ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. – It was the prettiest win, but Bowie State University will certainly take the hard fought 75-70 road win over Elizabeth City State University.
Bowie State (11-11, 6-3 CIAA, 4-1 North) was paced by sophomore Yohance Fleming (Bowie, Md.) with a career-high 15 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the field to go along with a team-best seven rebounds. Seniors Ahmaad Wilson (Baltimore, Md.) and Omari George (Baltimore, Md.) added 15 and 10 points respectively in the victory.
The Bowie State Bulldogs took a 38-33 lead into intermission, shooting 55.6 percent from the field (15-of-27) and they knocked down 5-of-7 free throws over the first 20 minutes. Turnovers were a sore spot in the first half for the Bulldogs as they committed 10.
The first half of play featured five ties and four lead changes with each team holding a six-point lead at one point. Elizabeth City State held a 10-4 lead at the 17:42 mark but Bowie State used an 8-2 run to tie the game at 12-all just over three minutes later.
The Vikings held an 18-14 advantage following a Corey Mendez dunk only to have the Bulldogs run off four unanswered points to trim the ECSU lead to 18-17.
The lead changed hands two more times in the first half, but the Bulldogs closed the final 4:29 with an 11-4 run to account for the five-point halftime lead.
Bowie State led by a game-high nine points early in the second half, but Elizabeth City State battled back to within two (52-50) at the 12:53 mark.
ECSU’s Joseph Allen’s layup cut the Bulldogs lead to 56-55 and Ahmaad Wilson’s 3-pointer made it 59-55. Back-to-back layups by Allen tied the game at 59-all at the 7:45 mark.
A pair of Zaccheus Hobbs free throws gave Elizabeth City State its first lead since and another Allen layup put the Vikings up 63-60 with 6:37 remaining in the game.
A Fleming floater in the paint put the Bulldogs back on top (64-63) with 4:59 remaining in the contest and freshman Justin Route’s (Washington, D.C.) tip-in made the score 66-63 Bowie State.
The Vikings kept it close and trailed the Bulldogs 69-67 with 1:55 to go in the key CIAA Northern Division contest but were never able to mount a comeback.
Elizabeth City State (9-10, 2-7 CIAA, 1-4 North) was led by Hobbs with a game-high 23 points and Shyheid Pettaway contributed 13 points. Allen and Mendez tallied 10 points apiece for the Vikings.
Bulldogs men’s basketball return to action on Wednesday, February 7th, hosting Lincoln University of Pennsylvania. The Bulldogs and Lions will get underway at 7:30 p.m. in BSU’s A.C. Jordan Arena.
Official Basketball Box Score
Official Basketball Box Score
Bowie State vs Elizabeth City State
2/3/18 4:25 p.m. at Elizabeth City, N.C. - R.L. Vaughan
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VISITORS: Bowie State 11-11; 6-5
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...... g 2-3 2-3 0-0 1 0 1 1 6 3 2 0 2 29
1 ROUTE,Justin........ g 2-5 0-2 0-0 2 1 3 1 4 0 1 0 0 14
3 WILSON,Ahmaad....... 4-10 3-4 4-5 0 3 3 0 15 2 2 1 0 25
4 LONG,Jacob.......... 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 3 3 2 3 1 0 0 1 11
10 DUFFIN, Jr.,Keith... 2-2 1-1 3-4 0 1 1 2 8 0 2 0 0 24
11 BELLE,David......... g 1-2 0-0 3-4 0 6 6 3 5 1 2 0 0 27
20 GEORGE,Omari........ f 4-11 0-0 2-4 1 3 4 3 10 4 3 2 0 17
21 JAMISON,Saiquan..... f 3-6 0-0 0-0 2 4 6 1 6 0 2 0 0 16
22 HAYES,Cameron....... 1-7 0-1 1-1 1 2 3 0 3 1 1 1 0 13
25 FLEMING,Yohance..... 7-10 0-0 1-2 5 2 7 1 15 0 3 1 0 24
TEAM................ 2 2 4
Totals.............. 27-58 7-12 14-20 14 27 41 14 75 12 18 5 3 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 15-27 55.6% 2nd Half: 12-31 38.7% Game: 46.6% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-5 60.0% 2nd Half: 4-7 57.1% Game: 58.3% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 5-7 71.4% 2nd Half: 9-13 69.2% Game: 70.0% 3
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HOME TEAM: Elizabeth City State 9-10; 2-7
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
00 HOBBS,Zaccheus...... g 6-12 5-11 6-9 1 2 3 3 23 3 0 0 0 36
01 MAYNOR,John......... f 0-6 0-3 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 14
04 LAND,Toreon......... 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
05 DANIELS,Aujameq..... f 2-8 0-2 3-4 2 2 4 0 7 0 0 3 6 22
11 WESLEY,Marcus....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7
13 MENDEZ,Corey........ g 4-6 0-1 2-2 0 3 3 4 10 1 1 0 2 23
21 PETTEWAY,Shyheid.... 4-12 1-3 4-5 1 2 3 0 13 1 1 1 2 27
22 ALLEN,Joseph........ f 5-6 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 2 10 0 1 1 0 18
24 WOODS,Charles....... 3-6 1-3 0-0 2 5 7 3 7 0 1 1 2 32
55 ROBINSON,Orlando.... 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 17
TEAM................ 2 1 3 2
Totals.............. 24-60 7-24 15-20 10 20 30 16 70 9 9 6 12 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-34 35.3% 2nd Half: 12-26 46.2% Game: 40.0% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-12 25.0% 2nd Half: 4-12 33.3% Game: 29.2% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 6-8 75.0% 2nd Half: 9-12 75.0% Game: 75.0% 4
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Officials: Ashad Duncan; Ernest Hamilton; Philip Moore
Technical fouls: Bowie State-None. Elizabeth City State-None.
Attendance: 3600
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Bowie State................... 38 37 - 75
Elizabeth City State.......... 33 37 - 70
Division Records: Bowie State 4-1 ... Elizabeth City State 1-4
Points in the paint-BSU-M 38,ECSU-M 34. Points off turnovers-BSU-M 4,ECSU-M 17.
2nd chance points-BSU-M 12,ECSU-M 13. Fast break points-BSU-M 2,ECSU-M 12.
Bench points-BSU-M 26,ECSU-M 20. Score tied-7 times. Lead changed-6 times.
Last FG-BSU-M 2nd-00:28, ECSU-M 2nd-00:56.
Largest lead-BSU-M by 9 2nd-19:21, ECSU-M by 6 1st-17:42.
BSU-M led for 24:48. ECSU-M led for 11:53. Game was tied for 03:19.
