BATON ROUGE, La. (Interstat) — The Baton Rouge Bears edged the Delgado Dolphins 74-71 in a men’s junior college basketball game Wednesday night. Baton Rouge used efficient shooting and rim protection to secure the road victory.

The Bears shot 51 percent from the floor and made 9 of 17 from 3-point range. Their defense registered 10 blocks and held Delgado to 38.5 percent shooting. Oren Bowens led all scorers with 23 points for the Dolphins, while Jevion Sam and Amir Abdul-Rauf each scored 16 for the Bears.

Baton Rouge improved to 4-16. Delgado fell to 6-12.