Box Score LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa. – The Bowie State University Bulldogs erased an early deficit and went on to defeat the Millersville Marauders 76-64 in the opening contest of the Lincoln University (CIAA-PSAC) Challenge.
 
"This game was very important to us and I told our guys we wanted to get off to good start", said Bulldogs Head Coach Darrell Brooks. "We played some good basketball at times but turned the ball over (21 times) way too much, but I'm really pleased overall and thought we played hard."
 
Bowie State (1-0) was led by freshman Ahmaad Wilson (Baltimore, Md.) with a team-high 20 points off the Bulldogs bench. Seniors Cameron Knox (Baltimore, Md.) and Zafir Williams (Philadelphia, Pa.) tallied 18 and 10 points respectively. Junior Andre Jackson (Baltimore, Md.) grabbed a team-high seven rebounds for the Bulldogs and freshman Dayshawn Wells (Baltimore, Md.) dished out a game-high five assists in the win.
 
Eddie Callender (Philadelphia, Pa.) led the Millersville Marauders was with 22 points to go along with eight rebounds and seven steals. Shawn Williams (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Kelvin Parker (York, Pa.) contributed 15 and 12 points respectively.  

Millersville (0-1) jumped out to a 9-6 lead over the CIAA Northern Division preseason favorite on a Tommy Patterson (Baltimore, Md.) 3-pointer. Bowie State, however, reeled off an 18-2 run over the next seven-plus minutes to put the Marauders behind 24-11 with 8:25 left in the half. Millersville never recovered after that.

The Marauders trailed by as many as 17 in the first period but whittled the deficit to eight before Bowie State scored the final four points of the half. The Bulldogs shot a blistering 62 percent from the field in the first half and 51.9 percent for the game. Millersville countered with 36 percent shooting including 5-of-22 (22.7 percent) from deep.

Williams opened the second half with a triple for Millersville, making the score 44-35, but that was as close as the Marauders would get the rest of the way.

The Bulldogs return to action on Saturday (November 15th) versus PSAC powerhouse East Stroudsburg University. Tip-off is set for 4 pm in The Lincoln University's Manuel Rivero Hall.

When asked about playing East Stroudsburg, a 92-72 winner over Lincoln in the nightcap, Brooks said, "We have to be prepared for pressure … They pressure the basketball for 40 minutes and our guards a going to have to be tough with the ball, be smart, attack when we have it and run our offense when we don't attack … Their a relentless team defensively and we have to be prepared for that."