CIAA Tournament: Lincoln women fall in first CIAA tourney game

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Sharay Dubose scored 27 points -- her second highest total of the year — but it wasn't enough as Shaw spoiled Lincolns' debut in the CIAA conference tourney, turning back the Lady Lions by a score of 95-63.

The Bears (18-11) came into the tourney as the number two seed in the South Division, while the Lions (3-24) were the seventh seed.

Lincoln came out of the gate strong, paced by the hot hand of DeJuana Mosley, who scored eight of Lincoln's first 13 points, and the Lady Lions either led or were tied for the lead for the first ten minutes of the game.

Shaw Offensive Firepower Rolls Over Lincoln 95-63
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The inside trio of Demaria Liles, Kyra Buford and Aslea Williams combined to score over half of Shaw's points in a 95-63 first-round women's basketball win over Lincoln (Pa.) Monday in the first day of the CIAA Tournament at Time Warner Cable Arena.

"It felt good to get our feet wet and get that first win," Shaw Head Coach Jacques Curtis said.

Liles, a 6-1 senior forward, led the Lady Bears (18-11 overall) with 21 points on 9 of 11 shooting and snatched 12 rebounds for her fifth straight double-double for the Lady Bears. Buford, a 6-1 senior forward, added 20 points and Williams, a 6-1 junior center, added 15 points for the Lady Bears, the No. 2 seed in the Southern Division. The Lady Bears square off against No. 3 Northern Division seed Virginia State Tuesday in a CIAA quarterfinal game at 3 p.m.

2011 CIAA Women's Basketball Tournament Scoreboard

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Lincoln excited to be an official Division II member

LOWER OXFORD, PA — The milestones keep coming for Lincoln University football. Dormant for 47 seasons, the program was reinstituted in 2008. Last fall, the Lions notched their first shutout since 1957, and it came against Livingstone, a member of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA).

When Lincoln opens the 2010 campaign on Sept. 5 against cross-county rival Cheyney, it will mark it's first as an active NCAA Division II program. And less then two weeks later, head coach O.J. Abanishe's squad will make its return as a full fledged member of the CIAA for the first time since dropping football in 1960.

"Now that we are Division II, we will be able to play for a conference championship and the guys will be able to play for weekly and postseason honors," said Abanishe, who sports a 4-16 mark through two seasons. "Our guys are really pleased about it.


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