RALEIGH, N.C. —With two seconds showing on the clock, Shaw University's Latrail McCoy launched a three from the left wing, draining it and giving the Bears a 92-90 victory over Bowie State in a game played before a packed C.C. Spaulding Gymnasium Saturday afternoon.

The win came despite the collapse of a 19-point lead with less than 14 minutes remaining on the clock.  The Bears committed ten turnovers in those last 14 minutes, while also missing five of six free throws - two of those the front end of one-and-ones. 

"When you turn the ball over like we did and then miss your free throws, whatever lead you had is going to evaporate and you're not going to come back."

Bowie State triggered their comeback when they switched to a stifling full-court press that seemed to lead to the Shaw miscues.

"We wilted under the pressure.  We went over some stuff on the press offense in the last two practices and we just didn't remember.  We drew a blank on the alignment," said Shaw head coach Cleo Hill, Jr.  "We bent, but we didn't break."

Two nights after he scored 28 points, Curtis Hines again led the Bears, this time with 29 points on a 10-for-15 shooting performance, including six for 11 from the three-point line.

"He (Hines) is emerging right now.  It was very difficult getting him minutes last year with two All-Conference guards - Malik Alvin and Tony Smith," said Hill.  "He and Latrail - who hit that big shot - had difficulty getting in the game last year and now it's their time and they're showing that they can play too."

McCoy put up only one shot in the first half - which he missed - but had dished out four assists by the intermission.  All of his 15 points came in the second half, eight of them in the final 2:05.

"He trying to learn the point guard position," Hill said of McCoy.  "He's a combo guard - a scorer - by nature.  He's doing a solid job - he's not doing a great job, but he's doing a solid job.  That was part of him not being aggressive offensively in the first half.  But he did what any scoring guard will do, when he senses his team is in trouble, he's going to turn it up a notch."

Hill continued, commenting on that final shot.  "I knew what was coming.  I knew which way he was going to go.  I knew he was going to pump fake and was going to take the best shot he could."

Shaw broke on top early in the game, building a 15-8 lead with 15:16 left in the first when Taurus Dortch hit a three. 

Two minutes later, a Najee White jumper in the lane for Bowie State cut the Shaw lead to only three at 18-15.

For much of the rest of the half, the Shaw lead hovered at or about five points, with Bowie able to get no closer than three, but Shaw unable to build a lead of more than six.

With 5:44 left in the half, Hines drained a three to finally push the Bears to an eight-point advantage, 34-26.  Bowie would again cut the lead to only five on a three pointer from Dameatric Scott. 

For three and a half minutes, Shaw went on a 12-4 run to build a 13-point lead when Hines drained a three from the left corner off a pass from Karron Johnson.  Bowie would cut the lead to 12 by the half, when Shaw went to the locker room with a 49-37 lead.

The two teams battled evenly in the first  minutes of the second half.  With 15:10 showing on the clock, Trawn Rogers hit a layup for Bowie to trim the Shaw lead to ten at 58-48. 

Hines answered with a three, triggering a nine-point Shaw run that concluded with a layup from Hines on the fastbreak to give Shaw a 67-48 lead with 13:39 showing on the clock.

Bowie slowly chipped away at the lead for the next three minutes.  With 10:55 remaining, Hines slammed home a dunk that gave Shaw a 74-59 lead.

The Bulldogs answered with a 9-3 run, concluding with a three from Byron Westmorland to trim the lead under double digits at 77-68. 

While Karron Johnson had a dunk for Shaw to take the lead back over ten, Bowie answered with a 13-3 run, ending with a layup from Bryan Wilson to cut the Shaw lead to only one, 82-81 with 4:02 left.

Johnson had another dunk off an assist by McCoy, but Gatling hit a pair of free throws to again put Bowie within a bucket with 3:32 left. 

Neither team scored for a minute, but with 2:26 left in the game, White hit a layup to give Bowie their first lead since the opening minutes of the game at 85-84.

McCoy responded immediately with a three to give the Bears a two-point margin.  Scott answered for Bowie with a three of his own.

It was McCoy's turn to reclaim the lead, which he did on a layup, making the score 89-88 for Shaw with 1:33 left in the game.

Both teams fell silent for another minute until Gatling hit a layup with just under 12 seconds left, setting the stage for McCoy's final bucket which gave the Bears the lead with 2.1 seconds left.  Wilson launched a shot just over mid-court as the buzzer sounded, but it bounced off the rim, giving Shaw the final 92-90 win.

Four Bears finished with double-digit point totals.  In addition to Hines' 29, Dortch had 15, Johnson 14 and McCoy 13 - all scored in the second half.  Johnson had a double-double, adding 12 rebounds to his 14 points.  Hines and McCoy led the Bears with five assists apiece, while Derrick Hunter finished with eight points and four steals.

The Bulldogs had four double-digit scorers of their own, led by Westmorland, who had 23.  White had 19, Gatling 17 and Wilson had 11.  Westmorland led Bowie State with six rebounds, while Gatling had six assists to pace his team.

The Bears will return to action Monday night when Lincoln (Pa.) comes to town for another CIAA contest. The game is scheduled for an 8:00 p.m. start at C.C. Spaulding Gymnasium.