is averaging a team-high 10.8 points per game while Dani Kell is not far behind with 10.7 points per game. Benson is also tops on the team with 9.0 rebounds per game. 

W&M is coached by Debbie Taylor, who is in her 10^th season with the Tribe. She has a 99-162 record at William and Mary and overall in 10 years as a head coach.

The Sparkplug
Howard freshman India Bradford (Washington, D.C.) has provided quality minutes in backing up sophomore Jalisa Pullins (Decatur, Ga.). Bradford has shown a unique burst and ability to break down opposing defenses. Against American, Bradford had 10 points and three steals. She also knocked down three treys, her second straight game with three field goals from beyond the arc. Bradford has eight assists, second highest on the team behind 10 from Zykia Brown.

Pounding Pavement
Howard opens up its regular season with just three home games before January. HU hosts Navy in its season opener on Nov. 16 before making the cross-town trek to American on Nov. 19. The Bison play host to Central Michigan on Nov. 21 before traveling north to face Robert Morris in the Robert Morris Thanksgiving Classic on November 29-30. Howard will take on the host Highlanders on November 29 before competing in a consolation/championship game on November 30. IUPUI and Wright State are also competing in the two-day tournament.

HU is on the road again at William and Mary on December 4 and takes on conference foe Hampton on December 6. The Bison travel to New York for a match-up at St. John's on December 16 before heading returning home to host George Mason on December 21. Howard wraps up the month of December with a road contest at Monmouth on December 29.

Bison Picked Ninth in the MEAC
The Howard University women's basketball team has been picked to finish ninth in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's annual preseason poll, as voted on by the League's Head Coaches and Sports Information Directors. The announcement was made on October 15 in Winston-Salem, N.C. as part of the 2008-09 Tip-Off Media Luncheon. Howard received 92 points in the preseason poll. North Carolina A&T was picked first as the Lady Aggies garnered 18 first-place votes with 468 points. NCAT was followed by Delaware State (378 points) while Morgan State (364 points) rounds out the top three.