Staff report

SALISBURY — Livingstone’s men’s basketball team led all the way and beat Bowie State 77-62 in CIAA action on Thursday.

The Blue Bears (7-4, 1-2) got back on track at New Trent Gym by holding the Bulldogs (7-6, 0-2) to 28.4-percent shooting. Bowie State was 4-for-22 on 3-pointers, but made it a reasonably close game by making 20 of 22 free throws.

Livingstone didn’t light it up with 36.9-percent shooting from the field, but was a solid 6-for-15 from 3-point range. Livingstone also got to the foul line a whopping 32 times and made 23.

King Ijeoma led the Blue Bears wit 19 points, while Jamal Cannady Jr. had 18. Newcomer Jamie Lewis scored 11.

Bowie State     27   35   — 62

Livingstone    39    38   — 77

LC scoring — Ijeoma 19, Cannady 18, Lewis 11, Minard 7, S. Tako 6, Shaw 6, Herd 4, Leak 2, Coffey 2, Jenkins 2.