The second round of Shaw and Saint Augustine’s crosstown rivalry unanimously went to Shaw on Saturday with a clean sweep.
Host SAU kick-started the heat of the rivalry with a video from its pep rally setting a Shaw-themed Teddy Bear ablaze, so this CIAA Southern Division doubleheader had no choice but to be a good one.
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Lady Bears (finally) get a division win
The women’s match-up started the action. Saint Aug’s opened the game going up 5-0 less than two minutes in, its largest lead of the night. Shaw rallied to tie the game at 12, then took control from there. The Lady Bears went on an 8-0 run in the last 3:58 of the quarter to close it out up 20-12. SAU trailed throughout the second quarter went into the half with the same point margin, SU up 30-22.
Theres not much to say about the final two quarters because after the half, the show belonged to the Lady Bears. The third quarter was slow-churning, but Shaw closed it out up 42-32. SU blew out SAU 25-8 in the fourth quarter to walk away with the 67-40 road win. Saint Augustine’s never regained a lead after the first quarter.
The Lady Bears are now 7-19 overall, 2-14 in the conference and 1-9 in division play. Macy Keen led Shaw with a 28-point, 11-rebound double-double. KlinTisha Martin followed with 15 points, and RaQuel Kellow finished out the double figures with 10 points.
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No Hinton? No Problem
Next up, men’s action. Southern division leader Shaw entered the match-up with D2 top-scorer Amir Hinton inactive, but we would soon learn that would be no issue.
Shaw opened up the game with a three-pointer, but trailed throughout the first half after that. Saint Augustine’s got hot and went on a 11-2 run with just over three minutes remaining in the half with help from a three-pointer just before the buzzer. Shaw went into the half trailing 41-29.
The second half was an uphill, but rewarding, battle for the Bears. Led by Derrick Randolph, a 27-12 Shaw run was sealed by a Randolph layup and tied the game at 61 with 6:37 remaining. A three-pointer from Randolph less than a minute afterwards gave Shaw the 64-61 lead, its first lead of the second half. The Bears held onto their lead throughout the remainder of regulation with big help from a 10-0 run with 3:34 remaining. Shaw escaped with the comeback 76-68 road win. Shaw held SAU to seven points for the final 6:55 of the game.
The Bears have won two straight and are 13-12 overall, 8-8 in conference play and 7-3 in the division. Randolph led Shaw with 20 points and 8 rebounds. Geremy Taylor followed with 13 points, DaVaughn Kelsie and Davon Dillard both contributed 11 points.
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Shaw will continue its road campaign and face Fayetteville State on Wednesday, February 20. The southern division doubleheader is slated to tip-off at 5:30 in FSU’s Capel Arena.
Considering how Saturday went, let’s hope FSU doesn’t decide to greet its guests with a video.
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