Bowie State 59 - West Virginia Wesleyan 52 (Mb FINAL)

Bowie State Bulldogs Top West Virginia Wesleyan 59-52 in Basketball Season Opener

FAIRMONT, W.Va. – The Bowie State University men’s basketball team got its 20-16-2017 season started on a positive note, topping West Virginia Wesleyan 59-52 in Friday’s (11/11) nightcap of the Joe Retton Classic hosted by Fairmont State.

Senior Enuoma Ebinum paced the Bulldogs with a double-double of 12 points and 11 rebounds to go along with a game-high four blocks. Junior Ahmaad Wilson also scored in double figures, chipping in 13 points and added four rebounds in the season opening win.

Juniors Dayshawn Wells (Baltimore, Md.), Omari George (Baltimore, Md.) and senior Michael Briscoe (Waldorf, Md.) tallied eight points apiece while senior Brian Kelley (Lanham, Md.) and redshirt freshman David Belle (Hyattsville, Md.) contributed seven and two points respectively. Freshman Yohance Fleming (Bowie, Md.) rounded out Bowie State’s scorers with one point.

As a team, the BSU Bulldogs shot 36.2 percent from the field (21-of-58), 73.3 percent at the free throw line (11-of-15) and out-rebounded the WVWC Bobcats 41-40.

West Virginia Wesleyan was led by Mo Berchie with 14 points and teammate Fred Bronsted tacked on 12 points in the loss. Luke Layhew and Berchie led the Bobcats on the glass with nine and seven rebounds respectively.

West Virginia Wesleyan made 19-of-59 field goals (32.2 percent), which included 3-of-19 beyond the arc and converted 11-of-14 free throws.

Bowie State returns to action on Saturday (11/12) evening facing host Fairmont State at 7 p.m.

Official Basketball Box Score
WV Wesleyan vs Bowie State
11/11/16 8:36 pm at Fairmont, W.Va. -- Joe Retton Arena

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VISITORS: WV Wesleyan 0-1
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
03 Clay Todd........... *  2-7    0-2    1-2    0  4  4   4   5  0  2  0  0  32
10 Mo Berchie.......... *  6-16   1-3    1-2    1  6  7   0  14  5  1  0  1  38
11 Kevin Kangni........ *  2-9    0-6    4-4    1  3  4   0   8  4  3  0  0  34
33 Luke Layhew......... *  2-5    0-0    0-0    1  8  9   3   4  0  1  0  1  20
44 Fred Brondsted...... *  4-12   2-7    2-2    0  4  4   2  12  0  0  1  0  35
15 Jalen Melvin........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   2   0  0  0  0  0   2
20 Kameron Hedgepeth...    0-1    0-0    0-0    1  1  2   2   0  0  1  0  0   5
23 Luke Petrovic.......    0-2    0-1    2-2    1  0  1   2   2  1  1  0  0  15
45 Dusan Vicentic......    3-7    0-0    1-2    0  2  2   1   7  0  1  0  0  19
   TEAM................                         6  1  7             1
   Totals..............   19-59   3-19  11-14  11 29 40  16  52 10 11  1  2 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-27 37.0%   2nd Half:  9-32 28.1%   Game: 32.2%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  2-8  25.0%   2nd Half:  1-11  9.1%   Game: 15.8%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  5-6  83.3%   2nd Half:  6-8  75.0%   Game: 78.6%    2


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HOME TEAM: Bowie State 1-0
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
0  WELLS,Dayshawn...... *  2-8    2-7    2-2    1  1  2   2   8  3  2  1  1  30
10 MANNING,Christopher. *  0-1    0-0    0-0    1  4  5   1   0  1  0  0  0  13
3  WILSON,Ahmaad....... *  4-15   3-7    2-2    1  3  4   2  13  2  2  0  1  33
31 EBINUM,Enuoma....... *  6-14   0-0    0-1    3  8 11   2  12  0  0  4  0  32
4  BRISCOE,Michael..... *  4-8    0-1    0-1    1  6  7   2   8  5  1  1  0  33
1  KELLEY,Brian........    2-2    1-1    2-2    0  0  0   4   7  1  3  0  1  14
11 BELLE,David.........    1-4    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   0   2  0  1  0  0   8
20 GEORGE,Omari........    2-5    0-0    4-5    3  1  4   1   8  0  2  1  2  24
22 DOBY,Khary..........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   0   0  0  1  0  0   5
25 FLEMING,Yohance.....    0-1    0-0    1-2    1  4  5   1   1  0  0  0  0   7
34 BROWN,Jemuel........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   1
   TEAM................                            1  1
   Totals..............   21-58   6-16  11-15  11 30 41  15  59 12 12  7  5 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-26 38.5%   2nd Half: 11-32 34.4%   Game: 36.2%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  3-8  37.5%   2nd Half:  3-8  37.5%   Game: 37.5%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  4-5  80.0%   2nd Half:  7-10 70.0%   Game: 73.3%    1


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Officials: Tony Meeks, Landon Tillman, Dan Fouser
Technical fouls: WV Wesleyan-None. Bowie State-None.
Attendance: 210
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
WV Wesleyan...................   27   25  -   52
Bowie State...................   27   32  -   59
NEXT BOWIE STATE GAME: Saturday (11/12) at Fairmont State - 7 p.m.