BOWIE, Md.
– It wasn't pretty, but Bowie State University did just enough to claim a
64-59 win over visiting Saint Augustine’s University in the A.C. Jordan
Arena on Monday (1/20) evening.
The win sets Bowie State’s season record at 12-8 and 4-2 in the Central
Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA).
Senior Cameron Hayes (Upper Marlboro,
Md.) came off the bench to provide a team-high 15 points to lead Bowie
State. Senior David Belle (Hyattsville, Md.) added 13 points while Juwan
Smith (Lexington Park, Md.) along with Kani
Coles (Baltimore, Md.) contributed 12 and 10 points respectively in the
victory.
Saint Augustine’s (5-11 / 0-6 CIAA) was
led by Jalen Gaddy (Raleigh, N.C.) with a game-high 16 points followed
by Nilous Hodge (Charlotte, N.C.) and Aaron Johnson-Cash (San Francisco,
Calif.) with 13 and 11 points respectively.
Hodge and Johnson-Cash also pulled down double digit rebounds with 10
apiece.
Miguel Brown scored the games’ first
points of the game for Saint Augustine’s, but Bowie State answered with a
13-2 run to take a 13-4 advantage by the 15:50 mark of the first half.
Bowie State maintained its lead over the next
six minutes before Saint Augustine’s trim the deficit to 20-18 by the
9:07 mark. BSU’s lead grew to a game-high 16 (35-19) at the 4:53 mark
only to have the Falcons close the first half with a 12-5 run and
trailed the Bulldogs 36-31 at halftime.
Saint Augustine’s used a 7-4 run to start
the second half and took its second lead since 2-0 at 41-40 on a Hodge
3-pointer. The lead would change hands four times over a span of three
minutes until a thunderous dunk by Bowie State
senior Saiquan Jamison knotted the score at 46-all.
Jamison shifted the advantage back over
to Bowie State a short time later and a Smith jumper gave the Bulldogs a
little breathing room at 50-46 with 8:41 to go in the contest.
However, the Falcons would not go away as
a Karaan Clemons layup followed by a ferocious dunk by Johnson-Cash
knotted the score at 50-all just over a minute later.
The Bulldogs scored the next three points
as Coles knocked down a pair of free throws and Belle made 1-of-2 free
throws to Bowie State on top at 53-50.
Saint Augustine’s Johnson-Cash trimmed
the Bowie State lead to 53-52 with 3:36 remaining in the game but that’s
as close as the Falcons would get for the rest of the game.
Bowie State will be idle until returning
to action on Saturday (January 25) in a pivotal conference clash on the
road at Lincoln (Pa.). Game time is 4 p.m. in Manuel Rivero Hall.