RICHMOND, Va. -  A Saiquan Jamison tip-in as time expired lifts Bowie State to 64-62 road win at Virginia Union on Wednesday night. With the victory, the Bulldogs improve to 5-2 in in North, 11-3 in CIAA play and 15-10 overall. The Virginia Union loss sets the Panthers record at 15-10 overall, 10-4 in the CIAA and 5-3 in division play.
 
Junior Cameron Hayes came off the Bowie State bench to lead all scorers with 20 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the field which included 4-of-4 behind the 3-point line and a perfect 4-of-4 at the free throw line. Junior David Belle contributed 15 points and Jamison pulled down a team-high rebounds.
 
Bowie State regained the lead (20-16) at the 10:59 mark of the first half following back-to-back baskets by Hayes and Rinardo Perry. The Bulldogs used a 5-1 run to push its lead to 25-17. The lead changed hands eight times in first half, but Bowie State was able to carry a 36-35 into the intermission.
 
Both teams were identical in shooting percentage in the first half 45 percent, making 13-of-29 from the field. Each team also almost had equal opportunities at the charity stripe over the first 20 minutes as Virginia Union made 8-of-11 and Bowie State converted 7-of-10. The Bulldogs also held advantages in first half rebounds (36-35) and bench points (12-7).
 
The Bulldogs opened the second half scoring with a Perry fast break dunk and led the Panthers 42-37 by the first, second half media timeout at the 14:54 mark.
 
The Panthers used a 9-3 run to retake the lead over the Bulldogs at 46-45 with 8:58 to go in the game and pushed its lead to 52-47, forcing Bowie State to call a timeout just over a minute later.
 
BSU's Hayes popped a 3-pointer at the 4:30 mark to tie the game at 52-all and a Jamison free throw at the 3:34 mark shifted the lead back to the Bulldogs.
 
Terrell Leach knocked down a pair of free throws on VUU's next possession, but Bowie State's Perry snatched the lead right back for the Bulldogs at 55-54.
 
Perry did not a agree with a personal foul called against at the 2:38 mark and was assessed a technical foul. Virginia Union made 1-of-2 on the T-foul a made 1-of-2 on the common foul to give the Panthers lead at 56-55.
 
Two free throws by Belle gave the visitors the lead again at 57-56 and another Hayes triple put Bowie State back on top at 60-56.
 
A VUU steal and layup with 35.4 seconds left in regulation gave the lead back to the Panthers at 61-60.
 
David Belle's twisting layup with 19.5 seconds shifted the lead back to Bowie State at 62-61.
 
VUU's Will Jenkins was fouled on the Panthers next trip down the court and made 1-of-2 free throws with 6.7 seconds on the clock to tie the game at 62-all.
 
The Bulldogs inbounded the ball, ran the full length of the court and Jamison tipped in a Perry missed layup as time expired to lift Bowie State to the huge 64-62 victory.
 
Bowie State will close out its home portion of its regular season schedule on Saturday (February 16), playing host to Chowan University at 4 p.m. in the A.C. Jordan Arena.