Bowie State U Hoops Vs Fayettville State Men's and Women's Recaps

BOWIE, Md. – The Bowie State University Bulldogs started a bit slow but turned it up in the second half and saddled the Broncos of Fayetteville State 79-59 in a conference clash on Monday evening in the A.C. Jordan Arena. With the victory, Bowie State moves its overall record to 7-9 and 2-3 in the conference.

Bulldogs sophomore Cameron Hayes (Upper Marlboro, Md.) paced Bowie State with 17 points on 5-of-10 shooting from the floor while senior Omari George (Baltimore, Md.) and freshman Keith Duffin, Jr. (Fort Meade, Md.) tallied 13 and 11 points respectively in the victory. Sophomore Saiquan Jamison (Upper Marlboro, Md.) just missed his sixth double-double, scoring nine points and pulled down a game-high 17 rebounds to go along with two assists, two steals and three blocks.

Redshirt sophomore David Belle (Hyattsville, Md.) finished the night with nine points to go along with four rebounds while senior Ahmaad Wilson (Baltimore, Md.) and freshman Justin Route (Washington, D.C.) tallied six points apiece.

As a team, Bowie State hauled down 57 rebounds (23 offense and 34 defense), accounted for 27 second chance points and scored the opponents bench 39-19.

The first 20 minutes of action featured five ties and eight lead changes. Fayetteville State’s Broncos held their largest lead of five (21-16) at the 7:36 mark of the first half. However, Bowie State put together a 12-3 run over the next two minutes to shift the advantage over to the Bulldogs at 28-24. Bowie State used that momentum to take a 35-29 lead into halftime.

Bowie State’s lead quickly grew to double-digits and ballooned to a game-high 22 points (64-42) by the 8:36 mark of the second half. The Bulldogs defense was stellar over a five minute period in the second half, holding the Broncos to only one field goal over a five minute stretch.

To make matters worse for Fayetteville State, the Broncos head coach (Ken Spencer) was assessed a double technical foul and ejected with 42.2 seconds remaining in the contest.

Joshua Bryant and Willie Gilmore, both of Fayetteville, N.C., led the Broncos in scoring with 18 and 15 points respectively on a combined 10-of-21 shooting from the field for Fayetteville State (4-11 / 1-4 CIAA). Bryant also led FSU with seven rebounds. Xavier Williams (Fayetteville, N.C.) was responsible for nine points and Denzell Hosch (Shelby, N.C.) chipped in eight points.

The Bulldogs hit the road for mid-week tilt at Livingstone College on Wednesday (January 10th) to close out the (CIAA) Southern Division portion of its schedule. Game time in the Blue Bears’ New Trent Gymnasium is set for 7:30 p.m.

BOWIE, Md. – The Bowie State Bulldogs women’s basketball team dominated from beginning to the end on Monday night, routing Fayetteville State by a final count of 71-52. With the win, the Bulldogs improved its season mark to 11-3 overall and 4-1 in the CIAA.

Senior Kiara Colston (Burtonsville, Md.) paced three Bowie State double figure scorers with a game 16 points. Senior Kyah Proctor (Capital Heights, Md.) added 11 points and sophomore Amel Duggins (Largo, Md.) came off the bench to record a career-high 11 points. Bulldogs sophomore Kyaja Williams (Baltimore, Md.) fell just shy of a double-double, contributing nine points and a game-high 11 rebounds.

Graduate student Sade Chatman (Minneapolis, Minn.) contributed eight points while senior Ty-Nita Baker (Houston, Miss.) and redshirt junior Pere Alexander (Baltimore, Md.) chipped in five points each for Bowie State. Freshman Talanya Hutton (Seat Pleasant, Md.) and sophomore Dynaisha Christian (Pocomoke, Md.) came off the Bulldogs bench to add four and two points respectively.

The Bulldogs jumped out to a comfortable 30-5 first quarter advantage over the Broncos and carried a 40-21 into intermission. Bowie State’s defense held Fayetteville State to 25 percent shooting from the field over the first 20 minutes as the Broncos managed to make just 8-of-32 field goals.

Bowie State kept the pressure on in the third and fourth quarters as well and never allowed Fayetteville State (4-9 / 0-5 CIAA) any closer than 15 points. The Broncos did outscore the Bulldogs in the third quarter, just as FSU did in the second quarter. However, Bowie State’s defense continued to put the clamps on Fayetteville State and substituted freely most of the second half.

Neither team shot the ball particularly well the entire contest. Fayetteville State ended the night just under 30 percent (29.4) in field goal shooting (20-of-68) while Bowie State was slightly over 30 percent (33.3) from the field (23-of-69). Free throws (23-of-28) were a big plus for the Bulldogs (82.1 percent) compared to 10-of-17 (58.8 percent) for the visitors.

Bowie State held advantages in rebounds (54-46), which was a season-high, points off turnovers (19-4), second chance points (16-8) and bench points (34-23).

Yakima Clifton (Durham, N.C.) was the only Broncos player to reach double figure scoring with 10 points and added seven rebounds, a pair of assists, one steal and she was responsible for four of Fayetteville State’s six blocked shots.

The Bulldogs make a long road trip to Salisbury, N.C. on Wednesday (January 10th) to face the Blue Bears of Livingstone College at 5:30 p.m. in the New Trent Gymnasium.