RALEIGH, N.C. - The Bowie State Bulldogs improve to 5-1 in league play (9-8 overall) after defeating the Shaw Bears 90-77 on Saturday (1/12) afternoon.
 
Junior Cameron Hayes led five Bowie State players with 18 points on 6-of-15 shooting from the field and added four rebounds and two assists. Junior Rinardo Perry tallied 16 points on 7-of-14 shooting from the field, tied for team-high assists honors with three, blocked two shots and recorded a pair of steals. Redshirt junior David Belle along with sophomore Keith Duffin, Jr. accounted for 14 points apiece and junior Juwan Smith contributed 11 points in the teams' fourth straight win. Junior Saiquan Jamison hauled down a game-high 17 rebounds.
 
The Bulldogs dominated on the glass, holding a 44-18 rebound advantage, outscored the Bears 34-26 in the paint, had 20, second chance points compared to just two for Shaw and Bowie State's bench outscored Shaw's bench 34-23.
 
In a very tight first half that featured five ties, Bowie State led the majority of the first 20 minutes of action and carried a 42-38 lead into halftime.
 
Bowie State pushed its lead to double digits (56-46) at the 12:32 mark of the second half but Shaw was able to close the gap down to six at 64-58 with just over nine minutes to go. Fortunately, the Bulldogs put together a 12-3 run over the next four minutes to stretch the lead to 78-61 and never allowed the Bears any closer than 10 for the remainder of the contest.
 
The Bulldogs shot 57 percent from the field (16-of-28) in the second half and stuck all 14 of its free throws in the final 20 minutes.
 
The Shaw Bears (5-9, 1-5 CIAA) were led Amir Hinton with a game-high 34 points (21 in the first half) on 9-of-15 from the field and 14-of-15 at the charity stripe. Hinton was Shaw's top rebounder with four and he tied for game-high assist honors with four. Joining Hinton in double figure scoring were Phillip Garner and Geremy Taylor with 16 and 15 points respectively.
 
Shaw shot well in the second half as well, hitting 14-of-24 from the field (58 percent), which included 6-of-12 beyond the 3-point line.
 
The Bulldogs wrap up its three-game CIAA Southern Division road swing on Monday (1/14), making a stop at Fayetteville (N.C.) State for a 7:30 p.m. tip time.