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CIAA TOURNAMENT 2012
Men's Basketball Review
By Aaron Willtams
CIAA Second Round FSU
v.s. St. Augustine College
It was any team’s ball game. In the last
game of the day, the ending horn sounded
slightly after 12:30 a.m., and Fayetteville
State Men’s Basketball team emerged as one
of the champions of the night defeating the
St. Augustine’s Falcons 65-53.
They say the small man can’t really per
form among a team of giants, but FSU Junior
Seth Hawkins, 5'5", who totaled nine points
in the game, surely proved that theory false
with his back-to-back three pointers from the
arch, giving the Broncos room to gain a late
14-1 lead run over the Falcons.
Although Hawkins scored all of his points
at 20 feet from the goal, Tyrell Tate assisted
the team with the big plays down low on the
glass winning the game MVP with 14 points,
nine rebounds and one steal. Post player,
John Herrington, followed up with 11 points
and five rebounds.
The Falcons were really trying to gain
some cushion to get the game back in their
hands. The turnover rate was high and the
lead change had happened 15 times; 12 of
those times were just before the end of the
first half However the Broncos responded
quickly and capped a 12-point lead over
the Falcons by the three minute mark of the
second half
It truly took a while for Fayetteville
State to find some range to move around
the hardwood. In the first half alone the
Broncos suffered seven turnovers on steals
by the Falcons putting them in an uncom
fortable five point deficit at halflime. They
really needed some kind of comprehen
sive plan to keep the glass hot. Surely they
found it and took off running the game well
past two hours.
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Voice Photo by Aaron Williams
Fayetteville State University's Seth Hawkins (4), junior guard and Andre
Best (11), junior point guard block St. Augustine College's Jerenny Banks
(3), senior guard; during the CIAA Tournament.
CIAA Quarterfinals FSU v.^. Shaw
By Aaron Williams
Coach Alphonza Kee really tried to find
an opening for the boys to come through on
an execution for the game changer. Unfortu
nately, the Shaw Bears did not waiver when
it came to finishing out on their big leads
over the Broncos, clearing themselves for
the semifinals against Winston-Salem. The
Broncos overall played well. They did their
best to keep up with the fifth ranked team in
Division II basketball. They definitely look
forward to a promising season in the upcom
ing 2012-2013 school year.
“We played great...we played hard and
that’s all you can ask for from your players at
the end of the day. We walk out of here heads
held high for such an accomplishment,” said
Kee during a post-game conference after the
team’s 90-77 loss to the CIAA Southern Di
vision Champions.
Tyrell Tate, FSU sophomore, had scored
15 for the ni^t and totaled eight rebounds.
Tim Plummer, FSU senior, led the team with
16 points while John Herrington followed up
with nine points and 4 rebounds. This was
Plummer’s ofiicial farewell to the conference
as he prepares to graduate in the spring.
The Broncos adjusted to the flow of the
game and tried to make some wiggle room to
get out of the large leads that the Shaw Bears
had over them. In the first half, the Broncos
managed to gain some wiggle room making
it easy for a possible lead change; only down
by two (33-31). However, Shaw’s powerful
offense with three back to back fast breaks
put the game at 39-34. Coach Kee tried some
great plays, in an effort to stop Shaw, how
ever the Shaw Bears, Coach Cleo Hill, kept
the pace in Shaw’s favor dominating the first
half
Shaw’s ability to maintain their shooting
averages just above 49 percent aided them in
securing several clear runs in the second half
Shaw senior, Malik Alvin, the
5’ 11” starting point guard, got into
some serious foul trouble. Nor
mally when your players are in
deep with fouls they are sat down.
Coach Hill did not think that was
necessary, so he played his best
shooter throughout the duration
of the game. Alvin topped a total
of 19 points, three rebounds and a
game high of seven steals.
The Shaw Bears survived the
encounter with the Broncos and
Winston-Salem went on to win
the conference championship ver
sus Elizabeth City State (62-51).
The Broncos made some great at
tempts to take the win. They will,
without doubt, seek another shot
at the CIAA Conference title in
2013.
Voice Photo by Antonk) Monro®
Left: Fayetteville State Univeristy's Anthony
Shelton (12), freshman guard, defended
Shaw University's Malik Alvin (2), senior
pK)int guard during the CIAA Tournament
game.