Morgan State women's basketball routs Washington Adventist 103-47 in opener

The Morgan State Lady Bears opened their season with a 103-47 win over the Washington Adventist Shock on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, at Hill Field House in Baltimore. Morgan State is 1-0 and 1-0 at home.

Pressure created the gap

The Lady Bears forced 40 Shock turnovers and finished with 21 steals. They scored 39 points off those turnovers and 23 on the fast break. Morgan State committed 13 turnovers.

Dru Carlton and Mihjae Hayes each had four steals. Chardae Rumph added three, and Mercy Lasu, Alexiz Graise and Janaya Meyers each had two.

Balanced scoring

Carlton led Morgan State with 14 points, making four of her 11 three-point attempts. Jahzara Leamon scored 12 and led the team with nine rebounds. Shani Clark had 11 points in 12 minutes. Merit Innocent and Graise each scored 10, and Lasu finished with nine points and seven rebounds.

Hayes, who played 22 minutes off the bench, had a team-high eight assists to go with seven points. Rumph had five assists. As a team, Morgan State had 22 assists.

The Lady Bears shot 43-of-99 (43 percent) from the field and 8-of-28 from three. They scored 58 points in the paint and outrebounded the Shock 54-42, with 28 offensive rebounds. Leamon and Lasu each had six of those.

Quarter by quarter

Morgan State scored 21 in the first quarter and 29 in the second, then 20 in the third and 33 in the fourth. Washington Adventist scored 14, 12, 13 and 8. The Lady Bears' largest lead was 56 points.

Shock

Shyann Brooks led Washington Adventist with 19 points on 7-of-12 shooting. Nia Powell had 10 rebounds. The Shock shot 16-of-57 (28 percent) and made two of 18 three-pointers. They had four assists to their 40 turnovers.

Next

Morgan State plays at Colorado on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026, at 8:00 p.m. ET.