Category: CIAA

Virginia Union smokes Fayetteville State to win second consecutive CIAA Women’s Basketball Tournament

Brandon King

From theciaa.com : Bob Heller contributed to this story Charlotte, NC (March 2, 2019) – Shareka McNeill broke the CIAA Tournament scoring record with a 37-point effort as Virginia Union University won its second consecutive CIAA Women’s Basketball Championship with a 75-41 win over Fayetteville State Saturday afternoon at the Spectrum Center. With the win, the Panthers (27-2) receive the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Tournament where the team is expecting to be the #1 seed in the Atlantic Region. The back-to-back championships are the Panthers’ first since they…

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Fayetteville State pulls away late, advances to CIAA Championship game

Brandon King

From theciaa.com : Anthony Jeffries contributed to this story CHARLOTTE, N.C. (March 1, 2019) – Fayetteville State took control of the third quarter to top Elizabeth City State 69-53 in the women’s basketball semifinals of the CIAA Tournament on Friday at the Spectrum Center.The Broncos (21-7) captured their 13th consecutive victory this season. Their reward is a trip to the championship game to face defending champion and nationally-ranked Virginia Union on Saturday. Virginia Union, the Northern Division champions, won the regular-season meeting on the road by 10 points in January. This is…

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Virginia Union downs Lincoln (PA) to return to CIAA Championship game

Brandon King

From theciaa.com : Jolisa Williams contributed to this story CHARLOTTE, N.C.(March 1, 2019) – For the second consecutive year, the Virginia Union University women’s basketball team will make an appearance in the 2019 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Women’s Basketball Championship after erasing a 15-point deficit in the first half to come away with the 82-75 victory against Lincoln University Friday afternoon in the women’s tournament semifinals. Virginia Union (26-2) will play the winner of the No. 1 South seed, Fayetteville State and the No. 6 North seed, Elizabeth City State Saturday,…

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Virginia State returns to CIAA Championship game

Brandon King

From theciaa.com : Bob Heller contributed to this story Charlotte, NC (March 1, 2019) – Virginia State University pulled away in the second half to earn their second consecutive trip to the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Men’s Basketball Tournament Championship game with a 75-65 win over Livingstone College Friday night at the Spectrum Center. The Trojans (26-4), the top seed in the North Division will advance and play the winner of the Shaw University (#1 South) and Virginia Union University (#2 North) that will tipoff at 9:30 p.m. on Friday. Livingstone, (#2…

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Virginia Union ends Johnson C. Smith’s run in the CIAA Tournament

Brandon King

From theciaa.com: Bob Heller contributed to this story Charlotte, NC (February 28, 2019) – The Johnson C. Smith men’s basketball team’s dream run at the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Basketball Tournament has come to an end as the Virginia Union Panthers held off two second half rallies by the Golden Bulls to earn a 78-71 victory. The Panthers (19-10), the #2 seed from the North Division, will advance to the CIAA Tournament semi-finals on Friday, March 1, 2019 where they will play the top seed from the South Division Shaw…

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Lady Blue Bears finally halt 12-game skid

Brandon King

By Livingstone Sports Information SALISBURY – During a 12-game losing streak that dates all the way back to November. You could have been forgiven for writing off the Lady Blue Bears entering their game against Johnson C. Smith on Saturday in New Trent Gym. Livingstone outscored JCSU 40-30 after the break to defeat the Golden Bulls 76-57 behind 21 points from Daisa Harris. The victory marks the first victory of 2019, and this first time since Jan. 25 of 2016, Livingstone defeated the Golden Bulls. Two season-long trends continued in the…

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Lincoln defeats Washington Adventist 72-67 for sixth straight win

Brandon King

From theciaa.com: by Lions Sports Information Department Five players scored at least eight points with Cameron Campbell’s 18 leading the way as the Lincoln University Men’s Basketball team won their sixth straight game, beating Washington Adventist University 72-67 Sunday night at the Pit in Takoma Park, Maryland. The Lions improve to 10-4 with the win while the Shock fall to 10-6. Campbell connected on six of 11 shots from the field en route to his 18 points.  Tamir Green added 12 points off the bench (5-10 FG) and led the…

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Raasean Davis dominates as N.C. Central smashes Wilberforce 91-44

Brandon King

Raasean Davis connected on 15 of his 16 shots and scored a career-high 34 points and added 11 rebounds as North Carolina Central laid a 47 point smackdown, 91-44, on Wilberforce. Davis got off to a strong start, scoring NCCU’s first 11 points before Jibri Blount got into the scoring column. Blount would score 22 points of his own along with 6 rebounds. Davis’ scoring output was the first time an Eagle has topped the 30-point mark since Patrick Cole dropped 32 on Northern Kentucky on November 26, 2016. Wilberforce…

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Bowie State Women’s basketball defeat Bloomfield 59-38

Brandon King

From the Bulldogs Sports Information Department and theciaa.com: BLOOMFIELD, N.J. – After a 12-day holiday break, Bowie State University women’s basketball picked up right where they left off, defeating Bloomfield College 59-38 on Sunday afternoon to close out the first half of the season and conclude non-conference play. Bowie State (10-1) was paced by senior Pere Alexander’s double-double of 17 points and 10 rebounds and junior Dynaisha Christian chipped in a double-double of her own, 12 points and 14 rebounds. Christian’s 14 rebounds tied her career-high. Junior Amel Duggins contributed eight…

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Winston-Salem State defeats Morris 84-75

Brandon King

AWinston-Salem State extended their winning-streak to three with a 84-75 win over Morris. The first ten-plus minutes of the first half was a back-and-forth affair with Morris taking their largest of the half at five points points on two separate occasions and Winston-Salem pushing their advantage to seven during that time at 29-22 on a three-point shot by Julius Barnes. Morris would fight back to within one at 31-30 when Ahmad People knocked down a three. Winston-Salem would push the lead back to eight , 38-30 on William Crandell’s layup…

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