Murfreesboro, NC – Fayetteville State had a long break in-between games before returning to the court tonight in a 76-61 conference loss to unbeaten Chowan. FSU defeated Morris in its last outing on November 27^th.
 
Xavier Williams led the Broncos with 14 points while Jyles Webster pulled down 10 rebounds. Webster was one point shy of a double-double with nine points. Raymon Pratt and Nakia Rivers both scored 10 points.
 
Chowan held a ten-point advantage at halftime with 33-23 lead. Four Hawks scored in double-figures. Timothy Bing led the game with 22 points with Demetrius Sanders following closely with 19 points. Michael Kelly had a double-double of 16 and 11 rebounds and Gus Rowland hit 11.
 
The Hawks hit 51% of its field goals (26-of-51) and 82.6% of its free throws (19-of-23). Fayetteville State was 37.7% from the floor and was 3 of 17 in three-pointers. FSU made 16 trips to the free throw line and made 12 (75%).
 
Fayetteville State will travel to Petersburg, Va. on Saturday for an 8:00 pm contest against Virginia State University.