ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. – The regular season portion of the Bowie State University men's basketball schedule is done following a 68-65 victory at Elizabeth City State University in the R.L. Vaughan Center on Saturday afternoon. With the victory, the BSU Bulldogs up their season record to 12-14 overall, 9-7 in CIAA play and 6-5 within the division.
 
Leading the way for the Bulldogs were juniors Dayshawn Wells (Baltimore, Md.) and Ahmaad Wilson (Baltimore, Md.) with 17 and 15 points respectively. Senior Michael Briscoe (Waldorf, Md.) recorded 12 points and added four rebounds and three assists.
 
Seniors Brian Kelley (Lanham, Md.) and Enuoma Ebinum (Greenbelt, Md.) were responsible for nine and six points respectively. Ebinum was Bowie State leader on the glass with six rebounds and led both teams in blocked shots with two. Senior Eric Pitts (Baltimore, Md.) chipped in three points and redshirt freshman tacked on two points in the win.
 
Kyree Marshall was Elizabeth City State's leading scorer with 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting. Jordan Jones notched a double-double of 11 points and 12 rebounds in the loss while Elon Edwards and Matthew McIntosh scored 10 points apiece for the Vikings.
 
Elizabeth City State (2-22, 2-14 CIAA, 1-9 North) led the entire first half and by as much as 16 (28-12) at the 3:37 mark.
 
Bowie State went on a 14-4 run over the final 3:24 and narrowed the Elizabeth City State lead to 32-26 by halftime.
 
The Vikings pushed its lead back up to double digits (48-38) at the 11:56 mark of the second half but the Bulldogs put together another run (18-7) to gain the advantage at 56-55 following a 3-pointer by Wilson with 6:16 left in the game.
 
The final 5:22 featured four ties but Bowie State never relinquished the lead the rest of the afternoon.
 
In terms of team stats, Bowie State out-rebounded Elizabeth City State 28-24, made 23-of-54 field goals (42.6 percent) and knocked down 14-of-16 (87.5 percent) at the charity stripe. On the lower half of the stat sheet, Elizabeth City State connected on 45.3 percent of their shots (24-of-53) and 70.6 percent of its free throws (12-of-17).
 
Bowie State's Bulldogs will enter the CIAA Tournament seeded #4 in the North and will tangle with the winner of the Johnson C. Smith/Elizabeth City State game on Wednesday (2/22) in the 8:50 p.m. nightcap in the Bojangles Arena.