BOWIE, Md. – Sophomore Cameron Hayes (Upper Marlboro, Md.) put up a personal season-best 22 points and senior Omari George (Baltimore, Md.) notched a double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead Bowie State to a 74-64 victory over Lincoln University of Pennsylvania on Wednesday night. The win was the Bulldogs' fourth in a row and keeps Bowie State tied for first in the CIAA North with a record of 5-1.
 
In addition to Hayes and George, sophomore Saiquan Jamison (Upper Marlboro, Md.) hauled down nine rebounds and redshirt sophomore David Belle (Hyattsville, Md.) chipped in eight points for the Bulldogs. The Bowie State bench outscored the Lincoln (Pa.) bench, 42-18.
 
Lincoln University of Pennsylvania (10-12, 5-7 CIAA, 2-4 North) held the lead for the first eight minutes until pair of free throws by Bowie State freshman Keith Duffin, Jr. (Fort Meade, Md.) tied the game at 9-all and 3-point play by sophomore Yohance Fleming (Bowie, Md.) gave the Bulldogs' its first lead at 12-9 at the 11:16 mark of the first half.
 
The Lions roared back to create the games' fourth tie of the night, this time at 19-all. From there, Lincoln (Pa.) rolled off a 7-0 run to take its largest lead of the night at 28-21 after a pair of free throws by Gevon Arrington (Petersburg, Va.) with 4:10 left in the first half.
 
Bowie State trimmed the Lincoln (Pa.) lead down to one (28-27) with just under a minute to go in the opening half but the Lions were able to carry a 33-28 lead into halftime.
 
The Bulldogs began the second half with an 8-0 burst to regain what would be the lead for good. Bowie State led by as much as nine (52-43) at the 11:50 mark of the second half but see Lincoln (Pa.) narrow the gap to 62-59 with 4:47 remaining in the game.
 
From that point, the Bulldogs outscored the Lions 12-6 to account for the final score of 74-65. Bowie State improved its field goal shooting percentage from 21.2 percent (7-of-33) in the first half to 48 percent (12-of-25) over the final 20 minutes.
 
Josh Page (Washington, D.C.) came off the Lincoln (Pa.) bench to tally a team-high 14 points, with 10-of-11 coming at the free throw line. Arrington and Cameron Campbell (Fayetteville, N.C.) scored 13 points apiece and Deaquan Williams (Camden, N.J.) were responsible for 10 points each in the loss. Williams ripped down a game-high 13 points for the Lions.
 
The Bulldogs converted 18 Lions turnovers into 19 points, but Lincoln blocked a whopping nine Bowie State shots.
 
The Bowie State Bulldogs return to the hardwood on Saturday (February 10th), hosting the Virginia Union Panthers in a nationally televised contest at 4 p.m. in the A.C. Jordan Arena.