NEWBERRY, S.C. – The Bulldogs of Bowie State University made it two wins in a row on Sunday (11/26) afternoon following a 74-72 road victory at the Newberry College Wolves.
 
Bowie State senior Omari George (Baltimore, Md.) led all scorers with 24 points while fellow senior Ahmaad Wilson (Baltimore, Md.) and sophomore Saiquan Jamison (Upper Marlboro, Md.) added 16 points each. Jamison notched his third straight double-double of the season, hauling down a game-high 16 rebounds.
 
Bowie State (3-4) took its first lead at 21-20 with 4:12 left in the first half on a George jumper and Wilson followed with a 3-pointer to give the Bulldogs a 24-20 lead.
 
Newberry's Lange answered on the other end with a 3-pointer of his own and a pair of free throws by Copeland shifted the advantage back over to the Wolves at 25-24.
 
The Bulldogs regained the lead and took a 28-27 lead into intermission. Bowie State shot 40 percent from the field (12-of-30) in the first half of play and held the Wolves to a field goal percentage of 25.8 percent (8-of-31) over the first 20 minutes.
 
With Bowie State holding a 50-47 advantage early in the second half, the Bulldogs used a 10-1 run to open a double-digit lead (60-48) at the 8:38 mark of the second half.
 
However, Newberry (5-2) went on an 8-2 burst to trim the Bowie State lead down to 62-56 at the 6:23 mark. Newberry closed the game with an 8-3 run to close their deficit to 73-72 with seven seconds left on the Eleazer Arena clock. However, BSU's Wilson made 1-of-2 free throws to seal the win for the visitors. Bowie State made just one field goal over the final 6:09 of the game.
 
Rob Valentine led Newberry with 18 points and James Stepp along with Marshall Lange contributed 12 and 11 points respectively. Quaman Burton was the Wolves' leading rebounder with eight and D.J. Copeland pulled down seven in the loss.
 
The Bulldogs ended the afternoon shooting 49.2 percent from the field (25-of-59) but made only 66.7 percent (12-of-18) at the charity stripe. Bowie State dominated on the glass, out-rebounding Newberry 48-36 and controlled the paint, holding a 38-14 advantage.
 
Newberry's Wolves shot a dismal 28.6 percent from the field (20-of-70) but drilled 13-of-41 3-pointers and converted 19-of-24 (79.2 percent) free throws.
 
Bowie State University returns to action on Wednesday (November 29th) hosting Gannon University in the A.C. Jordan Arena. Tip time between the Golden Knights and Bulldogs is 7 p.m.