RALEIGH, N.C. – Junior Ahmaad Wilson (Baltimore, Md.) scored a team-high 20 points to lead Bowie State but the Bulldogs fall 77-71 in overtime at Saint Augustine’s on Thursday night. The loss dips the Bowie State record to 6-8 overall and 3-1 in the CIAA.
Wilson was one of three Bowie State players to finish in double-figures. Senior Enuoma Ebinum (Greenbelt, Md.) hit 5-of-11 shots and finished with 13 points, while fellow senior Khary Doby (College Park, Md.) finished with 10 points and tied Wilson with a team-high seven rebounds. Redshirt freshman David Belle started his first game of the year and contributed nine points, four rebounds, two assists and a pair of steals.
The Saint Augustine’s Falcons were paced by the double-double duo of Anthony Gaskins and Quincy January. Gaskins exploded for 22 points and 15 rebounds and January tallied 20 points and 11 rebounds. Kenneth Collins was the next highest scorer for the Falcons, chipping in eight points.
The Falcons won the battle on the glass (45-36), blocked more shots (4-2), points in the paint (34-22), second chance points (12-8) and bench points (24-14). Saint Augustine’s ended the thriller shooting 50 percent from the field (28-of-56), which included 15-of-20 (75 percent) in the second half.
On the top of the stat sheet, Bowie State’s Bulldogs ended the night hitting 24-of-65 field goals (36.9 percent), which included 7-of-21 behind the 3-point line (33.3 percent) and a disappointing 16-of-26 at the free throw line.
The Bulldogs led the Falcons 34-24 at halftime, mainly due to 13-of-16 free throws in the first 20 minutes.
Bowie State led by 14 points (43-29) at the 15:42 mark of the second half but could not maintain that lead. Saint Augustine’s used a 15-5 burst over the next five minutes as the Falcons closed the gap to 48-44 midway through the second half.
The Falcons created the games second tie of the night at 49-all following an Ishmael Baldwin layup with 8:03left in the second half. Bowie State kept Saint Augustine’s at bay until the Falcons took their first lead at 61-60 after a 3-pointer by Gaskins with 53 seconds left in regulation. A pair of free throws each by Gaskins and Antonio Watson gave SAU a 65-62 advantage with 20 seconds on the Emery Gymnasium scoreboard.
Fortunately Bowie State senior Brian Kelley (Lanham, Md.) found the perfect time to hit a 3-pointer as time expired to send the game to overtime.
The overtime featured six lead changes with the last coming in favor of Saint Augustine’s via a Kasey Bryant layup with 1:15 left in the extra stanza.
“They were tougher than us in the second half and with them shooting 75 percent in the second half, that really made a difference in the outcome”, said an upbeat Bulldogs head coach Darrell Brooks.
The Bulldogs will have a few extra days to prepare for its next road contest on Monday (January 9th) at Fayetteville State. Bowie State was scheduled to play at Shaw this Saturday (1/7) but that game has been rescheduled for Wednesday (1/11) at 8 p.m. due to pending snow and sleet conditions in the Raleigh area.
RALEIGH, N.C. - -Playing in their first game of the New Year, the Bowie State women’s basketball team opened up 2017 on the road on Thursday evening against Saint Augustine’s. Bowie State’s Bulldogs defeated the Lady Falcons, 59-37 in Emery Gymnasium. The 22-point win was Bowie State’s largest margin of victory this season.
The win extends Bowie State’s winning streak to nine games, improving the Bulldogs record to 12-2 overall and 4-0 in CIAA play. The loss sets the Saint Augustine’s overall season mark at 3-13 and 0-4 in the league.
Bowie State freshman Kyaja Williams (Baltimor3e, Md.) finished with game-highs of 12 points and eight rebounds. Junior Kyah Proctor (Capital Heights, Md.) added eight points, to go along with four rebounds and two assists. Junior Kiara Colston (Burtonsville, Md.) also scored eight points and grabbed five rebounds. Senior Denver Clyde (Glen Burnie, Md.) and junior Lisa Jing (Laurel, Md.) contributed seven points respectively for the Bulldogs.
Kaaliya Williams led Saint Augustine’s with 10 point to go along with three rebounds. Kelsee Arnold finished with six points, while Ke-Ashe Lee came off the bench to score five points and added a pair of rebounds and assists.
Bowie State would shoot 33.8 percent (23-of-65) from the floor and went 13-for-18 (72.2 percent) from the free throw line. The Bulldogs struggled behind the arc, making only 2-of-19 (10.5 percent). The Saint Augustine’s Lady Falcons shot 14-of-40 (35 percent) for the game, including just 22.2 percent (2-of-9) from three-point range.
Saint Augustine’s shot 55.6 percent in the first quarter (5-of-9) compared to 6-of-18 for Bowie State. Bowie State opened the second quarter with a 4-0 run forcing Saint Augustine’s to call a 30 second timeout. The Bulldogs lead grew to 25-16 by the 1:14 mark and Bowie State went into intermission with a 28-16 advantage.
The Bulldogs doubled up the Lady Falcons early in the third quarter (32-16) after a pair of free throws by senior Ashley Jennings (Newark, N.J.) and closed out the quarter with a comfortable 41-20 cushion, out-scoring Saint Augustine’s 13-4.
Bowie State went deep into their bench midway through the fourth quarter and finished the game, hitting 9-of-19 in the final 10 minutes. The Bulldogs bench out-scored the Lady Falcons bench 25-17 and as team, Bowie State out-rebounded the opponent 42-31.
The Bulldogs will continue their 3-game CIAA Southern Division swing on Monday (Jan.9) at Fayetteville (N.C.) State at 5:30 p.m. Bowie State was original schedule to play at Shaw this Saturday (1/7) at 2 p.m. However, that game has been postponed until Wednesday (Jan. 11th) at 6 p.m. in Shaw’s C.C. Spaulding Gymnasium.
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