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ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. --The Bowie State women's basketball team (16-8, 10-2 CIAA, 6-0 North) kept Elizabeth City State (7-13, 4-8 CIAA, 0-6 North) to just 9.1 percent from deep in a 2-for-22 shooting performance on the way to a 60-49 win against the Lady Vikings on the road Saturday inside of R.L. Vaughan Center.

The Bulldogs had two players score in double figures, led by senior Destiny Ryles, who had 20 points, eight rebounds and three steals. Junior Beulah Odiong added a double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds and Ayasha Thomas added nine points.

Bowie State grabbed 38 rebounds in Saturday's game compared to Elizabeth City State's 30, led by Odiong's 12 boards. The Bulldogs also cleaned up the offensive glass, turning 10 rebounds into 13 second chance points.

The Bowie State defense held the Lady Vikings shooters to only 29.8 percent from the field, including 9.1 percent from three-point range.

How It Happened After falling behind 10-9, The Bulldogs went on a 5-0 run with 47 seconds left in the first quarter to take a 14-10 lead, a score that would hold for the rest of the period. Bowie State capitalized on five ECSU turnovers in the period, turning them into five points on the other end of the floor.

The Bulldogs could not maintain their lead in the second quarter and entered halftime trailing 27-26.

The Lady Vikings continued to increase its lead after halftime, building a 40-35 advantage before Bowie State went on a 5-0 run to tie things up at 40 with 27 seconds to go in the third, a score which remained until the end of the third quarter. Bowie State played well near the basket, scoring 10 of its 14 points in the paint.

Bowie State started the fourth with a bang, going on a 6-0 run, finished off by Chaniya Taylor's layup, to seize a 46-40 lead with 7:33 to go in the contest. The Bulldogs kept expanding the margin and coasted the rest of the way for the 60-49 win. Bowie State took advantage of its opportunities in the post, scoring 14 of its 20 points in the paint.

Game Notes » Odiong notched a double-double for the Bulldogs with 11 points and 12 rebounds. » The Bulldogs held the Lady Vikings to only 29.8 percent shooting from the field. » BSU's bench came alive by scoring 25 points to its scoring output. » The Boulldogs defense forced 16 turnovers. » Ryles led the Bulldogs in points with a 20.

Up Next Bowie State will continue its road stint traveling to Richmond, Va., to take on Virginia Union University on Wednesday, Feb.12 at 5:30 p.m. inside the Barco-Stevens Hall.

For the most up-to-date information on Bowie State Athletics and its 13 varsity sport teams, visit bsubulldogs.com.

BOWIE, MD—The Bowie State men's basketball team will close out their North Carolina stint in a Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association (CIAA) matchup against Elizabeth City State University on Saturday, Feb. 8, with a tip-off slated for 4:00 p.m. inside of R.L. Vaughan Center. This will be the nightcap game of a doubleheader featuring the women's game beginning at 2:00 p.m.

The doubleheader will be streamed live on the CIAA Sports Network.

When: Saturday, Feb. 8 at 4:00 p.m. (ET) Where: Elizabeth City, NC (R.L. Vaughan Center) Tickets: Purchase Here Watch: CIAA Sports Network Live Stats: Click Here Follow on X/Twitter: @BSU_Sports_Info Follow on Instagram: @BowieStateBulldogs

The Series • The Bulldogs have won four of the last five meetings against the Vikings, entering Saturday's matchup. • In their last meeting, Bowie State defeated Elizabeth City State, 89-85, inside A.C. Jordan Arena in Bowie, Md. • BSU has a 10-5 advantage in the R.L. Vaughan Center against ECSU.

Scouting Bowie State Bowie State (13-10, 5-6 CIAA, 3-2 North) has been on fire heading into their matchup against Elizabeth City State. The Bulldogs are currently on a four-game win streak that ignited when BSU defeated ECSU back on Jan. 25 in A.C. Jordan Arena. So far this season, Bowie State has been a scrappy team whose resilient nature has willed them to win nine games with a margin of five or fewer points. The Bulldogs are ranked second in the CIAA in blocks per game (4.78) while being ranked fourth in steals per game (9.48). BSU also shares the ball well, as they are ranked third in the conference in assists per game (14.52). Bowie State's leading scorer and rebounder is Amare Wimbush, who averages 11.4 ppg and six rebounds. Elijah Davis' five assists per game is ranked third in the CIAA while his 2.2 steals per outing is a conference second-best.

Last Time Out for the Bulldogs The Bulldogs secured a close victory after Warren Mouganda hit a game-winning three-pointer to seal the tilt at 71-70 inside of C.E. Gaines Center in Winston-Salem, NC Monday night. Mouganda led BSU in scoring with 21 points, two assists, two rebounds, and two steals. Justin Morrisey and Victory Naboya both added nine points. Bowie State controlled the paint, outscoring Winston-Salem State inside the paint 34-26 from down low. The Bulldogs won the turnover battle against the Rams 19-9 and turned those mistakes into 17 points off turnovers. BSU also ran the fast break well, scoring 24 fastbreak points in transition compared to WSSU's 15 points.

Scouting Elizabeth City State Elizabeth City State (10-11, 3-8 CIAA, 1-4 North) is looking to snap the team's five-game losing streak ahead of Saturday's matchup. The Vikings are one of the many high-powered offenses in the CIAA, averaging 77.4 ppg, which has them ranked third in the conference. The ECSU's defense holds opponents to shooting 42.1 percent from the field, the third-best mark in the CIAA. Xavier Tubbs-Matthews leads Elizabeth City State in scoring, averaging 13.6 ppg, while tallying 4.1 assists a game. Dericko Williams is second on the team in scoring, averaging 12.7 ppg while leading the CIAA in rebounds with 10.1 rebounds per game.

Last Time Out for the Vikings The Vikings are coming off a loss to Mid-Atlantic Christian University, 75-71 inside R.L. Vaughan Center Tuesday night. This was a back-and-forth matchup that featured nine lead changes and the score being tied five times. Sterling Vaughn led ECSU offensively, scoring 18 points with five assists and three rebounds. Michael Eads Jr. tallied a double-double for Elizabeth City State with 15 points and 12 rebounds. The Vikings received a boost from the bench as the second unit scored 25 points. ECSU also scored in transition well, scoring 21 fastbreak points.

Up Next Bowie State will continue its four-game road trip against CIAA opponent Virginia Union on Wednesday, Feb. 12, at 7:30 p.m. inside of Barco-Stevens Hall in Richmond, Va. The Bulldogs have an all-time record of 12-21 against the Panthers, dropping their last meeting against VUU 62-50 on Jan. 22, 2025.

For the most up-to-date information on Bowie State Athletics and its 13 varsity sports teams, visit bsubulldogs.com.

The third significant winter storm of the season across the state brought a mixed bag of precipitation and bumped up the seasonal snow totals for some sites.

Following mid-January’s snowstorm in the west and an eastern snow event later that month, this storm produced statewide impacts but varied precipitation types, ranging from all rain in the south to all snow in the north with a mix of sleet and freezing rain in between.

The storm took shape on Wednesday morning as a low-pressure system formed to our south, while a weak high-pressure system over the mid-Atlantic states funneled in cold air from the north.

With surface temperatures ranging from the upper 20s to the low 40s, precipitation began falling as snow in the northwest and rain in the southeast, and it largely stayed that way through the duration of the event on Wednesday.

The storm system shifted offshore by Wednesday afternoon, so the bulk of the moisture stayed to the east. That meant areas along the northern coastline saw the highest totals in the state for the second time this winter.

In the northeastern Piedmont, it was a solid snow event with several inches on the ground. For areas such as Raleigh (2.3 inches) and Henderson (4.0 inches), it was the greatest single-day snowfall in almost five years, since February 20, 2020.

In the far northeastern corner of the state, more than eight inches fell in areas near the Virginia border. Snow reports from the National Weather Service office in Wakefield show 11 inches in Moyock and 9 inches in Waterlily and Burnt Mills.

CoCoRaHS observations in southern Pasquotank County show more than six inches fell south of Elizabeth City, while areas along the northern Outer Banks such as Kitty Hawk and Kill Devil Hills saw 2 to 4 inches from this storm, adding to their more than six inches from last month’s event.

Farther south, those falling flakes melted in the warmer mid-levels of the atmosphere, causing a transition to sleet or freezing rain by the time they reached the colder air near the surface.

Reports collected by the National Weather Service office in Morehead City note ice accumulations of up to 0.3 inches in Lenoir County and a quarter-inch in parts of Beaufort, Craven, and Martin counties. That led to some broken tree branches and several thousand electrical customers without power in the central Coastal Plain.

In the southeast, areas such as Wilmington saw mostly rain with a brief changeover to freezing rain on Wednesday evening. While this event didn’t deliver the same snowy surprise as in January, it did offer up to half an inch of liquid precipitation to help alleviate ongoing drought impacts, including low streamflow levels and dry soils along the southern coastline.

This storm and this season will long live in the memories of residents of northeastern North Carolina, where they’ve now had two big snows in the span of a month.

A number of sites are sitting well above their normal annual snowfall, which is only half an inch to two inches in much of that region. With 4.5 inches on January 22 and 2.5 inches on Wednesday, Edenton is now up to 7 inches for the season – more than triple its normal annual snowfall of 2.3 inches.

We’re still awaiting the official report from Elizabeth City’s observing station, but nearby reports suggest at least six inches fell there, adding to the 4.9 inches last month to put them over 10 inches this winter.

Along with the locally heavy totals, this event stands out for its timing quite late in the winter season. During our recent string of spring-like Februarys – seven of the past eight have been warmer than normal – any snow has been hard to come by at this time of year.

In fact, this is only the fourth significant statewide wintry event in the month of February during the past ten years, joining the back-to-back snows on February 23-24 and 25-26 in 2015, plus the light snow on February 20-21, 2020, that also brought the highest totals to northeastern North Carolina.

And after two consecutive snowless winters across much of the state, this event has given a bit more accumulation to cap off an active season. The three measurable snows in Raleigh is the most since five snow events there during the winter of 2017-18.

That winter seven years ago was also the last with above-normal snowfall in Raleigh, but barring another late-season snow, this winter won’t have the same outcome. Despite multiple snow events, accumulations have been relatively light with each, limiting the totals so far this season across the Piedmont.

After just 0.2 inches in Wednesday’s storm, Charlotte has totaled 1 inch for the winter, compared to its normal of 3.5 inches. Greensboro picked up half an inch from this storm to move up to 3.4 inches for the season – about half of its normal 7.1 inches. Raleigh’s seasonal total now stands at 4.5 inches, but that’s still shy of its normal 5.2-inch amount.

No matter the amounts, this has been a winter to remember as snow returned after a nearly three-year absence. And this event has solidified it as a season for the ages in one corner of the state, which has seen a rare double dose of snow just a few weeks apart.

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ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (WAVY) — Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools confirmed a student was diagnosed with a case of mumps. An email was sent to parents on Sunday.

“We have been informed that one student at River Road Middle School has been diagnosed with mumps,” a spokesperson for the school division said. “We are working closely with public health officials to monitor the situation and take appropriate measures.”

In a joint statement from Albemarle Regional Health Services and Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools Wednesday, it outlined the steps taken since the student was diagnosed with the suspected mumps case.

On Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools was informed one student attending River Road Middle School had been diagnosed with a suspected Mumps case. Upon this notification, ECPPS partnered with Albemarle Regional Health Services to initiate additional laboratory testing to confirm this diagnosis.

North Carolina General Statue 130A governs communicable disease control and reporting. With this statue, local health departments are charged with providing surveillance, investigation, reporting, prevention and control measures for over 80 reportable infectious diseases. Albemarle Regional Health Services, (ARHS), the local eight county district health department serving Pasquotank, Perquimans, Chowan, Camden, Currituck, Bertie, Gates and Hertford counties, collaborates with local partners to control the spread of communicable diseases in the community.

When a case is suspected or receives a preliminary diagnosis, ARHS staff work with the patient and the provider to ensure required testing, and a full investigation is done. Upon the conclusion of the investigation, if the case meets case definition and is confirmed, additional notices, control measures, and contact tracing are done to limit the spread of the illness.

Upon the receipt of official results, additional information will be shared.

— Joint statement from Albemarle Regional Health Services and Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools

Mumps is a contagious disease caused by a virus. Due to the access to the MMR vaccine, that targets measles, mumps and rubella, cases of mumps is relatively rare. It can take two to four weeks for them to show signs of infection, according to the CDC.

The MMR vaccine is required for North Carolina Public Schools.

Initial symptoms include fever, headache, muscle aches and loss of appetite.

This can be following by swelling in the salivary glands, particularly the parotid glands located in front of and below the ears. This swelling, known as parotitis, can cause puffy cheeks and a tender, swollen jaw.

In rare cases, mumps can lead to more severe complications, such as:

Mumps can spread through close contact, sharing utensils or drinking containers, coughs and sneezes.