The Livingstone College men's basketball team defeated Chowan University 81-78 on Monday night. The Blue Bears had six players to score double figures.

Mark Thomas led the Blue Bears with 15 points and eight rebounds.  Darnell Turner played big in the paint in the first half. Overall Turner hit six-of-11 shots from the field and shot 100 percent from the charity stripe. He finished with 14 points.

The Blue Bears were all over the Hawks tonight forcing them to commit 15 turnovers in which the Blue Bears converted to 21 points.

Outside of Omar Ford-Bey hitting two-of-four back-to-back three pointers and finishing with 10 points; Livingstone played much of its game inside the paint where Eladio Espinoza and Tyler Johnson scored 11 points apiece.

Jody Hill continued his consistency for the Blue Bears and finished with 13 points.

The win improves the Blue Bears record to 12-3 overall and 4-2 in the league.

The Blue Bears will return to action in Trent Gymnasium on January 17 against Morris College in a non-conference game. Game time is set for 7:30 p.m.