CHARLOTTE, North Carolina -- Shaw’s Bears were in no mood to lose a third straight game to J.C. Smith.The Bears were more aggressive, especially on the boards, in beating the Golden Bulls 76-54 in the second round of the CIAA tournament Wednesday at Time Warner Cable Arena.
Shaw (13-15, sixth seed in the South Division) made only 42 percent of its shots but more than compensated by outrebounding J.C. Smith (14-14) 47-16, which resulted in a 20-6 disparity in second-chance points.
“I thought it was a typo,” Bears coach Cleo Hill Jr. said. “I think it’s a testament to (seniors Joe Reid and Koron Reed). They didn’t want to go home on Day 2.”
Reid and Reed imposed their will on J.C. Smith, scoring 16 and 15 points each while Reed grabbed 16 rebounds to match the Golden Bulls squad by himself.
“Whenever you can come into the city of Charlotte and play as well as we did against a Steve Joyner-coached team, you’ve done a lot,” Hill said. “He’s one of the best coaches in our league for all of this century and some of the last.”
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