Box Score BOWIE, Md. – The seventh-ranked Crimson Hawks held off a late run by host Bowie State to come out with a big 61-59 road win in Atlantic Region men's basketball action on Tuesday night.
Sophomore
Enuoma Ebinum (Greenbelt, Md.) tallied a team and career-high 22 points for the Bulldogs and grabbed six rebounds. Freshman
Ahmaad Wilson (Baltimore, Md.) chipped in 11 points and junior
Justin Beck (Ellicott City, Md.) contributed nine points.
The Bulldogs went on a 15-4 run over the last 7:51 of action, helping cut IUP's lead to 61-57 with 1:25 left in the game.
Cameron Knox (Baltimore, Md.) drilled a three-pointer to bring their deficit to four, forcing an IUP timeout.
After a turnover by the Crimson Hawks, Knox again stepped up by making a pair of free throws on the other end to make it a two-point game with 46 seconds to go in the game.
Indiana (Pa.) salted away the clock, but a three-point try by Jeremy Jeffers (Wilson, N.C.) with 12 seconds to go rattled off the rim, giving Bowie State the ball back, with the Bulldogs calling a timeout with 6.2 seconds left on the clock.
Inbounding the ball next to their own bench, the Bulldogs tried to get a shot off in the far corner, but the Crimson Hawks played smothering defense and knocked the ball away, not allowing Bowie State to get a shot off in the final seconds.
The Crimson Hawks improve to 5-0 on the season with the victory while Bowie State drops to 3-2. The Bulldogs had previously beaten then-4th-ranked East Stroudsburg earlier this season.
Daddy Ugbede (San Mateo, Calif.) led Indiana (Pa.) with 22 points in just 20 minutes off the bench. He finished 7-of-8 from the field and 8-of-10 from the foul line and also grabbed a team-high six rebounds for the Crimson Hawks.
The Crimson Hawks shot 42.0 percent from the floor after starting the game making half of their shots, going 12-of-24 in the opening 20 minutes. IUP also turned the ball over 21 times on the night, but forced Bowie State into 12 turnovers and outrebounded the Bulldogs 37-to-26.
IUP used a 14-4 run in the first half to break an 11-11 tie and take a 25-15 lead on a three-pointer by Devante Chance (Philadelphia, Pa.) with 6:56 on the clock. The Crimson Hawks led by as many as 11 in the first half before heading into the locker room with a 34-27 lead.
The Crimson Hawks stretched their lead to 14 points early in the second half at 41-27 and later led by as many as 16 points at the 11:22 mark before Bowie State mounted their comeback.
Chance nearly notched a double-double with nine points and nine rebounds, adding four assists and a steal. Devon Cottrell (Pittsburgh, Pa.) had eight points and five rebounds after fouling out in just 22 minutes, while Jeffers added seven points.
The Bulldogs will break for Thanksgiving before returning to action on Saturday (November 29th), hosting Cheyney University at 4 pm.
