WWMCS 3, 20U - THS OASOLWATIMFS
For The Week of March 4-10. 2014
Fame Sports Photo
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: SIAC
Player of the Year, Ashley
Watts of Paine, leads Div.. II in
scoring (26.7ppg.)and leads
I 2013-14 BLACK COLLEGE BASKETBALL (FINAL SIAC Standings, MEAC & SWAC Standings and Honors thru 3/3/1,
MEAC
MEN
Mig Eastern.
CONF
North Carolina Central 14 1
Hampton
/.Norfolk State
^Morgan State
Savannah State
FloridaA&M
- Coppin State
'SC State
Delaware State -
■ Howard
NC A&T State
/Bethune-Cookman
Md. E. Shore -.
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■ Athletic Conference
; QI A ^ Sour hern Intercollegiate
Athletic; Conference
WOMEN
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Hampton
N.CA&T
Coppin Slate :
..Savannah-State
.Florid
Norfolk State
Bethune.-Cpokman
Howard
SC Stale
N O' Central .
Md E Shore
Morgan State
Delaware State
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■ FINAL-MEN
' EAST DIVISION
: Fort Valley State
• Albany State
Paine
: ClarkAtlanta
^ ‘ Benedict
Claflin. -
: Morehouse
WEST DIVISION
■ Tuskegee
; .Stillman '
18 j Kentucky State
20
24
19
LeMoyne-Owen
■ Miles
■ Lane
CONF
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7 16 12
7 15 11
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SWAC
MEN
# Southern
Alabama State
Texas Southern
# Ark. Pine Bluff
Ala15ama-A&M
Alcorn State
Jackson State
Prairie View A&M
» Miss: Valley St.
# Grambling State
SOUTHWESTERN
Athletic Conference
SWAC ATHLETIC^
HOOPS
TOURNEY
SEASON
the Lady Lions into the SIAC
CONTINUES Tourney in Birmingham.
. MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
.PLAYER - -
. "Deron Powers, 5-11 3o G' HAMPTON Shatip ofZO-
-.•.-r...(ZO^ itami the Ilo^ the ate ih nuts'
' over UMES andTIpribi Stale^HM'20 pi: 5 rebound:
and a::i:t: v: OMES 23 pl: 5 board: 3 a::i:t: and.
■ 4 Steals vs 1130 Aisoc.mneo 10 of ’2 FT:
MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
k^ER.---'- - j *
Raven Bankston 5-' Fr 5 DELAWARESTATE-A^-
age^Suctas SOrebouiids 20assi$ts 1 :steaisana
1 unlocks m t.yo conference games Hid career -nigti ??
point 111 ;.'Hiover Howard -.-.nn 6 boards and 2 assists
CIAA CROWNS CHAMPS, RE-UPS IN CHARLOTTE;
SWAC MAKES BIG CHANGE TO HOOPS TOURNEY
James Daniel 5 11 Fr G HOWARD -.
points 20 rebound: 25 a::i:i: and 4 :
games Got 20 pt: 2 rebound: 4 a:si:1:
pt: 2 boards and steal: ys Die
Malia Tate-DeFreitas - - • ■ .- HAMPTON Stalled
IISU Funsned aim 26 points 3 rebounds ana
sts 111 4in over UMES
Kendall Gray 6
DSU
VictoriaGonzalez'■ ' -. HOWARD '.
uncis
ccoring 23 pent: ■
SU anaDeiState Diockea J snots .-.an 3stealsts
Also a-.yragea 14 5 points
FINAL WOMEN
: EAST DIVISION
^-Albany State ^ ^
; Benedict
Clark Atlanta
: Fort Valley State
Claflin
: Paine
WEST DIVISION
: Tuskegee
Kentucky-State
Stillman
: LeMoyne-Owen
: Miles
; Lane
CONF
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CIAA TOURNAMENT
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME RECAPS
ON THE MARK: CIAA Player of the Year. 5-10
Livingstone guard Mark Thomas, averaged
26.3 points in three tournament games to add
the men's tourney MVP honor to his collection
and lead the Blue Bears to their first-ever CIAA
tournament title. The Saginaw. Michigan native
had 28 points vs. St. Augustine's in the quarter-
finals. anbthei:.28 in the semis vs. Fayetteville
State and 23 in the championship game vs...
Winston-Salem State. / A ,
• Photo by Joe Daniels
MEN
Livingstone wins its first-ever CIAA Tournament -
title, 83-68 over Winston-Salem State
('HARI.() I I 1.. N(' - South Div ision lop,secd Livingstone
built a 20-poinl second-hull' lead and stav cd off a laic Winston-
Salem State rally to vvin its first-ever men's CIAA Basketball
Tournament title. 83-68 in the ev ent's 69th year. aiThe Time War-
1.000 students, reached the championship game in the pastTwo
tournaments but.came up short. I bis lime the Blue Bears were
not to be denied.
nament M\T'Mark Thomas and'fellow al I-conf erence guard
Jod) Hill. Jr., led the Blue Bettis with 23 anil 21 points respec-
field in both halves with Thomas and Hill hitting
overall including 5 of 12 from beyond the arc.
Liv ingstone pulled away Ironra 35-28 halltii
config
Johnson C. Smith when they came from 16 points dow n late to
.parked a 17-4 run capped by a Marquez Jones lay up lo pull ihc
But on the ensuing possession W SSI 6-5 lorn aril Wy kev in
seemed to take the lire out of the W SSL press and the Blue Bear-
. tiles and Hill had-six to salt away the win.
Mayo bad 7 points and a game-high 17 rebounds. Javan Wells
led four Rams in double figures with 16 points, Jones had 15.
Preston Ross 13 and T) re Desmore I I
tame
Welch. Wells fed WSSB with 12 points in the first hull.
Photo by Joe Daniels
• ON GUARD: Shaw point guard Kamiya Bur
well (1). a 5-6 senior from Bridgeport, Ct., av-
SIAC Tourney tips
LUT WILLIAMS
BCSP Editor
Al l AN I A I he 81st Southern intercol
legiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Basketball
Tournaments tipped off Monday. March 3 anil will
venue, the Bill Harris Arena in the Birmingham
In die men's bracket. I astern I )iv ision champ
Fort Valley State (19 8). Western Div ision champ
Tuskegee (15-11) and West Division second seed
- Stillman (16-12) earned first-round byes and will
play Wednesday anil I hursilay in the men's quar
terlinals,
In the women's bracket. I astern Division
champ Albany State (19 5) and Western Division
champ Tuskegee (16-10). along with Hast /and
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Il Ineligtle lor conference title Postseason play
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# Southern
Texas Southern
Prairie View A&M
Jackson State
Alabama State
Grambling State
Miss. Valley St.
Alcorn State
Alabama A&M
Ark. Pine Bluff
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SWAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
PLAYER
D'Aris Scarver 6-2, Sr.. G. TEXAS SOUTHERN -
Averaged 17 O.points and 7.5 rebounds in two wins
Got 13 pdmts and 7 rebounds in win over Alabama
ASM and had 21 points and 8 boards in win over
Alabama State.
NEWCOMER
Aaric Murray. 6-10 Sr. C TEXAS SOUTHERN
- Aveiaged 15 0 points and 5 5 rebounds in two
wins Tallied 19 points with 12 lebounds in win over
Alabama ASM Added II points and 2 rebounds in
win over Alabama State
«lixiligtofe lor Conference bite - Postseason
SWAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
PLAYER
Nakiya Smith. 5-7. Sr . G/F. ALABAfe
• Averaged 24 5 points, making 16^
157.1'^1 from the field and 17 of 21 FT,
in two key wins. Made 9 of 14 shots,
FTs for game-high 24 points as
knocked off first-place Texas Southed
points, making 7 of 14 shots and 11d)
win over Pi airie View.
NEWCOMER
Dennisha Chambers, 5-6. Fr.. PG. GI^
• Averaged 13 0 points. 5 assists am
in two wins Scored 15 points. with2tik
assists and 3 steals in win over UAPB
II points with 4 rebounds. 5 assists in
in win over MVSU
in B'minghan
C. A&T (13-2) and Coppin State (12-4)
clinched the lop three places and first round
MONDAY, MARCH 3 - RESULTS
WOMEN
# 5E Claflin 71. MW LeMoyne-Owen 65
# 4E Fort Valley State 71. #5W Miles 69
MEN
# 5W Miles 76. #4E Clark Atlanta 74
#5E Benedict 64, #4W LeMoyne-Owen 61. OT
TUESDAY, MARCH 4
WOMEN
#3E Clark Atlanta vs #6W Lane
#3W Stillman vs. #6E Paine
West second seeds Benedict (I “ 9) and Kentucky t
State ( 12 14) got byes into Wednesday and I hui'
day's quarterfinal round.
nounceil Monthly with bort Wiley State senior
swingman Brandon have) (men) and Paine ju
Lnior guard Aside) Watts (women) voted players
' NCCU men, Hampton women clinch
MEAC regular season titles, top seeds
I he North Carolina ( entraf t 14-1) men in
' created iheiTAv in streak- hr l6gamcs and clinched
nah State. I he I agios hay c atov
home games.They uni-sh the rect
! road I„ hursilay at Xorlolk Slate.
MEN
# 3E Paine vs. #6W Lane
# 3W Kentucky State vs. #6E Claflin
# 2E Albany State vs #7E ; Morehouse
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 5
WOMEN QUARTERFINALS
# 1E Albany State vs Claflin
1 #1W Tuskegee vs Fort Valley State
MEN QUARTERFINALS
# 1E Fort Valley State vs Benedict'
# 1W Tuskegee vs Miles
THURSDAY. MARCH 6
■ WOMEN QUARTERFINALS
# 2W Kentucky-State vs. CAU/Lane winner
# 2E Benedict vs. Stillman/Paine winner
MEN QUARTERFINALS
# 2W Stillman vs. Paine/Lane'winner
ASU/MHC winner vs. KSU/Claflih winner
Friday; march 7
.-WOMEN SEMIFINALS
MEN'S SEMIFINALS .
, cr S-n-lll SATURDAY. MARCH 7
‘ FINALS
-- Mniiglu - wom! pSfji.als
jsoifmi ^
t he win guarantees LeVelhgMoton's 1 aglcs
MF.A( tournament in Norfolk and an automatic
the MI A(' lournameni title. \nd with a sparklm;
2 15 p.m.
6:45 p.m.
12 noon
4:30 p.m.
9 p:m.
1 00 p m
5 30 pm
3.15 pm
7.45 pm.
TOO pm.
5:30 p.m.
3:15 p.m.
7:45 p.m.
1 and 5:30 p m.
3 15 and 7 45 pm
SWAC announces key decision
involving basketball tournamei
Iwo key decisions have drastically chs
the make-up for the March 11-15 SWAClii
menls in Houston.
harly last week. Southern and the N|
announced in a joint statement ihal the comp
of academic performance data regarding Sou
athletes would not be completed in enough
lo make Southern w inter sports teams cligiH
N'( AA postseason competition. I hal decisiu
an end lo speculation whether Southern v
compile the data in lime to be eligible lore
and women's basketball or bowling lilies.
But the SWA(' announced late Iasi wed
it was amending its automatic qualifying,
and would allow teams barred from NCAA
- die men of Southern. Arkansas-Pine I
Mississippi Valley State and Grambling an
ovomen of Southern - to compete in nexlvi
SW AC Basketball Tournament.
The old policy did not allow member iJ
lions that are not eligible for the NCAA pm
son lo participate in SWAC season-ending
hamenl and championship games, but the ch
does allow for it.
5 00 pm,
8 00 pm •
io Honda A&M (63 60). its last defeat 1
Hampton (12 3) has clinched one of the
other two first-round byes in the tournament:
Xorlolk 'Dale (II 4) htis a hall game lead oxer
Morgan State ( 10-5) lor third place and the final
sday. Morgan closes the season ar Howard.
One the women's side. Hampton t 15 (f), X.
BCSP Notes
eraged 13 3 points and 7 2 assists towin the CIAA Tournament to stay in Charlotte another
-women's tournament -MVP honor and lead’ !
the Lady;Bears to their fourth straight CIAA T
Tournament title Burwell had 15 points and 8" ;
assists vs. Lincoln. 7 points and 9 assists in a ...:
semifinal win vs. Virginia State and capped it
off with 18 points and 6 assists in the champi-' f
six years; Headquarters to relocate there
(HARlOl II . X. . I he Central Intercollegiate Athletic As
sociation K IAAI announced a deal Monday wnh the cily lol • harlouc
Io keep (he league's men’s and women's Basketball lournameni in North
( aforina''
onship game win over Fayetteville State She j headquarters' from Hampioifjo harlouc.
appears here with the team and MVP trophy.
I he agreement end-
eventually min
WOMEN
Perennial champ Shaw staves off Fayetteville
State, 73-70 for fourth straight title
CHARLOI II.. NC - While the CIAA men's tournament
crowned a Ijrsi-exer champion, the womens lournameni saxy
Shaw grab its fourth straight title holding off Fayetteville State
Shaw and head coach Jacques Curtis's ninth title in 12
i third-most attended lournameni in all of the N( AA. would be mov me lo
: anoiher venue. :
I he decision comes onihe heels of the 69ih Annual Men's lourna-
men! and 40lh Annual Women's lournameni which was held Iasi Deck
and was the ninth subsequent ycardie event has been held in ( harlouc.
I he new six-year agreement would commit die Cily of ( harlouc.
' Mecklenburg County and ( harlouc Regional \ isitors Ainhonix (( RVA)
j to provide various benclits. including S1.4 million in funding annuallx.
A proceeds' fronvwhich will be distributed among ihe 12 conference col
behind I St (21-7) and split with the Duly Broncos during the’'
regular season. But they controlled this game after tailing behind
early. building a 42-33 lead al die break. . ..
FSU continued balding, pulling within one twice early
in the second half, the last time al 51-50 on an Amber Calx in
juniper w ith 13:56 left. ShaxX responded w itli a 10-0 run. capped : ...
by a Kamiya Burwell layup lo go up 61-50 before the I.adx.’ '
Broncos made their final pushes.
Calvin hit back-to-back 3s at the end of a 13-4 run and .
scored nine points in the run dial pulled I SI to wiibin 65-63
play lo pull FSU Within 69-6X at the 1:34 mark.
Flic teams exchanged lurnovcis until Burwell canned four !
free throws oxer the lilial :20 seconds, offsetting 1 St s De'aira ,
Smith's layup with :OX seconds left. I St N Akysia Resper's
long 3-point auempt fora tie at the buzzer fell short: .
Burwell led four double-figure scoring Fatly Bears with 1.8
honors. Diamond Mitchell and Ariel Mitchell bad 14 points,
each w bile Verdine Warner had III.
Calvin had IS points, one less than 6-5 junior center Defa
Middleton's 19. Middleton also posted game-highs of 13 re
bounds anil three blocks.
lotic in die near liniirc. w nh specilictimmg and location to be determined.
XC \ \ Division I Men's and Women's Bask
Committees to amend our men's and wot
basketball automatic qualification policy til
X( AA lournameni.' SW AC ( ommissionerl
I he conference basketball tournanic
both men and women will still determine lb
lomalic berths into both NCAA champion
I he eligible team that advances lurtheslii
conference tournaments will receive the;
malic berth to the NCAA championships.il
event of a tie. the automatic berths will go)
Southern (13-2) has clinched the men's!
lar sea^in title and lop sced for next week's!
nament.
I he relocation will enable die conference, the CRVA and other ( Ih
cniilics to more cllcelively pariner in the community, prov iding inu
visibility lor die ( TAA and helping to secure enhanced sponsorship
cljuing the 12 member-institutions.
"We look forward lo forging an even more enhanced, collate
and positive partnership with the Cily of ( harlouc." said CIAA Colli
sionci Jacqie Carpenter in the release. "It's been a home dial hits
embraced the lournameni and we look forward lo growing the moiiw
that.will help b shape the next generation of this ex ent."
"()n the heels of such a tremendous lournameni. this news co:
have come al a better time." says ( harlouc Mayor Patrick Cannon.'
. economic generator, that attracts lens of thousands of visitors hcre;i
fuses millions of dollars info our local economy, will pax divideml
I he conference and ( RVA intend lo formalize details of the |»'
ship over die coming months, I he conference also announced thill
ticket, hotel and event details are already in the planning siagesh
2015 lournameni. Fans can go 10 lheCIAA.com lo register ion
more details as soon as they arc available - planned for early June.
20 14 CIAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS ( Men's & Women's Results and Honors)
MEN
OPENING ROUND
Johnson C Smith-89 Va. Union 85. OT
St Augustine's 79 Chowan.73
SECOND ROUND
St Augustine's 74. Shaw 5 ( - -
J C Smith 82. Virginia State 63 '
QUARTERFINALS
Livingstone 75 St Augustine's 63 -
J. C.-Smith 81. Bowie State 77 *
Fayetteville State 81. Lincoln 74
W-Satem State 74. Eliz. City State 70
SEMIFINALS
Livingstone 79. Fayetteville State 73
W-Salem State 78. J C. Smith 71
FINALS
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Jody Hill. Jr. Livingstone
Mark-;Thomas. Livingstone
AMam Bailey. Livingstone
■ Marquezjine^^
Preston Ross' WSSU
Emilio Parks. JC Smith
Lamarpus LetChaw; JC Smith
Antwan Wilkerson..JC Smith
. Tyrell Tate. Fayetteville State - :
Juwan Addison. Fayetteville State
WOMEN
OPENING ROUND
St Augustine's 57 Eliz City State 48
- Virginia Union 73-. Livingstone 50
- Lincoln 64 Winston-Salem State 62
’Johnson C. Smith.57. Chowan 49
QUARTERFINALS
. Virginia Union 73.. BoWie State 53
Shaw 71. Lincoln 56
Fayetteville State 70. J C. Smith 47
Virginia State 85. St. Augustine's .60 -
ALL-TOURNAMENT TErt
Amber Calvin. Fayetteville 1
Diamond Mitchell. Shaw
Melyse Brown. Virginia Unio'
Deja Middleton. Fayetteville Sil
Kamiya Burwell. Shaw
Pryncess Tate-Dublin. Virginia'
Akysia Resper. Fayetteville 9
Verdine Warner. Shaw
Ashle Freeman. Virginia Unio'
Micah Brooks. Shaw
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Mark Thomas. Livingstone
SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
SEMIFINALS
Fayetteville State 64. Virginia Union 57
Shaw 60. Virginia State 59
FINALS
Shaw 73. Virginia State 70
MOST VALUABLE PLATE 5
Kamiya Burwell. Shaw
SPORTSMANSHIP AWA®