BOWIE. Md. - The Bowie State University men's basketball squad closed out 2016 with an easy 82-68 home conference win against visiting Winston-Salem State University on Saturday afternoon in the A.C. Jordan Arena. With the victory, the Bulldogs win its second consecutive conference game and improve to 3-0 in the league and 6-7 overall.
 
Junior Dayshawn Wells (Baltimore, Md.) tallied a career-best 22 points on 8-of-13 shooting (5-of-7 beyond the arc) to pace five Bulldogs in double figure scoring. Senior Enuoma Ebinum (Greenbelt, Md.) pumped in 19 points to go along with eight rebounds and tied his career-high in blocks with four. Seniors Michael Briscoe (Waldorf, Md.), Brian Kelley (Lanham, Md.) and Khary Doby (College Park, Md.) tallied 11 points each.
 
Junior Ahmaad Wilson (Baltimore, Md.) scored a personal season-low six points and sophomore Christopher Manning (Randallstown, Md.) chipped in two points for the Bulldogs.
 
As a team, Bowie State closed out the contest with a field goal shooting percentage of 46.7 (28-of-60) and knocked down 76.9 percent (20-of-26) of their free throws.
 
The Bulldogs held a very comfortable 43-26 lead at the half, shooting 47.1 percent (16-of-34) from the field over the first 20 minutes and an impressive 8-of-10 at the charity stripe.
 
On the flip side, Winston-Salem State made 11-of-37 first half field goals (29.7 percent), which included 1-of-9 behind the 3-point line and converted 3-of-10 at the free throw line.
 
Outside of the games' first nine minutes, the Rams trailed by double-digits most of the game, but were able to pull within eight at 50-42 at the 11:10 mark of the second half following a William Crandall (Bethel, N.C.) dunk. From that point, Bowie State went on an 11-0 run to erase any hopes for Winston-Salem State.
 
Winston-Salem State (5-6, 1-1 CIAA) had three players score in double figures with Ameer Jackson (Concord, N.C.) leading the way with 20 points. Crandall notched a double-double of 15 points and 13 rebounds while Carlos Rankins (Greensboro, N.C.) was responsible for 13 points in the loss.
 
Julius Barnes (Raleigh, N.C.) and Jamel McAllister (Raleigh, N.C.) chipped in six points apiece for the Rams while the duo of Robert Colon (Jacksonville, N.C.) and TJ Wilson (Charlotte, N.C.) contributed four points each.
 
The Bulldogs hit the road for a three-game CIAA Southern Division swing, beginning with a 7:30 p.m. contest at Saint Augustine's on Thursday, January 5th in SAU's Emery Gymnasium.