RALEIGH, N.C. – Junior Ahmaad Wilson (Baltimore, Md.) scored a team-high 20 points to lead Bowie State but the Bulldogs fall 77-71 in overtime at Saint Augustine's on Thursday night. The loss dips the Bowie State record to 6-8 overall and 3-1 in the CIAA.
 
Wilson was one of three Bowie State players to finish in double-figures. Senior Enuoma Ebinum (Greenbelt, Md.) hit 5-of-11 shots and finished with 13 points, while fellow senior Khary Doby (College Park, Md.) finished with 10 points and tied Wilson with a team-high seven rebounds. Redshirt freshman David Belle started his first game of the year and contributed nine points, four rebounds, two assists and a pair of steals.
 
The Saint Augustine's Falcons were paced by the double-double duo of Anthony Gaskins and Quincy January. Gaskins exploded for 22 points and 15 rebounds and January tallied 20 points and 11 rebounds. Kenneth Collins was the next highest scorer for the Falcons, chipping in eight points.
 
The Falcons won the battle on the glass (45-36), blocked more shots (4-2), points in the paint (34-22), second chance points (12-8) and bench points (24-14). Saint Augustine's ended the thriller shooting 50 percent from the field (28-of-56), which included 15-of-20 (75 percent) in the second half.
 
On the top of the stat sheet, Bowie State's Bulldogs ended the night hitting 24-of-65 field goals (36.9 percent), which included 7-of-21 behind the 3-point line (33.3 percent) and a disappointing 16-of-26 at the free throw line.
 
The Bulldogs led the Falcons 34-24 at halftime, mainly due to 13-of-16 free throws in the first 20 minutes.
 
Bowie State led by 14 points (43-29) at the 15:42 mark of the second half but could not maintain that lead. Saint Augustine's used a 15-5 burst over the next five minutes as the Falcons closed the gap to 48-44 midway through the second half.
 
The Falcons created the games second tie of the night at 49-all following an Ishmael Baldwin layup with 8:03 left in the second half. Bowie State kept Saint Augustine's at bay until the Falcons took their first lead at 61-60 after a 3-pointer by Gaskins with 53 seconds left in regulation. A pair of free throws each by Gaskins and Antonio Watson gave SAU a 65-62 advantage with 20 seconds on the Emery Gymnasium scoreboard.
 
Fortunately Bowie State senior Brian Kelley (Lanham, Md.) found the perfect time to hit a 3-pointer as time expired to send the game to overtime.
 
The overtime featured six lead changes with the last coming in favor of Saint Augustine's via a Kasey Bryant layup with 1:15 left in the extra stanza.
 
"They were tougher than us in the second half and with them shooting 75 percent in the second half, that really made a difference in the outcome", said an upbeat Bulldogs head coach Darrell Brooks.
 
The Bulldogs will have a few extra days to prepare for its next road contest on Monday (January 9th) at Fayetteville State. Bowie State was scheduled to play at Shaw this Saturday (1/7) but that game has been rescheduled for Wednesday (1/11) at 8 p.m. due to impending snow and sleet conditions in the Raleigh area.