RICHMOND, Va. – The Edinboro women's basketball team saw one of the most successful seasons in school history come to an end on Saturday night with a 79-75 loss to Bowie State in the semifinals of the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional. The contest took place at Barco-Stevens Hall on the Campus of Virginia Union. Edinboro, the number four seed, concludes the season at 27-4, tied for the second-highest total in school history. The Cinderella Bowie State team is now 22-9.  

The Bulldogs came in as the eighth seed, but upset top-seeded Virginia Union on Friday night. For most of the first half, the Fighting Scots looked like they would avoid a similar fate. The Fighting Scots would grab the lead early in the game and hold a 24-14 advantage after one period. 

Edinboro would build the advantage to 39-24 with 51 seconds remaining in the half on a pair of free throws by Ayana Vaughn. The Bulldogs would stun the Fighting Scots with ten straight points in the final 36 seconds. What was a 15-point lead turned into a 39-34 lead at the half. 

Talanya Hutton made one of two free throws, with Bowie State grabbing the rebound on the miss and Kyah Proctor hitting a 3-pointer with 31 seconds left. Following an Edinboro turnover, Sade Chatman converted a conventional 3-point play. Edinboro would turn the ball over again and Proctor hit another three at the buzzer. 

Bowie State opened the third quarter with a pair of baskets to make it 14 straight points before Allison Thompson's layup ended the stretch and made it 41-38. Thompson would make a pair of free throws to later extend the lead to 46-41 with 4:52 left in the period, before Bowie State claimed the lead. 

A string of seven straight points, capped by Lisa Jing's layup, gave Bowie State its first lead since the opening minutes of the contest at 48-46 with 3:27 left. Michelle Jahn came back down and hit a three to give the lead back to Edinboro at 49-48. Bowie State reclaimed the lead, with Jahn's layup knotting the score at 51-51 with 2:27 left. Kyaja Williams answered with a jumper with just over two minutes remaining and Bowie State never trailed after that. 

Edinboro trailed by two after three quarters at 57-55. Bowie State would open the final stanza with a 11-5 run to build its largest lead of the night at 68-60 with 5:49 remaining. The Fighting Scots would not fold, however. 

Still trailing 70-62, they had their won seven-point run, starting with a 3-pointer by Jontay Walton. Micahela Barnes followed with a layup to make it 70-67, and Rosten's layup brought the deficit to one at 70-69 with 2:56 remaining. 

Williams' 3-point play boosted the lead back to 73-69 for Bowie State, but Ayana Vaughn's layup pulled the Scots to within two at 73-71 with 2:18 to play. Williams added a layup to bring it to 75-71, and with 36 seconds to go Chatman made one of two free throws for a 76-71 lead. Rosten's jumper in the paint made it 76-73 with 30 seconds remaining, and the Fighting Scots got the ball back on a turnover. 

Vaughn drove for a layup with 23 seconds to play, making it 76-75. Proctor made two free throws with 16 seconds left to make it 78-75. Jahn came down court and got a great look at a 3-pointer, but her shot went in-and-out. Chatman pulled down the rebound and was fouled. She made one of two to end the scoring. 

After getting off to an extremely hot start to start the game, Edinboro ended the night shooting 47.1 percent from the floor (24-of-51). That included an 8-for-16 chart on 3-pointers, plus 19-of-24 at the line. Bowie State shot 42.0 percent from the floor (29-of-69), including 4-of-12 on 3-pointers, and was 17-of-25 at the line.  

The Bulldogs held a 40-33 advantage on the glass, and pulled down 16 offensive rebounds. That led to a 20-8 edge in second chance points. Edinboro committed 15 turnovers, compared to 10 for Bowie State. The Bulldogs had a 22-12 advantage in points off turnovers. 

Edinboro had four players in double figures, with Jahn and Barnes leading the way with 17 points apiece. Barnes was 5-of-9 from the floor, including 3-of-5 on 3-pointers, and was a perfect 4-for-4 at the line. Jahn made 3-of-8 3-pointers and had five rebounds. 

Rosten had her eighth straight double-double and 21st of the season, totaling 13 points and 15 rebounds. She added four assists and a pair of blocks. The 6'2" senior ended the year with a school record 117 blocked shots, and her 377 rebounds ranks third in a season. Jontay Walton contributed 12 points. 

Bowie State also had four players in double digits. Chatman had a game-high 19 points, adding seven rebounds. Proctor had 15 points, while Williams finished with 13 points and six boards and Kiara Colston had 12 points and seven rebounds. 

Bowie State now moves on to play Indiana(Pa.), the number two seed, at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 12 for the Atlantic Regional title.