College men’s basketball: Blue Bears end season with 69-66 loss

Published 2:07 am Wednesday, February 28, 2024

 

 

Staff report

BALTIMORE — Livingstone’s men’s basketball team bowed out of the CIAA Tournament quickly on Tuesday night.

Bowie State was highly beatable if the Blue Bears had shot well in a 4 vs. 5 first-round game, but 36-percent shooting, including 2-for-15 from 3, didn’t get it done. Livingstone shot a whopping 36 free throws, but only made 20. That’s 55.6 percent.

Livingstone never led, dug a 12-point halftime hole and saw a second-half charge fall a bit short.

Bowie State improved to 12-17, while Livingstone closed the books at 12-16.

Teon Tiller had a huge game for the Blue Bears with 17 points. All-CIAA pick Khyree Temple scored 15, Omarion Broderick added 11. James Nipper, who was named to the CIAA All-Rookie team, scored eight.

Broderick pulled down 13 rebounds, while Temple grabbed 11. There were a lot of rebounds available.

Warren Mouganda scored 17 for Bowie State. Joel Webb had 13 points and 12 boards.

 

Livingstone      24    42   — 66

Bowie State       36    33   — 69

LC — Tiller 17, Temple 15, Broderick 11, Nipper 8, Leach 6, Allen 4, McCrae 2, Thomas 2, P. Tako 1.

 

 
» BSU had a stellar day defensively, holding LC to 13 percent from three-point land on 15 attempts.
» The Bulldogs defense forced 19 turnovers.
» BSU cleaned up on the offensive glass, collecting 14 offensive boards in the game.
» Mouganda led the Bulldogs with 17 points.
» BSU got a team-high 12 rebounds from Webb.

Up Next
The Bulldogs will face South No.1 Fayetteville State on Wednesday, Feb. 28 at 6:40 p.m. in the quarterfinals.

For the most up-to-date information on Bowie State Athletics and its 13 varsity sport teams, visit bsubulldogs.com.