Livingstone’s lock-down defense stops Lincoln in CIAA men’s basketball tournament

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina -- Livingstone is pretty good when it commits to defense.

The Blue Bears limited Lincoln (Pa.) to 34.8 percent shooting and outscored the Lions 44-30 in the paint to earn an 83-69 win in the quarterfinals of the CIAA tournament Thursday at Time Warner Cable Arena.

Livingstone, which won last year’s title, gave the defensive effort coach James Stinson has sought all season but didn’t always get.



“I’d have to say about a ‘C’,” he said. “We did a lot of reaching and we made a lot of mistakes that were not conducive to what we want to do. We left some wide-open shots, but we were fortunate they didn’t make a lot of them.”

Livingstone, the South Division’s second seed, made more than enough to seize a 42-28 lead at intermission, hitting 17-of-33 field goal attempts (51.5 percent) and holding Lincoln, the North’s No. 3, to 9-of-28 (32.1 percent).

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