SALISBURY, N.C. - It's been up and down for the Bowie State University men's basketball season over the past week as the Bulldogs dropped a tough 70-63 road decision at Livingstone College in New Trent Gymnasium on Wednesday night. The setback puts the Bowie State record at 7-10 overall and 2-4 in the league.
 
Sophomore Saiquan Jamison led the Bulldogs with his sixth double-double of the year with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Joining Jamison in double figure scoring were sophomore Cameron Hayes (Upper Marlboro, Md.) with 11 points and seniors Dayshawn Wells (Baltimore, Md.) and Ahmaad Wilson (Baltimore, Md.) with 10 points each. Senior Omari George came off the Bowie State bench to add nine points and six rebounds.
 
Neither team shot the ball particularly well on the night with Bowie State going 20-of-53 from the field (37.7 percent) compared to 23-of-65 (35.4 percent) for Livingstone. Both team were pretty even at the charity stripe. Livingstone made 22-of-30 (73.3 percent) while Bowie State made 21-of-31 (67.7 percent). The Bowie State Bulldogs won the battle on the glass, out-rebounding the Blue Bears 45-39 but committed 22 turnovers.
 
Bowie State held a 26-24 lead at the break but relinquished that lead at the 16:26 mark of the second half following a jumper by Livingstone's Rashard Todd.
 
Bowie State regained a brief lead (31-30) after a pair of Wilson free throws. The games sixth tie occurred at the 11:34 mark when BSU's Jamison made one of two free throws.
 
From that point, Livingstone used a 14-5 run to take a 53-44 advantage with 7:21 left in the game.
 
The Bulldogs outscored the Blue Bears 11-4 over the next four minutes to pull within two at 57-55 at the 3:06 mark but would get no closer.
 
Livingstone (5-6 / 3-2 CIAA) played 16 players in the contest and Malik Smith was the only player to score in double figures with 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting from the field. Ramel Belfield came off the Blue Bears bench to lead the team in rebounds with six. The next closest scoring players were Todd and Cameron Buchannon with eight points apiece and Austin Walker with seven points.
 
The Blue Bears had advantages in points in the paint (34-26), points off turnovers (18-12), second chance points (22-17) and bench points (47-28).
 
Bowie State men's basketball will look to get back into the win column on Saturday (January 13), but will face a tough Lincoln (Pa.) University team on the road at 4 p.m.