The six-foot-eleven sophomorerecorded at least five blocks insix games. About the CIAA The score was tied 49-49 with under four minutes left, but the Broncos finished with a 9-4 run. Morehouse football to play heavy road schedule in 2023, Albany State 2023 football schedule includes multiple HBCU Classic matchups, A pair of SWAC stars shined on HBCU Legacy Bowl stage, A dozen HBCU football players selected among USFL Draft picks, Apparently THEE Pregame Show isn't happy that he doesn't have exclusively access to JSU anymore, Transgender Athletes: Compromising Fairness of the Game, Oh Lawd (Sydney Carter Basketball Coach) Looking like a Superhero. Men's- #2 Fayetteville State58, #7 Shaw 53 (Quarterfinals). We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. In total, Hill coached 76 All-CIAA selections and five CIAA Player of the Years. Head Coach Tynesha Lewis manifested her teams tourney success in the form of a blank wrap in the teams new $150,000 locker room. Yet, when the tears dry and the hurt subsides, the. Its just about how we prepare mentally before we step on the court. 7 Lincoln (PA), thanks to the Bears earning a season sweep of the Lions. Elizabeth City State manifests Tynesha Lewis' vision with CIAA title. No. Elizabeth City State womens basketball is back in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament championship, but the Vikings still arent satisfied. Eric Butler scored 21 points and Jaquantae Harris added 19 points for the Vikings, who trailed 31-29 at the half. 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 . Elizabeth City State manifests Tynesha Lewis vision with CIAA title, HBCU Gameday x Protect Your Skull Player of the Year. Learn how your comment data is processed. As the game wound down in the second half, the Lions pulled away late to claim the win. "I am extremely proud that Zahrion received the honor of CIAA Player of the Year," said Lowery. For Johnson C. Smith, the loss marks the end of an improbable tournament run. 1 Fayetteville State in the quarterfinals. What a game. Banks and London were on the CIAA All-Rookie team last season. The six-foot-five forward led the Panthers in assists per game (3.3; fourth in the conference) and steals per game (1.4). We knew we had to take care of the ball, Curtis said. 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. Winston-Salem State coach Cleo Hill Jr., who led the Rams to its second conference title since 2020, was pleased with the environment in and around Baltimore. The Lions only scored 11, so the lead widened. I Never Thought the HOG Would Be in this Situation. I think we did that.. Cleveland started all 16 CIAA games, 18 total, finished third on the team with 9.7 points per game. 11 and 12 seeds, respectively. In 2022, the tournament drew 66,000 fans and had a total economic impact of $19.6 million, according to Visit Baltimore. With 1:37 left, the Broncos managed to cut the lead to 50-47, but Foster, Ridges, and Coleman all missed 3s down the stretch. BALTIMORE, MD (February 20, 2023)-The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) announces the 2022-23 Women's and Men's Basketball All-CIAA Team, All-Rookie team, and superlatives as selected by the Basketball Coaches Association and Sports Information Directors Association. The No. 2 Fayetteville State 49. 5 seed, followed by No. Belotis six blocks against Lincoln were the most by a CIAA freshman in a game this season. From theciaa.com: Atlanta, GA (August 14, 2019) - The Black College Football Hall of Fame (BCFHOF) announced today the 2019 Watch List for the Black College Football Player of the Year Award with nine players from the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) being named to the list.The list of CIAA players on BCFHOF watch list is led by Fayettville State Blue is the first Lincoln men's basketball player to earn Player of the Year honors from the CIAA, and the fifth LU student-athlete third this year to pick up Player of the Year laurels. Claflin finished the regular season as the No. Teels jumper, which swished through the hoop with 11.3 seconds remaining, was the game-winner in No. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, the CIAA is governed by the Presidents and Chancellors of its 12 member-institutions: Bowie State University,ClaflinUniversity, Elizabeth City State University, Fayetteville State University, Johnson C. Smith University, Lincoln University of Pennsylvania, Livingstone College, Saint Augustine's University, Shaw University, Virginia State University, Virginia Union University, and Winston-Salem State University. 6 Shaw University, No. Each bracket is seeded 1 through 12 based on conference winning percentage. 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. Faye is the CIAA Men's Defensive Player of the Year after finishing the regular season ranked second in Division II in blocks per game (3.4). [Armfield] can play. Fourth-seeded Claflin begins play on Thursday at 8 p.m. against the winner of Tuesday's 12:30 p.m. game pitting Winston-Salem State and St.. Virginia Union led 39-32 midway through the second half, but the Rams came back to tie the game at 41 and take their first lead of the game with 3:36 remaining. Print Friendly Version Players Mentioned #3 His 7.4 rebounds per game rank third in the CIAA and thesophomore from Dakar, Senegal also averaged 7.1 points per gamefor the Vikings. Winston-Salem defeated Virginia Union 45-44 to advance in the 2023 CIAA men's basketball finals at CFG Bank Arena.Feb. 24, 2023. Learn how your comment data is processed. Her five offensive boards per game place her second in Division II. He doesn't look for applause and he is willing to accept any role the program needs. BALTIMORE >> All year long, the Lincoln University men's basketball team was playing tough, keeping close with everyone they ran into. They would never trail again. In tennis, Hill earned five conference titles and was a three-time CIAA Tennis Coach of the Year (2002, 2003, & 2007). Isaac Parson had 12 points and seven assists and Nathan Springs also chipped in 12 points. The Bears will play for their 12th CIAA title in Saturdays 4 p.m. championship game. Hill coached volleyball,tennis, women's basketball, and men's & women's cross country at Fayetteville State. The Vikings concluded their season at 13-16 overall. SU London 23, Seymour 16, Pollard 14, Jones 3, Jordan 2, James 1. Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. Defensively, he wanted the challenge. The Lions tacked on 44 points in the paint and gathered a 30-point performance from its bench. No. Banks and London were on the CIAA All-Rookie team last season. Winston-Salem State and Claflin face off Thursday at 8 p.m. in the semifinals. The trio of Osborne, Tate, and Wright combined to score 66 of the Panthers' 75 points. Thats what he is for us. Shaniya Jones and Bowens were just outstanding, Lewis said. During the post-game press conference head coach Tynesha Lewis talked about manifesting this championship before the team even left North Carolina for Baltimore. I feel like we let a lot of people down last year.. Show Transcript. Shaw womens basketball prides itself on tough, hard-nosed defense. The rest of the list includes Cannedy, Faye, Lincoln (PA)'s Korey Williams, Bowie State's Quinton Drayton, Jaylon Gibson from Winston-Salem State, and Livingstone's Khyree Temple. Tanayja London and Brittiney Seymour combined to score 39 points to help Shaw advance to the CIAA final against top-seeded Lincoln (PA) in the CIAA Tournament at CFG Bank Arena on Friday. 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. CIAA basketball tournament headed toward thrilling finish. The Lions will face fifth-seeded Winston Salem State in Saturdays 1 p.m. championship game. 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. The league and partners spent the rest of the year planning for what seemed possible then before the basketball season and tournament were canceled. A preseason all-forward selection, Blue has been pivotal in Lincoln's success this season as the Lions navigated a couple of key injuries and started three freshmen for most of the season. Lincoln (PA)shot 52.2 percent shooting from the field, including 62.5 percent from beyond the arc. Founded in 1912, theCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA)isthefirst,and longest running, African American athletic conference in the U.S. and one of the most recognized conferences in Division II. Cress Worthy, Fayetteville State: Worthy ranked seventh in scoring (13.3), fifth in assists (3.2) and eighth in steals (1.5). Hilliard, a Seventy-First High product, was the CIAA Rookie of the Year during the 2005-06 men's basketball season for the Vikings. Figures for this years tournament have yet to be released. Saturday's feat . I thought throughout the city, you could see that the CIAA Tournament was here.. Armfield, the Food Lion Game MVP, helped the Vikings build a 47-38 lead . Fields is the CIAA Women's Defensive Player of the Year after lifting Lincoln (PA) to a Northern Division title and the No. The Rams (21-8) captured their 13th CIAA title and second in the past three years under head coach Cleo Hill Jr. Hill follows the strong foundation laid by the late, legendary Clarence "Big House" Gaines, who led the program to an NCAA Division II championship. Last season, as a No. One of the top two-way players in the CIAA, Blue totaled a CIAA-best 143defensive rebounds and averaged 1.5steals per game, which ranks top five in the conference. The Kings Mountain, NC native shot 43.5 percent from the field, 38 percent from deep, and 79 percent from the charity stripe-- all top-five shooting splits in the CIAA. Kaleb Coleman nailed a clutch three-pointer with 21 seconds left to give No. Offensively, Elmore was also one of the top scorers in the conference at 12.9points per game. 2 seed in the tournament despite losing her four top scorers from 2021-22. The second-seeded Lincoln (PA)Lions (19-8) heated up when it counted to take a 78-57 win over the seventh-seeded Virginia State Trojans (12-16) in the Quarterfinalsof the 2023 CIAATournament. 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. Osborne, the CIAA Men's Player of the Year, averaged20.6 points per game to lead the CIAA, and his nine rebounds per game rank second. Anyssa Fields led the No. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. How does this relate to Elizabeth City State winning the championship? While seeing a final score for an NCAA Division II mens basketball game in the 40s is atypical, the slugfest wasnt as surprising considering Virginia Union (23-7) and Winston-Salem State (20-8) both sport two of the top three scoring defenses in the CIAA. FSU stole the lead in the fourth and grew its command to seven points but JCSU never wavered. 3 seed, followed by No. The last time the Broncos were the top team entering the tournament was in2019-20 when they won the conference championship. The Bulldogs, Golden Bulls, and Falcons are all tied at 5-11 in conference play, however, Johnson C. Smith owns the tiebreaker over St. Augustines due to head-to-head point differential and Bowie State holds the edge over the Golden Bulls, thanks to a head-to-head win on December 17. "It's magic. We were able to get them to turn the ball over more than normal, and to be able to score off of that.. Blue is the first Lincoln men's basketball player to earn Player of the Year . The Basketball Tournament has been honored as a 2019 Champion of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism by Sports Destination Management, the leading publication with the largest circulation of sports event planners and tournament directors in the sports tourism market, for both 2018 and 2019. CIAA Basketball Tournament gets rave reviews after second year in Baltimore. They deserve it, everything ECSU has gotten, they got it out of the mud. (Kevin Richardson / Baltimore Sun) Winston-Salem State guard Amaya Tucker was named the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association women's basketball Player of the Year, but it was Shaw's. Set to play in Tuesdaysopening round of the tournament, Elizabeth City State University receives the No. The Panthers from Richmond, Virginia, led for almost the entire game, but each time they started to pull away, the Rams from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, battled back to stay within reach. LU Garita 11, Hudson 11, Williams 10, Cleveland 8, Sorber 7, Young 4, Coates-Sinues 2. 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. The Broncos (17-12) had two players score in double figures, led by Coleman, who had 13 points and hit a three-pointer inside the final 30 second to help season the game. Men's Basketball Friday at 8 p.m., Lincoln (PA) will take on the winner of the Winston-Salem State/Shaw quarterfinal game, which is slated to tip off tomorrow afternoon. CIAA 2022 All-Conference and All-Rookie Teams announced, HBCU Gameday x Protect Your Skull Player of the Year. In the CIAA, Tucker is also second in steals per game with 2.9 and sixth in assists (2.9). Virginia Union University's Raemaad Wright has been named the CIAA Men's Basketball Defensive Player of the Week, the CIAA announced on Tuesday, January 3. 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. 8 Johnson C. Smith, 53-52, at CFG Bank Arena on Friday. 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. Learn how your comment data is processed. Required fields are marked *. Raemaad Wright added 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Panthers. Its unfortunate, obviously, but I am proud of my teammates, Jones said. In addition to being named rookie of the year, Howard was a 2022-23All-CIAA selection.Cannedy finished the regular season as a top-five scorer in the conference as a freshman, averaging 15.4 points per game to earn CIAA Mens Rookieof the Year honors. Last June, Baltimore officials and the CIAA agreed to maintain the basketball tournament in the city through the 2025 season. He boosted his scoring slightly in conference games to 10.1 points per game, including a 25-point effort at Shaw late in the season. This year, the all-rookie team features Winston-Salem States Jakaiya Mack, Virginia Unions Zoila Martinez, Shaws Tanashia Hairston, and Lincoln (PA)s DAyzha Atkinson joining Howard on the list.Butler was named the CIAA Mens Basketball Coach of the Year after Virginia Union grabbed the Northern Division crown for the second straight year and led the Panthers to a 9-1 division record, a 12-4 conference mark, and a 22-6 overall record. Players like Zahrion are special to coach and I am thrilled that he received this prestigious recognition.". 3 seed entering the tournament. Head coach Janice Washington and the No. It's the first time since the CIAA starting. 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). Your email address will not be published. Coming into this program where we know what happened last year, it just makes us that much more hungry.. LU Field 11, Montgomery 10, Pollock 9, Atkinson 9, Walker 4, Brown 2. The four finalists for the 2022 Naismith Trophy Women's Defensive Player of the Year have been announced. Hill coached cross country from 1989-1994, women's tennis from 2002-2008, and volleyball from 1991-2008. The second half was all Shaw. The Broncos held a 13-5 rebounding edge during the run. 6 seed Shaw 55-40 for its first ever CIAA women's basketball title at CFG . We had played them earlier in the year, and we had a 30-point lead at our place, and we lost it at the buzzer, he said. Armstrong said the Lions learned from their mistakes earlier in the year against Fayetteville State. Before Teels game-winner, Osborne had the chance to extend Virginia Unions lead, but he was denied getting the ball down low and then missed a 3-pointer while being guarded by Jaylen Alston (nine points). 3 seed entering the tournament. Reggie Hudson finished with 13 points, six rebounds, and five assists while Freddie Young, Jr. added 10 points and seven assists. By Domonique Whitehurst. But some say Davius Richard should hold the title, SWAC found incorrect application of rules in controversial Alabama State-Alabama A&M finish, Ex-Jackson State QB Shedeur Sanders named top Black college football player, Several DSU bowlers injured in bus wreck released from hospital, others remain, school says. HBCU Gameday x Protect Your Skull Player of the Year. 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