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

 (MEN'S Bb FULL STORY) Livingstone Blue Bears Top Bowie State Bulldogs 70-63

 SALISBURY, N.C. - It's been up and down for the Bowie State University men's basketball season over the past week as the Bulldogs dropped a tough 70-63 road decision at Livingstone College in New Trent Gymnasium on Wednesday night. The setback puts the Bowie State record at 7-10 overall and 2-4 in the league.

Sophomore Saiquan Jamison led the Bulldogs with his sixth double-double of the year with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Joining Jamison in double figure scoring were sophomore Cameron Hayes (Upper Marlboro, Md.) with 11 points and seniors Dayshawn Wells (Baltimore, Md.) and Ahmaad Wilson (Baltimore, Md.) with 10 points each. Senior Omari George came off the Bowie State bench to add nine points and six rebounds.

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Neither team shot the ball particularly well on the night with Bowie State going 20-of-53 from the field (37.7 percent) compared to 23-of-65 (35.4 percent) for Livingstone. Both team were pretty even at the charity stripe. Livingstone made 22-of-30 (73.3 percent) while Bowie State made 21-of-31 (67.7 percent). The Bowie State Bulldogs won the battle on the glass, out-rebounding the Blue Bears 45-39 but committed 22 turnovers.

Bowie State held a 26-24 lead at the break but relinquished that lead at the 16:26 mark of the second half following a jumper by Livingstone’s Rashard Todd.

Bowie State regained a brief lead (31-30) after a pair of Wilson free throws. The games sixth tie occurred at the 11:34 mark when BSU’s Jamison made one of two free throws.

From that point, Livingstone used a 14-5 run to take a 53-44 advantage with 7:21 left in the game.

The Bulldogs outscored the Blue Bears 11-4 over the next four minutes to pull within two at 57-55 at the 3:06 mark but would get no closer.

Livingstone (5-6 / 3-2 CIAA) played 16 players in the contest and Malik Smith was the only player to score in double figures with 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting from the field. Ramel Belfield came off the Blue Bears bench to lead the team in rebounds with six. The next closest scoring players were Todd and Cameron Buchannon with eight points apiece and Austin Walker with seven points.

The Blue Bears had advantages in points in the paint (34-26), points off turnovers (18-12), second chance points (22-17) and bench points (47-28).

Bowie State men’s basketball will look to get back into the win column on Saturday (January 13), but will face a tough Lincoln (Pa.) University team on the road at 4 p.m.

(WOMEN;S Bb FULL STORY) Bowie State Bulldogs Win Fifth Straight with 74-62 Road Victory at Livingstone

SALISBURY, N.C. - Bowie State University women's basketball won its fifth game in a row on Wednesday evening, downing Livingstone College by a final count of 74-62 and improved their record to 12-3 overall and 5-1 in conference play.

Bulldogs senior Kyah Proctor (Capital Heights, Md.) led all scorers with 24 points while teammate Sade Chatman added 17 points in the win. Redshirt junior Pere Alexander (Baltimore, Md.) and sophomore Kyaja Williams (Baltimore, Md.) recorded eight points each and senior Kiara Colston chipped in seven points for Bowie State. Williams and Alexander ripped down 13 and 12 rebounds respectively.

Bowie State held a slim 15-13 after one quarter of action and carried a 32-21 advantage into halftime.

The Livingstone Blue Bears led most of the first quarter until a Colston layup with 10 seconds left that gave Bowie State all the lead they needed.

Bowie State outscored Livingstone 9-3 over the first five minutes of the second quarter and reached a double-digit lead of 28-18 following a Chatman jumper in the paint. Both team went cold over the next three minutes with Livingstone’s Kayla Searcy ending the drought with a jumper with 1:15 left in the first half.

The Bulldogs turned it up in the third quarter, leading by a game-high 15 points (54-39) at the 3:25 mark which allowed Bowie State a 60-48 cushion after three quarters.

Livingstone (5-10 / 0-5 CIAA) mounted a rally late in the final period, behind the play of Searcy. A 3-pointer with 3:48 left pulled Livingstone within six (66-60), and at the 3:04 mark Searcy knocked down a pair of free throws to cut the deficit to 66-62, but would get no closer.

Searcy led three Livingstone players in double figures with 22 points while Asia Green and Nina Robinson tallied 10 points apiece in the loss. Searcy was also the Blue Bears’ top rebounder with eight to go along with a game-high four assists.

Livingstone shot 32.8 percent (20-of-61) from the field and 21.7 percent (5-of-23) from the three-point line while making 17-of-26 (65.4 percent) shots from the free throw line.

Bowie State ended the game shooting 32.5 percent from the field (26-of-80). The 80 attempts was a season-high for the Bulldogs. Bowie State made 20-of-30 free throws (66.7 percent) and tied its season-high in rebounds with 54.

The Bulldogs travel to Lincoln (Pa.) University this Saturday (January 13) for the CIAA Norther Division opener for both teams. Game time in the Manuel Rivero Hall is set for 2 p.m.