AUGUSTA, Ga. – Bowie State University picked up a much-needed win on Saturday afternoon at Augusta University, defeating the Jaguars 91-80, snapping a four-game slide. The victory sets the Bulldogs record at 2-4.
 
Senior Ahmaad Wilson (Baltimore, Md.) led five Bulldogs in double figure scoring with 22 points and sophomore Saiquan Jamison (Upper Marlboro, Md.) contributed a double-double of 20 points and a game-high 11 rebounds. Senior Omari George (Baltimore, Md.) tallied 15 points, redshirt sophomore David Belle (Hyattsville, Md.) chipped in 14 points and senior Dayshawn Wells (Baltimore, Md.) recorded 11 points in the win.
 
Augusta (2-3) was led by Tamyrik Fields and Tyvez Monroe with 17 points apiece while Aaron Byrd and Deane Williams accounted for 14 and 13 points respectively. Deane tied Monroe for team-high rebound honors with seven.
 
Augusta's Fields scored the first bucket of the game, but Bowie State's Belle answered with a dunk and Jamison followed with jumper to put the Bulldogs a lead they would not give up the rest of game.
 
Bowie State shot an even 50 percent from the field in the first 20 minutes of action, hitting 14-of-28 field goals and a slim 14-13 advantage on the glass and took a 39-35 lead into halftime.
 
The Augusta Jaguars shot even better from the field in the first half, making 13-of-23 field goals (56.5 percent).
 
The Jaguars pulled within four (68-64) but a triple by Wells gave the Bulldogs some breathing room at 71-64 with 7:19 left in the game. A huge 3-pointer by Wilson at the 2:49 mark was the dagger, putting Bowie State up 10 (80-70).
 
Bowie led by double-digits for most of the first 10 minutes into the second half. Augusta found life when Monroe and Byrd hit back-to-back three pointers to pull the Jags within six, but the Bulldogs had an answer at every turn.
 
Augusta and Bowie State each shot 50 percent from the floor, but the Bulldogs were 78.4 percent (29-of-37) from the free-throw line to AU's 71 percent (22-of-31). BSU made six three pointers to Augusta's four and the Bulldogs scored 15 points off 12 Augusta turnovers.
 
The Bulldogs will have very little time to rest before hitting the court on Sunday (11/26) afternoon at Newberry (S.C.) College for a 2 p.m. non-conference contest against the Wolves.