SIAC BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS (Men's and Women's Results and Honors)
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WOMEN
OPENING ROUND Paine 62, Lane 59 Stillman 59, Benedict 42 LeMoyne-Owen 60, Miles 58 QUARTERFINALS Clark Atlanta 88, Albany St. 80 Tuskegee 76, Paine 52 Stillman 63, Fort Valley St. 57 Kentucky St. 75, LeM.-Owen 62 SEMIFINALS Kentucky St. 57, Stillman 53 Tuskegee 91, Clark Atlanta 76 CHAMPIONSHIP Tuskegee 59, Kentucky St. 55 ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM Aisha Johson, Tuskegee Bianca Burton, Stillman Shantrell Moss, Clark Atlanta Mattie Jones, Kentucky State Crystal Benron, Tuskegee MOST VALUABLE PLAYER Crystal Benton, Tuskegee TOP TOURNAMENT COACH Belinda Roby, Tuskegee |
MEN
OPENING ROUND Albany St. 91, Kentucky St. 77 Clark Atlanta 85, Stillman 62 Tuskegee 88, Morehouse 78 Paine 73, Lane 65 QUARTERFINALS Benedict 73, Albany St. 69 2 OT Clark Atlanta 77, Miles 76 Tuskegee 114, LeM.-Owen 107 2 OT Fort Valley St. 71, Paine 66 SEMIFINALS Tuskegee 88, Fort Valley St. 73 Benedict 81, Clark Atlanta 57 CHAMPIONSHIP Tuskegee 74, Benedict 69, OT ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM Najee Lane, Clark Atlanta Martinis Woody, Benedict Preston McCarter, Tuskegee Michael Holmes, Benedict Keith Flournoy, Tuskegee MOST VALUABLE PLAYER Michael Holmes, Benedict OUTSTANDING COACH Fred Watson, Benedict |
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Tuskegee 59, Kentucky State 55 Top seed Tuskegee built double-digit leads in both halves and had to withstand Kentucky State comebacks at the tail end of both to win the women's SIAC Tournament title in Birmingham Sunday afternoon. But the Thorbrettes fought back again, this time jumpstarted by freshman Kiarra Morgan's seven straight points and culminating in Jessica Vaughn's 3-pointer, to go on a 13-2 run, to trail 57-55 with 1:22 to play. But KSU would commit two turnovers down the stretch while Gartrell added two free throws for the final margin. SIAC Player of the Year and Tournament MVP, senior forward Crystal Benton, had game-highs of 27 points and 15 rebounds. Gartrell chipped in with 10 points and nine boards while senior guard Aisha Johnson also had 10. On her way to the MVP trophy, Benton had 26 points in a quarterfinal victory over Paine and 27 in a semifinal victory vs. Clark Atlanta. Freshman back-up Tiffany Barrantine came off the bench to finish with a team-high 11 points. | SIAC MEN
Benedict 74, Tuskegee 69, OT Top-seed Benedict beat back a determined charge from seventh-seed Tuskegee needing overtime to subdue the Tigers to take their third men's SIAC Tournament title in the last five years. Benedict outscored Tuskegee 16-11 in the overtime period to get the win. BC center Martinis Woody's lay-in on a feed from Charles Gibbs with 21.8 seconds left in regulation tied the game at 58 and forced the overtime period. His jump-hook with 2:49 left in the extra period gave BC a 65-61 lead and he added four free throw in the final half-minute. He finished with team-highs of 22 points, 18 rebounds and five blocks. Junior Bennie Lewis, who drained a big 3-pointer in the extra period, had 17 points to compliment Woody. Charles Gibbs had 15 and Darius Lane 10 to give BC four players in double-figures. League Freshman of the Year, 6-5 forward Michael Holmes, who had only five points but 11 big rebounds in the championship game, was named the tournament's most valuable player. Three Tuskegee (14-16) players scored in double figures led by 23 points from freshman Michael Kimber. |
Tuskegee jumped to an 11-point lead (34-23) in the first half before
KSU closed the half on a 10-2 run to trail 36-33 at the break. KSU then was held
scoreless for the first 2:39 of the second half
and struggled to find the basket while falling behind 55-42 with 5:55 left on
Rashaundra Gartrell's lay-in.
Neither team led by more than the five points that
separated the teams at the conclusion. Benedict (27-4) led by a
similar margin at 32-27 with 1:42 left in the first half en route to a slim
32-30 halftime lead. But the up-and-down game continued in
the second half with the teams producing five ties and five
lead changes. For the game, there were 11 ties and 13 lead changes.
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