WSSU has eye on prize: Division title up for grabs at Livingstone

SALISBURY, North Carolina  --  The CIAA Tournament doesn’t start until next week, but it will feel like tournament time tonight when Winston-Salem State plays at Livingstone.

The stakes are winner-take-all — the CIAA’s Southern Division title is on the line. Tipoff is set for 7:30.

“It’s payback time,” senior Wakefield Ellison of WSSU said. “They won at our place, and now we have to win at their place.”

There won’t be many seats available at Trent Gym as the Blue Bears (18-5, 7-2 Southern Division) try to sweep the Rams (20-4, 7-2).

Coach Bobby Collins said that the division title isn’t something to be taken lightly.

“It was our first goal, to win the division,” said Collins, whose Rams won it in 2010-11 in their return to the CIAA. “And now we have a chance to do that. And we really want to win that CIAA Tournament.”

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