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THE STAT CORNER
How They Did It
REVIEW OF CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES FROM
THE CIAA AND SIAC TOURNAMENTS CIAA (Men) J. C. Smith 84, Fayetteville State 82, OT
The Johnson C. Smith men (25-4) survived a last second shot to send the game into overtime and went on to outscore Fayetteville State 14-12 in the extra period to give the school its first CIAA tournament title. Antoine Sims, who had 40 points in the Golden Bulls semifinal win, added 29 in the finals to take home the most valuable player trophy. The Broncos (20-9) got a second chance at a game-tying shot in regularion when their inbounds play with six-tenths of a second left was ruled to go out of bounds off JCSU. FSU's Kenny Haywood then sent the game into overtime when he sank an 18-foot jumper as the buzzer sounded. Sims and senior Wylie Petty, who had 28 in the final game, hit three-pointers early in the OT to stake JCSU to a lead they would not relinquish. CIAA (Women) Fayetteville State 63, N. C. Central 59
Fayetteville State (21-8) held N. C. Central (24-5) to only one field goal during a six-and-a-half minutes stretch of the second half, taking advantage of NCCU's CIAA Player of the Year Amba Kongolo's foul trouble, to get by the Lady Eagles. Kongolo, who finished with gam e-highs of 22 points and ten rebounds, went out with her third foul with 16.23 to play in game and her team up, 38-35. She returned nearly nine minutes later with the Lady Eagles trailing 52-49. All five starters played well for the Lady Broncos and scored at least nine points, led by center Tonya Bowman's 14. Guard Shaunici Morgan, who was named the tournament's MVP, had 12. The other three starters tallied nine. SIAC (Men) Kentucky State 86, Fort Valley State 79
Second-seeded Kentucky State got double-figure scoring from each of their five starters and great play off the bench as they rolled to their first-ever SIAC title in coach Winston Bennett's first year. The Thorobreds (16-12) got 11 points in the final from tournament MVP Jonathan Johnson, 13 from backcourt mate Steve Reech, 11 from forward Michael Dupree, 13 from Chris Duckworth and 14 from Jason Lewis. Their bench outscored FVSU's 24-11 and was the difference in the game. FVSU, the ninth seed, knocked off top-seed Morehouse 107-100, in overtime in the first round then beat Miles in the semifinals.They were led in the finals by 22 from Brindason Sanders and 21 from Robert Pringle. SIAC (Women) Fort Valley State 76, Clark Atlanta 65
Top seed Fort Valley State (24-5) swept to their second straight tourney title with a decisive win over Clark Atlanta (16-13), who entered as the third seed. All-conference forward April Love, who was named MVP of the tournament, had only eight points and three rebounds in the finals, but coach Lonnie Bartley used his entire bench to wear down the Lady Panthers. All 12 players scored for the Lady Wildcats led by 13 from LaQuita Mathis and 12 from Ebony Cromartie. Tamara Warner had 10 off the bench. Elaine Gaynor's 22 points led CAU, who had only one other player, Yasmine Johnson to reach double figures. FVSU connected on 24 of 32 free throws while the Lady Panthers converted only 16 of 29. © 2001 Azeez Communications, Inc. |
