The Panthers, using a 15-3 run, ballooned their lead to 19 pointsin the second half and the margin stayed in double digits the rest of the way. JCS Bowens 19, Jones 16, Lane 8, Bagley 4, Reid 3, Bell 2. Elizabeth City State manifests Tynesha Lewis vision with CIAA title, HBCU Gameday x Protect Your Skull Player of the Year. Its everything that as a leader with a passion for this conference you could have hoped for, that people feel loved and connected, that we see them and they see us, that they hear us and we hear them. 1 Virginia Union 44. Players run down the court during the Shaw University vs. Winston-Salem State game during the CIAA tournament at CFG Bank Arena on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. Butler and the Panthers are the top seed entering the CIAA Tournament after finishing the regular season having won 11 of the last 13 games. I thought throughout the city, you could see that the CIAA Tournament was here.. Men's- #1 Virginia Union8 75, #9 Elizabeth City State 64 (Quarterfinals). 1 Virginia Union on Friday in the CIAA Tournament semifinals. We were able to get them to turn the ball over more than normal, and to be able to score off of that.. Updated: 11:00 AM EST March 1, 2023. CIAA Player of the Year Robert Osborne (18 points) then tied the score with a baby jumper, and All-CIAA forward Raemaad Wright (three points, 12 rebounds) later put the Panthers up one with a free throw. 6 seed is Shaw, who sits above No. Published on: February 25, 2023 6:00 AM EST. The trio of Osborne, Tate, and Wright combined to score 66 of the Panthers' 75 points. Elizabeth City State (19-10) never trailed and led comfortably for most of the contest by holding Johnson C. Smith (13-16) to 24.5% shooting. This is Lowerys first CIAA Coach of the Year recognition, who is in his second season with the Lions and first-time coaching in the league after the 2020-21 was cancelled. Shaw took control from the start, jumping out to an early 10-2 lead thanks in large part to scoring six points off seven first-quarter turnovers by the Lions. Offensively, Elmore was also one of the top scorers in the conference at 12.9points per game. The 6-4 guard has the individual single-game high for points (32 against University of the Sciences) and rebounds (19 against Shaw) in the CIAA this season. The tournament will be held again this year in downtown Baltimore at the newly rebranded, renovated and renamed CFG Bank Arena from February 21-25, 2023. They deserve it, everything ECSU has gotten, they got it out of the mud. Shaw did what it likes to do get the lead and play tough defense. As for Johnson C. Smith, the Golden Bulls were led by Augustine Ominu with 17 points and nine rebounds. During the post-game press conference head coach Tynesha Lewis talked about manifesting this championship before the team even left North Carolina for Baltimore. Guiding Virginia Unionto a Northern Division title (second consecutive)and the top seed in the tournament, the senior from Richmond, VA shot 54 percent from the field, second among qualified players in the conference. Lincoln (PA)closed the quarter on a seven-point run to take a 48-42 lead into the fourth quarter. No. The Lions held a 36-25 lead at halftime before grooming a 46-25 charge in the second half en route to the 32-point victory. The Bears played aggressive defense and took advantage of 23 turnovers to eliminate defending champion Lincoln, 59-45, in the second semifinal of the CIAA Tournament at CFG Bank Arena. Virginia Union University's Robert Osborne was named the CIAA Men's Basketball Player of the Year while VUU Head Men's Basketball Coach Jay Butler was named the CIAA Men's Basketball Coach of the Year, it was announced on Monday, February 20, in Baltimore, Md. The Tip-Off Awards banquet also serves as the openerto the 2023 CIAA Basketball Tournament, which takes place February 21-25 in Baltimore, MD at CFG Bank Arena. We spoke it into existence, they walked it and here we are, said Lewis to the media. (In total, Washington lost 10 players from last season's conference championship team, which was also Coach Washington's first season as head coach of the Lions) The Lions finished this regular season with a 12-4 mark in conference play and an 18-8 overall record. In 2020, the conference celebrates the special 75th anniversary of its Championship Basketball Tournament - an event that has become a must-see in the African American community. With a career-high 20 rebounds, plus 21 points in the 88-83 overtime win over Fairmont State, Raemaad Wright logged a rare 20-point, 20-rebound double-double for the CIAA. That was a flip-flop of the two games weve played them this year.. Last year, ECSU found itself the CIAA championship game but walked away without the trophy, falling to Lincoln University. Fields is fourth in the league in rebounding (7.9 per game), seventh in scoring (14.7 per game), and third (among qualified players) with a field goal percentage of .423.Howard was named the CIAA Womens Rookie of the Year after leading the conference with 10.6 rebounds per game. Championship games will tip-off at 1:00 p.m. for the men followed bythe women at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 25. Mens quarterfinal action will continue Thursday with Virginia State facing either Lincoln (PA) or Johnson C. Smith at 6:00 p.m. and Claflin playing either Winston-Salem State or St. Augustines at 8:00 p.m.All 22 games will be broadcast exclusively on ESPN+(https://plus.espn.com/)with the championshipgames also being shown on ESPNU. Additionally, Osborne's13 double-doubles on the season are tied for third in Division II. The second half was all Shaw. Elizabeth City State University freshman forward Jayden Beloti was voted CIAA Mens Rookie of the Year. He has helped Butler motivate the squad. The five-day Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association men's and women's basketball tournaments return to Baltimore for a second year after attracting nearly 66,000 people to the city last. Before the Broncos ended their CIAA championship drought of nearly 50 years with the 2022 title, they lost a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter of the 2020 final and finished as the runner-up. Shaw (Tanayja London & Brittiney Seymour) and Lincoln (PA) (Kania Pollock & Fields)each placed two players on the listing. By Steven J. Gaither Posted on November 10, 2021 The CIAA caught a big break in 2020 by finishing its tournament in Charlotte less than two weeks before the pandemic struck full force. The Princeton, NJ native shot over 48 percent from the field and nearly 74percent from free throw, good for fifth and 11thbest in the league respectively. Junior Zahrion Blue (Princeton, N.J./Princeton) was named the 2022 Food Lion CIAA Men's Basketball Player of the Year, freshman Bakir Cleveland (Newark, N.J. /University) earned a spot on the All-Rookie Team, and head coach Corey Lowery was named the Coach of the Year. CHARLOTTE, NC The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) announced its postseason superlatives, and the Lincoln University men's basketball team has three representatives, the conference announced today (Monday, March 21, 2022). The six-foot-eleven sophomorerecorded at least five blocks insix games. ECS Armfield 20, Hashim 9, Banks 5, Nowlin 5, Kinney 4, Pitts 4, Blango 2, King 2, Adams 2. How Cress Worthy's sacrifice has Fayetteville State basketball in CIAA Tournament semifinals. In total, Hill coached 76 All-CIAA selections and five CIAA Player of the Years. Elizabeth City State's Amadou Faye was named the Men's CIAA Defensive Player of the Year and Anyssa Fields from Lincoln (PA) earned the women's honor. Hes tenacious, Hill said of Alston. The four finalists for the 2022 Naismith Trophy Women's Defensive Player of the Year have been announced. Butler and the Panthers are the top seed entering the CIAA Tournament after finishing the regular season having won 11 of the last 13 games. It got even larger in the fourth quarter, when the pressure started to wear on Lincoln. The No. Make Yahoo Your Homepage Discover something new every day from News, Sports, Finance, Entertainment and more! Both teams finished with the same conference record (10-6) but the Trojans held the tiebreaker by virtue of a 74-68 win over the Panthers on December 19. About the CIAA It was big for us to only have 13 turnovers, and they had 23. For Lincoln, the ending was bittersweet for a team that was looking to repeat as conference champions. But coming close and winning are two very different thin The six-foot-eleven sophomorerecorded at least five blocks insix games.Fields is the CIAA Womens Defensive Player of the Year after lifting Lincoln (PA) to a Northern Division title and the No. Coach Dave Robbins (VUU) boasted an amazing 713-194. Lincoln (PA)shot 52.2 percent shooting from the field, including 62.5 percent from beyond the arc. Khalil Ridges lead all scorers with 12 for Fayetteville State. Monroe, a 78-year-old former basketball star at Winston-Salem State, was in his New York City home trying to watch the CIAA championship game between the Rams and Lincoln (Pa.) on Saturday afternoon. CIAA basketball tournament headed toward thrilling finish. Hill said the play had four different options. In 2022, the tournament drew 66,000 fans and had a total economic impact of $19.6 million, according to Visit Baltimore. No. Augustine Ominu (Johnson C. Smith), Navar Elmore (Livingstone), and Dhashon Dyson (Saint Augustines) round out the mens team as eight of 12 schools were represented. Hes a leader on both ends.. Her lengthy list of accolades includes eight CIAA Championship Championships (five in tennis and three in volleyball) and seven CIAA Coach of the Year honors (four-time Volleyball Coach of the Year and three-time CIAA Tennis Coach of the Year). PARTNER OF IONE DIGITAL / CASSIUS NETWORK. The Broncos came out firing 3-pointers, and a pair by Ridges and Kaleb Coleman cut the Lincolns lead to 38-37 with 8:28 left. (Kevin Richardson) (Kevin Richardson / Baltimore Sun). UP NEXT: With the win, the Lions advance to the Semifinals of the 2023 CIAA Women's Basketball Tournament. 3 seed entering the tournament. The Vikings, however, didnt need Blangos scoring Friday, as it was DyJhanik Armfield who carried the load with 20 points on 7-for-16 shooting with a trio of 3-pointers. 5 seed and playing in the opening round of the tournament. The six-foot-two guard led the conference with 2.6 made threes a game and he also averaged 1.6 assists and 1.4 steals per game. The finalists are listed below: The SEC, Pac-12, Big Ten and ACC all get one. The sixth-seeded Lions took a late lead, then held off a flurry of 3-pointers in the last minute to defeat second-seeded Fayetteville State, 53-49, in the semifinals of the CIAA Tournament at the CFG Bank Arena. But the Golden Bulls didnt allow the game to get out of hand and nearly mounted a comeback in the final minutes. (Jessica Gallagher/The Baltimore Banner) Jones step-back jumper in the final seconds bounced off the rim to end Johnson C. Smiths tournament run. Claflin finished the regular season as the No. In the mens field, Virginia Union solidified the top seed in the tournament following Saturdays 87-69 win over Virginia State. Said McWilliams about the feedback the conference has received from schools involved in the tournament: I think they are seeing the experience that our student-athletes are having, that their fans and alumni are having, and the ones they are having themselves, she said. The Lions will face fifth-seeded Winston Salem State in Saturdays 1 p.m. championship game. Lincoln (PA) would carry their lead into the final minutes, but a late VSU surge left the Trojans on top, 28-27 at halftime. We didnt come back to get second, coach Tynesha Lewis said. Fayetteville State, under the leadership of Luke DAlessio, actually clinched the division earlier on Wednesday with a win against Claflin, 71-61. The CIAA men's tournament in Baltimore opens Tuesday. https://t.co/0yDHhTZSXb. The single-elimination tournament will be held in CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore, MD on February 21-25. From there, Johnson C. Smith mustered a 10-2 scoring run in the final three minutes to come away with the upset. The Vikings concluded their season at 13-16 overall. Anthony Hilliard, the Elizabeth City State University two-time CIAA Player of the Year, leads the conference in scoring. 11 seed Johnson C. Smith in convincing fashion by the score of 82-50 during the opening round of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Men's Basketball Tournament Wednesday morning. The opening round continues on Wednesday with Lincoln (PA) and Johnson C. Smith playing at 10 a.m. and Winston-Salem State and St. Augustines playing at 12:30 p.m. Junior forward Kamani Jones led the VSU rebounding effort with 10 boards. While time ran out on Fayetteville State's CIAA Tournament quarterfinal victory over Shaw on Wednesday night in Baltimore, Cress Worthy dribbled out the last two seconds of the 58-53 win with his right arm raised high, pointing one finger toward the . The score was tied 49-49 with under four minutes left, but the Broncos finished with a 9-4 run. 12 seed Saint Augustine's 65-49 in the men's basketball first round of the CIAA Tournament at CFG Bank Arena on Wednesday. A Tyler Foster dunk finally got Fayetteville State going, and the Broncos (17-13) went on a 16-0 run for a 17-7 lead with 9:50 left, forcing Armstrong to call a timeout. Well, before heading to the CIAA tournament Lewis instructed the staff to leave the back of the lockers blank, because she wanted to wrap the lockers with championship pictures from a tournament they had yet to play. 2 seed, Virginia Union advanced to the conference championship, before losing to Fayetteville State, 65-62.The defending championBroncos obtained a Southern Division title for a second straight season by finishing with a conference record of 11-5. By Alejandro Danois. 8 Johnson C. Smith 52. 10 Livingstone College due to the Panthers winning the seasons matchup, 75-71, in overtime. Isaac Parson had 12 points and seven assists and Nathan Springs also chipped in 12 points. Guiding Virginia Unionto a Northern Division title (second consecutive)and the top seed in the tournament, the senior from Richmond, VA shot 54 percent from the field, second among qualified players in the conference. Teel making a decision whether to drive, pull up or pass to Jaylin Parker was the third. The CIAA delivers the best HBCU basketball tournament production on full display at the Baltimore Convention Center until Saturday's title games. The six-foot-two guard led the conference with 2.6 made threes a game and he also averaged 1.6 assists and 1.4 steals per game. 8 is Livingstone, followed by Elizabeth City State, Bowie State, Johnson C. Smith, and St. Augustines. Raemaad Wright added 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Panthers. Armfield, the Food Lion Game MVP, helped the Vikings build a 47-38 lead . Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Office (704) 910-2133 | Fax (704) 910-2855. Now in her third season with Elizabeth City State, Coach Lewis is confident that she has a team willing to do what it takes to be successful both on and off the court. SWAC honors Alcorn State Legendary Coach Dave Whitney. BALTIMORE, MD (February 20, 2023)The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) announces the 2022-23 Womens and Mens Basketball All-CIAA Team, All-Rookie team, and superlatives as selected by the Basketball Coaches Association and Sports Information Directors Association.The Womens and Mens CIAA Players of the Year were Amaya Tucker (Winston-Salem State)and Robert Osborne (Virginia Union), respectively. These standout individuals are beingformally recognized today during the annual CIAA Tip-Off Awards banquet. 2 seed in the conference tournament. From there, the Lions continued to pull away in the fourth quarter, going ahead by as many as 21 points to finish the 78-57 win. They would never trail again. Fayetteville State was led by Imani Elliott with 13 points. The win sends the Vikings (19-10 overall) to the championship game for the second consecutive year. I think we did that.. The Vikings from Elizabeth City, North Carolina, entered the tournament with one of the leagues best defenses and most balanced offenses, with no player averaging more than 11 points per game. The other mens contest that will be played on Tuesday is Livingstone versus Elizabeth City State at 8:50 p.m. The Broncos held a 13-5 rebounding edge during the run. She can do it all, score at all three levels finish at the rim, one-dribble pull-up, 3-point shot, Lewis said. CHARLOTTE - The CIAA announced the 2022-23 All-CIAA Preseason Men's and Women's Basketball Teams, as voted on by the CIAA Basketball Coaches Associations and the Sports Information Directors Association, and the predicted order of finish as selected by the men's and women's head coaches. 3-Pointers, and St. Augustines threes a game and he also averaged 1.6 and. 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