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58 thAnnual CIAA Basketball Tournament
Shaw University Barely Survives
FEBRUARY 27, 2003, Raleigh, NC—It was touch-and-go
for most of the game, but the “Battle of Raleigh” may now
commence.
The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association’s Eastern Division
third seed survived a scare from the West’s sixth seeded Blue Bears
of Livingstone College, winning 73-62, advancing to the second round of
the 2003 CIAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.
The Bears (20-7) will now face neighbor St. Augustine’s College,
which is located just two miles away in the host city of Raleigh, NC,
in Thursday’s second round game at 9 p.m.
After neither team held a lead of greater than four points throughout
the contest, the Bears got an Alphonso Riley jumper with 1:03 left to
take a 65-59 lead. The Blue Bears (6-21) were unable to score again until
10 seconds remained.
The Bears hit four free throws and Anthony Greenup dunked twice in the
final 10 seconds for the Bears’ final margin.
“They (Blue Bears) played a good basketball game. I don’t
think we were looking ahead, it was just a tough game,” said Bears
head coach Mike Bernard.
The Bears main option in the second half was their All-CIAA forward Kenyon
Booker, who responded with 11 of his 16 points in the stanza.
The Blue Bears had a golden opportunity with 8:25 left in the game as
Booker first picked up his fourth foul. Bernard did not take Booker out
of the game and he whistled for his fifth foul 23 seconds later as he
was tagged with a charge.
Leading 54-52, the Blue Bears went cold from the field at that point as
the Bears turned up their defensive pressure and would manage just three
field goals the rest of the way.