The Girl Broncos of Fayetteville State College are the champions of the 2024 CIAA Girls’s match! Fayetteville State and Elizabeth Metropolis State confronted off Saturday afternoon within the 2024 CIAA Meals Lion Match Championship.
Each groups represented the highest seed of their respective divisions and went head-to-head within the remaining CIAA matchup of the season for an opportunity to take dwelling some {hardware}.
The sport was nothing wanting thrilling, because the rating differential by no means grew bigger than six, with every group buying and selling leads 13 instances. In the end, the Broncos capped off their near-perfect season with a 64-59 victory to say the 2024 CIAA Meals Lion Match title.
Each groups have been neck and neck early on within the first quarter, as the sport discovered itself tied at seven a chunk. After a made bucket by Tanjaneeka Eichelberger gave the Broncos a two-point lead, Elizabeth Metropolis State’s Rasheka Simmons drilled back-to-back threes to place the Vikings again on high and led them to a 17-13 benefit heading into the second quarter.
Fayetteville State fought again early, happening an 8-2 run to start out the second quarter, re-claiming a 21-19 lead. ECSU would briefly climb again on high, nonetheless a 3 and two free throws by Aniylah Bryant within the remaining minute of the primary half helped the Broncos take a 28-24 lead heading into the break.
Each groups continued to fireside away within the third quarter. An early made jumper by Alanis Hill minimize the Vikings’ deficit to at least one and so they’d go on to briefly re-claim the lead earlier than 4 consecutive made free throws propelled the Broncos again into the lead. Hill ended the quarter the identical approach she began, by sinking a floating jumpshot on the buzzer to chop the group’s deficit to at least one, organising for an thrilling remaining quarter of play.
Though they have been trailing, the Vikings by no means gave up. They took again the lead with slightly below seven minutes remaining, with Hill connecting on a tricky layup whereas drawing a foul. She’d full the three-point play and put Elizabeth Metropolis State up by two.
After pulling forward, FSU’s Keayna McLaughlin netted a game-sealing layup with eight seconds left to assist safe the title for the Broncos. Aniylah Bryant, Talia Trotter, and Nyah Wilkins every contributed 12 factors of their very own. For the Vikings, Alanis was the group’s main scorer with 16 factors additionally bringing down 4 rebounds. Rashauna Grant had a strong sport herself, eclipsing a double-double with 14 factors and 13 rebounds.
2024 Meals Lion Girls’s Championship MVPKeayna McLaughlin (Fayetteville State College)
2024 CIAA Girls’s Match MVP Aniylah Bryant (Fayetteville State College)
2024 CIAA Girls’s All-Match TeamDy’Jhanik Armfield, Guard (Elizabeth Metropolis State College) Aniylah Bryant, Guard (Fayetteville State College) Ashley Kirven, Middle (Johnson C. Smith College) Mihjae Hayes, Guard (Virginia State College) Gabrielle Thomas, Ahead (Bluefield State College) Kelis Carmon, Ahead (Johnson C. Smith College) Rashauna Grant, Middle (Elizabeth Metropolis State College) Amesha Miller, Ahead (Virginia State College) NyAsia Blango, Guard (Elizabeth Metropolis State College)Nyah Wilkins, Ahead (Fayetteville State College)
2024 CIAA Girls’s Workforce Sportsmanship AwardClaflin College
