SALISBURY, North Carolina -- In a celebration nearly 70 years in the making, Livingstone College alumni, students, faculty and staff partied inside Trent Gymnasium Wednesday in commemoration of the men’s basketball team’s historic CIAA Championship.
The Blue Bears earned the right to finally be called CIAA champions Saturday after defeating rival Winston-Salem State University 83-68 inside Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte. The victory moved Livingstone from bridesmaid status — the Blue Bears were tournament runners-up in 2013 and 2011 — and proved the third time really is a charm.
“I’ve been going to the tournament for more than 40 years,” said Fannie Butler of Salisbury, who earned a bachelor’s degree in math from Livingstone in 1949. “Over the years I was expecting them to win the CIAA but didn’t know if we would or not.”
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