Virginia Union Takes Down Bowie State Bulldogs 67-60
RICHMOND, Va. – Bowie State’s Bulldogs dropped a tough CIAA Northern Division clash at Virginia Union on Saturday afternoon, losing by a final score of 67-60.
Senior Omari George (Baltimore, Md.) led
all scorers with 18 points. Senior Ahmaad Wilson (Baltimore, Md.) and
sophomore Cameron Hayes (Upper Marlboro, Md.) finished with nine points
each and sophomore Saiquan Jamison (Upper Marlboro,
Md.) pulled down a team-high seven rebounds.
In a first half that featured seven ties
and seven lead changes the Bulldogs of Bowie State carried a 30-29 lead
into halftime over the Panthers of Virginia Union. Bowie State hot
10-of-29 first half field goals (34.5 percent)
compared to 12-of-25 (48 percent) for Virginia Union.
Neither team led by more than four points
over the first 20 minutes, but Bowie State turned nine Virginia Union
turnovers into 11 points.
Bowie State’s defense took a big hit early in the second half as Jamison picked up his fourth foul at the 17:25 mark. Virginia Union used the opportunity to take a 40-36 lead at the 16:05 mark, forcing the Bulldogs to burn a timeout.
A pair of George free throws cut the
Virginia Union lead to a bucket only to watch Kory Cooley follow up a
Panthers missed shot with a dunk and a 42-38 lead.
A Todd Hughes triple gave the Panthers their largest lead of the afternoon (46-41) at the 12:38 mark.
The Virginia Union Panthers (10-9) used
an 8-0 run to extend its lead to 54-43, forcing Bowie State to call
another timeout, leaving the them with only one with 9:14 remaining in the game.
Bowie State senior Jemuel Brown (Laurel, Md.) came off the Bulldogs bench to score on a conventional three-point play at the 7:40 mark and back-to-back field goals by George trimmed the Virginia Union lead to 56-50.
BSU’s Brown recorded another conventional
three-point cutting the Panthers lead down to five at 56-53. The
Bulldogs narrowed the gap to 58-55 on short baseline jumper by redshirt
sophomore David Belle (Hyattsville, Md.).
It appears every time Bowie State
threatened, Virginia Union would stave off the threat. With the Bulldogs
trailing 63-57, Bowie State head coach Darrell Brooks had no choice but
to insert Jamison and his four fouls back into
the game at the 2:50 mark. Bowie State managed just one field goal over the final 3:13 of the game.
Cooley and Hughes led Virginia Union with
17 points each and James Paige tallied 12 points. Hughes also led the
Panthers on the glass with eight rebounds.
Bowie State men’s basketball return to action on Wednesday (January 24th), hosting the Hawks of Chowan University at 7:30 p.m. in the Bulldogs’ A.C. Jordan Arena.
Official Basketball Box Score
Official Basketball Box Score Bowie State vs Virginia Union 1/20/18 4:00 pm at Richmond, VA (Barco-Stevens Hall) ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------- VISITORS: Bowie State 8-11 (3-5 CIAA) TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 00 WELLS,Dayshawn...... * 1-11 1-7 0-0 1 0 1 2 3 7 0 0 1 32 01 ROUTE,Justin........ 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 03 WILSON,Ahmaad....... * 4-14 1-7 0-0 3 0 3 1 9 2 1 0 1 34 04 LONG,Jacob.......... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 DUFFIN, Jr.,Keith... 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 6 11 BELLE,David......... 1-3 0-0 5-6 1 4 5 0 7 0 3 0 0 19 15 MARSHALL,Tai........ 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 17 20 GEORGE,Omari........ * 7-16 0-0 4-4 3 3 6 0 18 1 0 1 3 34 21 JAMISON,Saiquan..... * 1-2 0-0 3-3 4 3 7 4 5 0 1 1 0 15 22 HAYES,Cameron....... * 3-10 1-3 2-2 4 0 4 2 9 1 4 0 1 26 34 BROWN,Jemuel........ 2-3 0-0 2-2 2 1 3 1 6 0 0 0 1 8 TEAM................ 1 1 Totals.............. 20-64 4-20 16-17 19 11 30 15 60 13 10 3 7 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-29 34.5% 2nd Half: 10-35 28.6% Game: 31.3% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-10 30.0% 2nd Half: 1-10 10.0% Game: 20.0% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 7-7 100 % 2nd Half: 9-10 90.0% Game: 94.1% 0 ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -------------------- HOME TEAM: Virginia Union 10-9(5-2 CIAA) TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 04 PAIGE,James......... * 5-8 0-3 2-2 0 2 2 1 12 2 3 1 0 28 10 COOLEY,Kori......... * 7-10 2-3 1-2 3 2 5 1 17 4 5 1 0 39 12 SMITH,Jemal......... 0-3 0-1 3-4 1 4 5 3 3 8 3 0 2 26 15 PEEBLES,Jordan...... 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 2 12 22 JENKINS,William..... * 3-7 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 4 6 1 1 1 1 20 33 THORNTON,Jordan..... 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 3 4 0 0 2 1 17 35 HUGHES,Todd......... * 7-10 3-6 0-1 3 5 8 3 17 2 0 0 1 34 44 MOORE,Devin......... * 3-4 0-0 0-0 2 4 6 3 6 0 6 2 0 24 TEAM................ 2 2 4 Totals.............. 28-49 5-13 6-9 13 26 39 20 67 18 18 7 7 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-25 48.0% 2nd Half: 16-24 66.7% Game: 57.1% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-7 28.6% 2nd Half: 3-6 50.0% Game: 38.5% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 3-4 75.0% 2nd Half: 3-5 60.0% Game: 66.7% 0 ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -------------------- Officials: Lionel Butler, Erick Benson, Dominique Reynolds Technical fouls: Bowie State-None. Virginia Union-None. Attendance: 2102 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Bowie State................... 30 30 - 60 Virginia Union................ 29 38 - 67 Points in the paint-BSU-M 26,VUU-M 40. Points off turnovers-BSU-M 20,VUU-M 15. 2nd chance points-BSU-M 24,VUU-M 18. Fast break points-BSU-M 0,VUU-M 12. Bench points-BSU-M 16,VUU-M 9. Score tied-10 times. Lead changed-8 times. Last FG-BSU-M 2nd-03:13, VUU-M 2nd-01:49. Largest lead-BSU-M by 4 1st-15:37, VUU-M by 11 2nd-09:15. BSU-M led for 06:43. VUU-M led for 25:43. Game was tied for 07:34.
