Shaniya Jones and Bowens were just outstanding, Lewis said. Charlotte, NC - The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) introduces 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. Shaw (Tanayja London & Brittiney Seymour) and Lincoln (PA) (Kania Pollock & Fields) each placed two players on the listing. We knew we had to take care of the ball, Curtis said. Joining Cannedy on the 2022-23 CIAA All-Rookie team is Nehemiah Johnson (St. Augustine's), Pharoah Lassiter (Livingstone), Jaquantae Harris (Elizabeth City State), and Freddie Young, Jr. from Lincoln (PA). Hill earned her fifth title in 2007. The Golden Bulls held on to its one-point lead after the third frame despite both teams scoring 15 points apiece. The Women's Basketball All-CIAA Team has three players from Johnson C. Smith (Howard, Shaniya Jones , and Le'Zarea Bowens ), the most in 2022-23. Additionally, Osborne's13 double-doubles on the season are tied for third in Division II. 2 Lions with 11 points. Butler was named the CIAA Men's 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. The CIAA delivers the best HBCU basketball tournament production on full display at the Baltimore Convention Center until Saturday's title games. ECS Armfield 20, Hashim 9, Banks 5, Nowlin 5, Kinney 4, Pitts 4, Blango 2, King 2, Adams 2. The improvements they made, they were visible. On the following possession, the Panthers' Robert Osborne (2023 CIAA Player . 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. In the CIAA, Tucker is also second in steals per game with 2.9 and sixth in assists (2.9). + - Returning 2021-22 Womens Defensive Player of the Year, Lincoln (PA) Continues Run, Edging Out Fayetteville State 53-49 to Advance to CIAA Men's Basketball Championship, Lincoln (PA) and Winston-Salem State Men Punch Tickets to CIAA Semifinals, CIAA Announces 2022-23 Women's & Men's Basketball All-CIAA & Superlatives, CIAA Announces Men's & Women's Basketball Weekly Honors #14, Official Site of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association. WS Teel 13, Alston 9, Springs 8, Wilkins 4, Shaw 4, Parker 3, Parson 3, Fennell 1. Coach Clarence "Big House" Gaines (WSSU) earned 12 CIAA titles and 828 career wins; which ranked second all-time at the time of his retirement. Led by head coach Jay Butler,Panthers finished the regular season with a 12-4 record in CIAA action and earned their second consecutive Northern Division title. Fifth-year senior Bryanna Brown (New York, N.Y./Bishop Loughlin) was named the 2022 Food Lion CIAA Women's Basketball Player of the Year, marking the second consecutive season a Lincoln University women's basketball player has picked up the CIAA honor. 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. She nearly pulled off the double-double with nine points as well. They sparked a second-half rally that erased an eight-point deficit and gave the Bears a two-point lead on three different occasions. After the way Lincoln (17-13) played in the semifinals Friday night, he might just be right. Tucker, Aniylah Bryant from Fayetteville State, Virginia States Sommer Blakemore, Virginia Unions Ny Langley, and Lauren Banks from St. Augustines make up the rest of the all-conference team. Junior forward Kamani Jones led the VSU rebounding effort with 10 boards. Reggie Hudson and Ethan Garita led the Lions with 11 points each. (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. 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. I thought throughout the city, you could see that the CIAA Tournament was here.. Its magic. Elizabeth City State manifests Tynesha Lewis vision with CIAA title, HBCU Gameday x Protect Your Skull Player of the Year. Each teamwill receive a bye in the opening round as a result of being a top-four seed. 5 Elizabeth City State 53, No. HBCU Gameday x Protect Your Skull Player of the Year. Winston-Salem State and Claflin face off Thursday at 8 p.m. in the semifinals. In his senior campaign Anthony Hilliard heads the conference in scoring 23.6ppg, 591 total points and rebounding 11.6rpg; 290 total. 3 seed, followed by No. MaKenzie Pollard (Western) led the Bears with six points, as Shaw held a 14-8 lead after the first quarter. The Broncos held a 13-5 rebounding edge during the run. BALTIMORE >> All year long, the Lincoln University men's basketball team was playing tough, keeping close with everyone they ran into. Robert Osborne and Keleaf Tate each pumped in 26 points as top seed Virginia Union pulled away in the second half to beat No. Cress Worthy, Fayetteville State: Worthy ranked seventh in scoring (13.3), fifth in assists (3.2) and eighth in steals (1.5). Navar Elmore of Livingstone College was selected as CIAA Mens Defensive Player of the Year. Yet, when the tears dry and the hurt subsides, the. The six-foot-one forward is the only player in the CIAA averaging 1.5 steals per game and at least a block a game this season. Tucker, Aniylah Bryant from Fayetteville State, Virginia State's Sommer Blakemore, Virginia Union's Ny Langley, and Lauren Banks from St. Augustine's make up the rest of the all-conference team. 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. We spoke it into existence, they walked it and here we are, said Lewis to the media. A post shared by HBCU Gameday (@hbcugameday). Banks and London were on the CIAA All-Rookie team last season. I feel like we let a lot of people down last year.. Im not surprised. 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. The graduate student from Winston-Salem State shot 43 percent from the field and 41 percent from three, finishing fourth in the league with 45 made threes. The freshman from Coppell, TX also averaged 9.1 points while shooting 45 percent from the field. For more information on the CIAA, visittheciaa.com, like us onFacebook, and follow us onTwitterandInstagram. The Lions tacked on 44 points in the paint and gathered a 30-point performance from its bench. Print Friendly Version Players Mentioned #3 This is for the Elizabeth City State University. 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. The league and partners spent the rest of the year planning for what seemed possible then before the basketball season and tournament were canceled. Fayetteville State (Jalen Seegars and Cress Worthy), Virginia State (Terrence Hunter-Whitfield and Francis Fitzgerald), Virginia Union University (Robert Osborne and Jordan Peebles), and Winston-Salem State (Javonte Cooke and Cameron Campbell) lead the way with two mens selections each. Now the 2022-23 ECSU women's basketball team can also be introduced as the first Lady Vikings squad to ever win the CIAA Tournament and reach the NCAA Division II Tournament. She is the Broncos' winningest coach in volleyball program history with 331 overall victories, including 202 wins in conference play and 12 winning seasons. The six-foot-one forward is the only player in the CIAA averaging 1.5 steals per game and at least a block a game this season. Figures for this years tournament have yet to be released. 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. 5 seed and playing in the opening round of the tournament. 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. In addition to earning Player of the Year honors, Blue earned a spot on the All-CIAA team as a frontcourt member. PARTNER OF IONE DIGITAL / CASSIUS NETWORK. The Division II league on Monday night announced that VUU's Robert Osborne, a Hermitage High graduate, was named player of the year after leading the CIAA in scoring (20.6 ppg), ranking. All-CIAA first-teamer Aniylah Bryant is FSU's top offensive threat, averaging a team-high 12.6 points, but the Broncos' team-first mentality makes every player dangerous. Jaylen Alston led a balanced scoring attack as No. The Women's and Men's CIAA Players of the Year were Amaya Tucker (Winston-Salem State)and Robert Osborne (Virginia Union), respectively. https://t.co/0yDHhTZSXb. 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). * - Returning 2021-22 All-CIAA Selection These standout individuals are beingformally recognized today during the annual CIAA Tip-Off Awards banquet. NyAsia Blango was the hero for Elizabeth City State in its first two tournament games, as the junior guard who averaged just 7.8 points per game during the regular season carried the Vikings offense with 21 and 30 points in the first round and quarterfinals, respectively. Virginia State was carried by a terrific individual effort by senior guard and all-conference player Sommer Blakemore, who was the only Trojan to reach double-digit scoring with 24 points in the game. 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. The other mens contest that will be played on Tuesday is Livingstone versus Elizabeth City State at 8:50 p.m. Off the left-hand dribble, its 90% going [in]., The game winner @WSSU_Athletics x #CIAATourney pic.twitter.com/N7Rd1p5qnP. This year, the all-rookie team features Winston-Salem State's Jakaiya Mack, Virginia Union's Zoila Martinez, Shaw's Tanashia Hairston, and Lincoln (PA)'s D'Ayzha Atkinson joining Howard on the list. Johnson C. Smith would hold a slight 30-29 edge at intermission. She can do it all, score at all three levels finish at the rim, one-dribble pull-up, 3-point shot, Lewis said. The six-foot-eleven sophomorerecorded at least five blocks insix games. What a game. Armstrong said the Lions learned from their mistakes earlier in the year against Fayetteville State. The Golden Bulls went 11-15 in the regular season and 6-10 against CIAA foes, but the talented squad beat No. 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. The Women's and Men's CIAA Players of the Year were Amaya Tucker (Winston-Salem State) and Robert Osborne (Virginia Union), respectively. They made one more play down the stretch, Butler said. Before the play started, my main thing was just making the right decision, said Teel, who led the Rams with 13 points and seven rebounds. Sophomore Tanayja London and senior Brittiney Seymour, who were both named All-CIAA forwards Monday night, scored 16 points apiece. The tournament moved to Baltimore in 2021 after 15 years in Charlotte, North Carolina. A decorated member of the team under Gaines was Hall of Famer Earl "The Pearl . 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. Howard was named the CIAA Women's Rookie of the Year after leading the conference with 10.6 rebounds per game. Head Coach Tynesha Lewis manifested her teams tourney success in the form of a blank wrap in the teams new $150,000 locker room. By Steven J. Gaither Posted on November 10, 2021 Winston-Salem defeated Virginia Union 45-44 to advance in the 2023 CIAA men's basketball finals at CFG Bank Arena.Feb. 24, 2023. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. 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. Fayetteville State took a brief lead on a Cress Worthy field goal, but the Lions got a bucket and another point on the and-one to retake the lead with 6:41 left. They say that the CIAA Tournament does not officially start until there is an upset and the No. 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 Elizabeth City State womens basketball team made history by winning their first CIAA Championship title under head coach Tynesha Lewis; earning them a spot in the NCAA Division II Tournament. (Kevin Richardson) (Kevin Richardson / Baltimore Sun). Elizabeth City State will play No. Alston, named Food Lion Game MVP, paced the Rams (18-8 overall) with 16 points in addition to eight rebounds. 6 seed Shaw 55-40 for its first ever CIAA women's basketball title at CFG . The Vikings led by nine going into the fourth quarter and by six with five minutes remaining, but All-CIAA stars Shaniya Jones (16 points) and La'Zarea Bowens (19 points, 13 rebounds) made key. In the quarterfinals, the winner of Livingstone/Elizabeth City State advances to face Virginia Union Wednesday at 6:40 p.m. and Fayetteville State awaits the winner of Bowie State and Shaw for an 8:50 p.m. Wednesday tipoff time. Both freshmen play for Johnson C. Smith. 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. Worthy, Osborne, Hunter-Whitfield, and Fitzgerald were all-conference selections last season and Temple was on the All-Rookie team in 2021-22. He was chosen the Most Valuable Player of the CIAA. In October of 2022, the Vikings unveiled their brand new $150,000 locker room. The single-elimination tournament will be held in CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore, MD on February 21-25. After his quarterfinal win Thursday night, Lincoln mens basketball coach Jason Armstrong wasnt shy about telling reporters that no one wanted to play his Lions. Hes a leader on both ends.. Fayetteville State University, under the guidance of Head Womens Basketball Coach Serena King-Coleman, clinched the Southern Division and the top overall seed in the tournament after finishing the regular season with a 14-2 conference record. Chance Jamison and Nemo Johnson scored 14 and 13 points, respectively, for the Falcons, who finished their season at 8-18 overall. 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. Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Office (704) 910-2133 | Fax (704) 910-2855, Elorine Hill | Saint Augustine's & Fayetteville State, Delores Todd | North Carolina A&T & Atlantic Coast Conference, Tiffani-Dawn Sykes | Virginia Union, Virginia State, Saint Paul's, 2023 CIAA Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament, Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA. 3 seed entering the tournament. Winston-Salem State University Men's Basketball won the 2023 CIAA Champion at the CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore on Saturday, according to the Central . The CIAA men's tournament in Baltimore opens Tuesday. The Mens Basketball All-CIAA Team features two student-athletes from each of Fayetteville State (Cress Worthy & Tyler Foster), Virginia Union (Raemaad Wright & Osborne), and Virginia State (Terrence Hunter-Whitfield & Francis Fitzgerald). 1 Virginia Union on Friday in the CIAA Tournament semifinals. The No. 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. The Lions only scored 11, so the lead widened. They deserve it, everything ECSU has gotten, they got it out of the mud. The Claflin women's basketball team will open play in its first-ever CIAA Tournament, Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 10 a.m. against Chowan University. In the CIAA, Tucker is also second in steals per game with 2.9 and sixth in assists (2.9). No. The CIAA caught a big break in 2020 by finishing its tournament in Charlotte less than two weeks before the pandemic struck full force. While tough defense dominated the early portion of the game, the Lions heated up in the fourth quarter to pull away with the win. Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Office (704) 910-2133 | Fax (704) 910-2855, 2023CIAA Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament. This is big for us, because last year we came here and didnt reach our goal, Teel said. 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. He doesn't look for applause and he is willing to accept any role the program needs. Howard has two of the top three rebounding performances in the conference this year, including grabbing a conference-high for the season, 22 rebounds in a game against Elizabeth City State. Lincoln (PA) is slotted for a 4:30 p.m. Wednesday quarterfinalsagainst either the Trojans or the Blue Bears. Coach Dave Robbins (VUU) boasted an amazing 713-194. Coach of the year honors was awarded to Virginia Unions Head Mens Basketball Coach Jay Butler and Lincoln (PA)s Head Womens Basketball Coach Janice Washington. The graduate student from Winston-Salem State shot 43 percent from the field and 41 percent from three, finishing fourth in the league with 45 made threes. Lincoln began to match the Bears intensity in the second quarter, but the Lions kept turning the ball over. Though the Trojans were the lower seed, they jumped out early to take control of the game with an 11-5 lead after a pair of free throws from Kamani Jones with 2:59 left in the first quarter. Elizabeth City States Amadou Faye was named the Mens CIAA Defensive Player of the Year and Anyssa Fields from Lincoln (PA) earned the womens honor. 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 Men's Rookieof the Year honors. In total, Hill coached 76 All-CIAA selections and five CIAA Player of the Years. The trio of Osborne, Tate, and Wright combined to score 66 of the Panthers' 75 points. . 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. 18 overall wins lead the CIAA. 4 seed Bowie State University. 9 Virginia Union in the first round and upset No. Women's basketball players have become empowered to look feminine on the court - but that shift hasn't come without outside resistance . The Elizabeth City State University women's basketball team celebrates after defeating Shaw University 55-40 in Baltimore, Maryland, Saturday to win the CIAA Tournament championship for the . Hill coached volleyball,tennis, women's basketball, and men's & women's cross country at Fayetteville State. Elizabeth City State womens basketball is back in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament championship, but the Vikings still arent satisfied. For Fayetteville State, the Broncos usually reliable 3-point shooting let them down, as they finished 7-for-26. Each bracket is seeded 1 through 12 based on conference winning percentage. She was an assistant women's basketball coach from 1992-2002. Blue led the CIAA in scoring during the regular season with 18.9points while ranking fourth in the conference at 7.4 rebounds per game and ninth with 2.7assists per contest. Its been great, CIAA commissioner Jacqie McWilliams told The Baltimore Sun. Jones, Food Lion Game MVP, finished with a game-high 27 points, followed by another All-CIAA player in La'Zarea Bowens, who recorded a double-double of 14 points and 12 rebounds. Graduating in 1987, Hill was inducted into St. Augustine's Hall of Fame in 2007 and she was recently inducted into the CIAA Hall of Fame in December 2022. 7 seed Shaw 58-53 in a men's basketball quarterfinal matchup at CFG Bank Arena. Ive got several players who can do this, which hopefully takes the pressure off them individually., Johnson C. Smith's Alexis Daley-Ellis, right, is defended by Elizabeth City States Isa Banks in the first quarter of Friday's CIAA Tournament semifinal at CFG Bank Arena. In 2022, the tournament brought in over 66,000. 8 Johnson C. Smith, 53-52, at CFG Bank Arena on Friday. As a reminder, the conferences tiebreaker for seedingis as follows: head-to-head competition, head-to-head point differential, divisional winning percentage, and a coin toss. Ford played collegiately at Maryland record in the Central Intercollegiate State (now Maryland Easter-Shore) Needless to say, the Palmetto state Athletic Association's (CIAA) and is accustomed to winning. Coach of the year honors was awarded to Virginia Union's Head Men's Basketball Coach Jay Butler and Lincoln (PA)'s Head Women's Basketball Coach Janice Washington. Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Office (704) 910-2133 | Fax (704) 910-2855. 2 Lincoln, in the championship Saturday at 4 p.m. No. 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. Lincoln gradually chipped away at the lead and eventually tied the game at 23 on a Korey Williams free throw with 2:17 left. 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. Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. 12 seed Saint Augustine's 65-49 in the men's basketball first round of the CIAA Tournament at CFG Bank Arena on Wednesday. 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. 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. Johnson also grabbed nine rebounds. 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 BALTIMORE, MD (February 19, 2023) - The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA), the nation's oldest historically Black athletic conference, announces the brackets for its 2023 Women's and Men's Basketball Tournament. (Jessica Gallagher/The Baltimore Banner) The six-foot-five forward led the Panthers in assists per game (3.3; fourth in the conference) and steals per game (1.4). The Fayetteville State men's basketball program has been steadily ticking off its list of goals since the arrival of coach Luke D'Alessio in 2019. Learn how your comment data is processed. Blue is fourth in the CIAA in rebounding (7.4 rpg), fifth in field goal percentage (48.4%), fifth in steals (1.5 spg), and ninth in assists (2.7 apg). 4 seed and a bye and the No. Pollard hit a 3-pointer with 5:21 left in the half to give Shaw a 21-17 lead, and the Lions only got a 3 by Kania Pollock and a bucket by Fields for the rest of the half to enter halftime trailing 28-22. 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. Southern Division and an overall mark native and his 1981-82 edition of the At Maryland State, he was named of 23-3. Since taking over as head coach in 2016, King-Coleman has guided Fayetteville State to four division titles in six seasons. 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. The contest featured just six lead changes as the Golden Bulls held its largest lead of three points at the 15:29 mark in the first half. The last time they won the tournament was in 2014. They would never trail again. Armfield, the Food Lion Game MVP, helped the Vikings build a 47-38 lead . Eric Butler scored 21 points and Jaquantae Harris added 19 points for the Vikings, who trailed 31-29 at the half. 2 seed in the conference tournament. Hes tenacious, Hill said of Alston. Fields is the CIAA Women's Defensive Player of the Year after lifting Lincoln (PA) to a Northern Division title and the No. Johnson C. Smith's Alexis Daley-Ellis, right, is defended by Elizabeth City States Isa Banks in the first quarter of Friday's CIAA Tournament semifinal at CFG Bank Arena. As Bakir continues to grow and mature I fully expect him to develop into a dominant player in this league. 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. The Bears got 11 points from London and four from Brittiney Seymour in the third quarter, but the Shaw defense kept Lincoln from taking advantage. 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. In addition to being named rookie of the year, Howard was a 2022-23All-CIAA selection. It got even larger in the fourth quarter, when the pressure started to wear on Lincoln. 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