Bowie State Bulldogs Upset #8 Virginia State Trojans 65-55
ETTRICK, Va. – Bowie State men’s basketball picked up a huge CIAA divisional
win on Saturday afternoon, upsetting 8th ranked Virginia State 65-55. The win improves the Bulldogs to 3-1 in the Northern Division, 5-5 in the CIAA and 10-11 overall.
Sophomore
David Belle (Hyattsville, Md.) led Bowie State with 16 points while
sophomore Cameron Hayes (Upper Marlboro, Md.) and seniors Omari George
and
Dayshawn Wells (both of Baltimore, Md.) chipped in 10 points each in
the key CIAA North victory. Belle also pulled down a game-high eight
rebounds.
Neither
team could really get on track in the first 10 minutes of action, but
Bowie State’s Bulldogs did lead 20-18 heading into the under
eight-minute
media timeout.
Bowie State led the majority of the first half, but Virginia State took its first lead of the game (26-25) at the 4:06 mark after a William Vedder (Washington,
D.C) layup.
The
Trojans closed the first half with a mini 4-2 run to take a 30-27 lead
into halftime. Virginia State shot 42.4 percent (14-of-33) in the first
20 minutes
compared to 43.5 percent (10-of-23) for visiting Bowie State. The
Trojans also held huge first half advantage on the glass, out-rebounding
the Bulldogs 23-9. In fact, Virginia State pulled down 12 offensive
rebounds alone in the first half.
Bowie
State narrowed the deficit to 37-35 and a Belle triple shifted the
advantage over to the Bulldogs at 38-37 at the 15-minute mark of the
second half.
Following the media timeout, Belle knocked down a pair of free throws
and followed that with a layup to make the score 42-37 Bowie State,
forcing Virginia State’s Trojans to call a timeout.
Yohance Fleming (Bowie, Md.) scored his first points of the game on a little floater in the paint to continue the Bulldogs run.
VSU’s
Lual Daniel Rahama (Newport News, Va.) stopped the Bowie State run but
missed the free throw sending Bowie State into the under 12 media time
out
with a 44-39 lead.
Bowie
State’s lead grew to a game-high 10 points (49-39) after a massive
two-handed dunk by Hayes. The Bulldogs stifling defense made a major
difference
in the second of play.
Cyonte Melvin (Hampton, Va.) capped off a 6-0 Virginia State run to trim the Trojans deficit to 51-47 at the 6:37 mark. Melvin knocked down two free throws
to cut the Bowie State lead to 51-51 with 3:19 remaining in the highly contested contest.
Bowie State held a 54-49 lead at the final media timeout (3:39) and pushed lead to 58-51 following a Fleming dunk.
The Bulldogs had enough in the tank in the end for the 69-55 upset of the nationally ranked Trojans.
Virginia
State (17-2, 7-2 CIAA, 3-1 North) was led by Melvin and Richard
Granberry (Chester, Pa.) with 11 points apiece. Granberry was Virginia
State’s
leading rebounder with seven.
The Bowie State men’s basketball will be idle until returning to action on Saturday (February 3rd) at Elizabeth City State. Game time in ECSU’s
Vaughan Center is set for 4 p.m.
Official Basketball Box Score
Official Basketball Box Score Bowie State vs Virginia State 1/27/18 4:00 p.m. at Ettrick, Va. (VSU Multipurpose Center) ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------- VISITORS: Bowie State 10-11,5-1 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...... * 2-6 0-4 6-7 0 5 5 1 10 6 2 0 1 36 01 ROUTE,Justin........ * 2-4 2-3 0-0 0 2 2 0 6 0 1 1 0 17 04 LONG,Jacob.......... 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 12 10 DUFFIN, Jr.,Keith... 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 11 BELLE,David......... * 4-7 1-2 7-8 0 8 8 1 16 3 2 0 0 35 20 GEORGE,Omari........ * 4-9 0-1 2-2 0 1 1 2 10 0 1 0 2 33 21 JAMISON,Saiquan..... * 1-3 0-0 2-2 1 0 1 2 4 0 1 0 0 21 22 HAYES,Cameron....... 4-9 0-3 2-2 2 1 3 1 10 2 1 0 0 20 25 FLEMING,Yohance..... 3-5 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 3 6 1 1 2 0 21 TEAM................ 1 1 1 Totals.............. 21-45 3-13 20-23 4 20 24 13 65 14 11 3 3 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-23 43.5% 2nd Half: 11-22 50.0% Game: 46.7% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-8 25.0% 2nd Half: 1-5 20.0% Game: 23.1% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3% 2nd Half: 15-17 88.2% Game: 87.0% 3 ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -------------------- HOME TEAM: Virginia State 17-2, 7-2 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 01 WRIGHT,Waymond...... * 3-6 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 1 7 2 0 0 1 18 04 BROWN,Trey.......... * 3-11 2-8 0-0 0 3 3 4 8 2 2 0 0 34 05 OWENS,Philip........ 1-4 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 18 11 MELVIN,Cyonte....... * 3-9 0-2 5-8 0 4 4 2 11 2 1 0 3 32 15 SMITH,James......... 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 3 0 1 2 0 0 8 20 VEDDER,William...... * 2-6 0-1 0-0 3 4 7 1 4 1 0 0 1 17 22 RAHAMA,Lual......... 3-3 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 3 6 0 0 0 0 13 24 GILES,Calvin........ 1-3 0-0 0-0 3 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 25 CORUM,Andrew........ 2-4 0-1 0-0 3 2 5 1 4 2 4 0 1 23 32 GRANBERRY,Richard... * 5-9 0-0 1-4 6 1 7 3 11 1 1 2 0 30 TEAM................ 1 1 4 Totals.............. 23-57 2-15 7-15 16 20 36 19 55 13 14 2 6 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-33 42.4% 2nd Half: 9-24 37.5% Game: 40.4% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-9 11.1% 2nd Half: 1-6 16.7% Game: 13.3% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 1-4 25.0% 2nd Half: 6-11 54.5% Game: 46.7% 6 ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -------------------- Officials: Lawrence Truman, Zachary Branch, Michael Shephard Technical fouls: Bowie State-None. Virginia State-None. Attendance: 4457 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Bowie State................... 27 38 - 65 Virginia State................ 30 25 - 55 Points in the paint-BSU-M 34,VSU-M 38. Points off turnovers-BSU-M 16,VSU-M 6. 2nd chance points-BSU-M 6,VSU-M 22. Fast break points-BSU-M 8,VSU-M 10. Bench points-BSU-M 19,VSU-M 14. Score tied-1 time. Lead changed-4 times. Last FG-BSU-M 2nd-02:35, VSU-M 2nd-00:45. Largest lead-BSU-M by 10 2nd-09:37, VSU-M by 6 2nd-18:09. BSU-M led for 29:27. VSU-M led for 08:54. Game was tied for 01:39.
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