FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Bowie State men's basketball made it a sweep in its three-game CIAA Southern Division swing after cruising to a 68-52 road win at Fayetteville State on Monday night. The win sets the Bulldogs overall record at 10-8 and 5-1 mark in the CIAA and is Bowie State's fifth win in a row.
Junior
Rinardo Perry was Bowie State leading offensive producer, scoring a game-high 22 points to go along with three blocks, two assists and one steal. Fellow junior
Yohance Fleming tallied 14 and added a half dozen rebounds and junior
Cameron Hayes accounted for 10 points. Junior
Saiquan Jamison notched a double double scoring 12 points and pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds.
The Bulldogs outrebounded the Broncos 39-24 and held advantages in point in the paint (42-30) and second chance points (14-5). Bowie State closed out the game shooting 48 percent from the floor (27-of-57) and knocked down 11-of-13 free throws (85 percent).
The Bulldogs began the game with a 10-3 advantage and led by five (21-16) at the under-10 media timeout (9:22). Bowie State's defense seemed to tighten up out of the timeout which led to 12-6 run and first double digit lead at 33-22 with 3:59 to go on the first half.
Bowie State took a comfortable 40-25 advantage into halftime, shooting 48 percent from the field (14-of-29) and converted all nine of its free throws over the first 20 minutes. The Bulldogs continued its dominance over their opponents, outrebounding the Broncos 22-10 in the first half of play.
The Bulldogs held a 50-33 lead over the Broncos at the 13:33 mark of the second half (42-30) and never allowed the host Broncos any closer than 11 for the remainder of the game.
Marquise Crutchfield led Fayetteville State (2-11 / 1-5) with 14 points and Will Brown was responsible for 10 points. Crutchfield and Brown also led the Broncos with five rebounds each. Denzell Hosch and Nakia Rivers combined for 16 points in the loss.
As a team, the Broncos finished the night shooting 40 percent from the field (19-of-48) and made just 10-of-17 free throws (59 percent).
Bowie State men's basketball return to the hardwood Saturday (January 19) hosting the Lions of Lincoln University of Pennsylvania at 4 p.m. in BSU's A.C. Jordan Arena.
