live in Baltimore it's day two of the opening round of the Food Lions ciaaa basketball tournament on tap we have the Lincoln University lions from Lincoln Pennsylvania and the St Augustine Falcons up from Raleigh North Carolina great to have you inside a CFG Bank Arena with us hello everybody Andrew Chapman alongside Marcus thoron so glad to be with you for this one Marcus these two teams get to uh finally get rolling you have that freegame shoot around going back to yesterday when both of these
teams uh got into town and now you get to finally play ball what you've been waiting for good thing about tournament you only get 20 minutes to warm up when normally you have an hour so you get to go in here get warm real quick and jump right into it both of these teams challenge will be to see who gets going the quickest and see who can go ahead and take care of the first half and put themselves at primate advantage to take this game the ball is tipped and off we go game two and three of the w
omen's bracket coming off of a thrilling game moments ago Bluefield State taking down Livingstone College here's the Wendy's starting lineup for St augustin's University linol in the Navy St Augustines in the white as the long two is off Target rebounds slapped out top to Delisa laner uh starting lineup Wendy starting lineup for the Lincoln Lions including their leading score to keep an eye on number four C Montgomery and a kickball violation two jump shots in a turnover to get this game going b
oth sets of teams kind of finding their footing first Baseline out of bounds situation for the night a 17-footer left a little bit short both these sides looking for their F first bucket a minute in Montgomery the junior originally from Philadelphia leading scor as we mentioned at 13.5 game keep an eye on her is the layup wouldn't fall offensive rebound and Miss on the turnaround Target for Serena Mosley who had a chance at it back in that metal here's the first make of our ball game St Augustin
es and kaziah sugam drops it in K sugam with a strong drive there breaking the ice for both of these teams you see a little soft press make it difficult for them to get in offense right here off Target on the mid-range another offensive rebound Lincoln's been getting a lot of Second Chances and Montgomery floats it in Sienna Montgomery leading scorer there for Lincoln quick three on the other end High rebound and a battle for it foul on the floor this will go against Montgomery picks up a quick
one there see both of these teams shoot jump shots open each possession nice two-point shot gets theim Joselyn Myers with her first make brings it up the floor they're coming off in 11 and 14 regular season they finished as s and 10 in conference play and they are the five seed in the north taking on the four seated St Augustine Falcons the the turnaround shot wouldn't drop very careless B hand there n just kind of took up with the ball drove through the M the court Jes Washington the Lincoln Un
iversity head coach with some vocal encouragement over there on the sidelines round out the records for you leading into this opening game St Augustine's 14 and 12 in the regular season three-point shot wouldn't fall for Fields Falcons went 8- 10 in conference play and just 0 and one in neutral Court games good home team this year the Falcons 8 to four inside of their own gy create their own momentum and their own home court here on a neutral site tham on the dribble draws the foul Jalisa laner
will be assessed her first quick substitution coming on for the Lincoln Lions bring on De Asia Atkinson the sophomore forward originally from Chester Pennsylvania that inside on the entry pass and a good turnaround layup Falls for Tania green yeah nice footwork in there for green are both teams starting to get some inside presence going at the elbow pass is stolen away Shakira Harry will get the steal she put the hand on it Lincoln fighting for a turnover yep each team trading turnovers early be
en a familiar sight so far in this first half teams just kind of struggling to find their footing destined to the death perception of the Arena couple that with some goldol to pressure and there you'll have it Lincoln has a good combination ball handlers up top and then size down in the Post 25 mile walker they're starting center 6'2 senior originally from Brooklyn New York Fields swings a pass down to the block it goes tough angle Brooks or pardon me Walker wrestling for the ball and the jump b
all will stay with Lincoln but only 1 second on the shot clock coming off the inbound here maybe got away with a hit on arm there but tie out vertical really only enough time for a shot and it wasn't even a second it was more like 310 of a second really yeah that's usually a situation there you want to try to get some kind of tip at The Rim Falcons up for early another turnover L's been active on the defensive end got a foul in transition Joselyn Meyers with her first University or pardon me San
augustins University lost their uh final game of the regular season they went up against a really good good fville State team who's the number one seed in this tournament nationally ranked across division 2 coming in so they had a tough test a tournament Style game in their own gym drop that game by seven each of these teams have done you know good things that time this year they'll be looking to capitalize on opportunity to kind of start over make this a one game season for off the turnover Li
ons want to run clip shot wouldn't fall for Fields there we go up the court pressure in the back court nice handles from Janiah Reed the junior guard and one with the Finish count it jisa Lander did a good job picking up full court and turning him BR an and one score 82 top score offensive glass they're one of the best offensive rebounding teams in the conference this year get those Second Chances and in St Augustines has a lot of size in the post they were the top rebounding team in the confere
nce trying to use that to their advantage at the free throw line for an and one opportunity and it would not roll for St Augustine's Janiah Reed who picked up three-point chance right before the timeout like Marcus the the common BR with these games we've seen in Baltimore so far his early turnovers maybe some Jitters it seems like the second quarter is when a lot of these teams start to settle in and find their stride yeah ultimately you're playing in a new environment know you're playing for w
hat may be your last game of the season so typically like the first like you said a first quarter acclamation period second quarter we start to see a team kind of pick it up and then third quarter fourth quarter game turns on it's been the themed here this weekend this week rather Falcons player goes down hard slow to get up Lincoln pushes forward and with numbers they have a five on three and foul probably a smart foul for the Falcons they had a couple of players that were slow getting back up
the floor the Falcons player that went down hard and might have hit her head with Joselyn Myers she Subs out and you can tell she's in a lot of pain over there on the bench [Music] Myers took a hard fall taking a moment to collect herself Lions also make a change they run Jalisa laner off the floor y Montgomery has returned for the Lions getting her started dumped down low loose ball coralled by the Falcons Reed that size mesidor is out there Ashlin mesidor Powers it up a little too strong mesid
or the 6 foot tall sophomore from Columbus Georgia Lincoln here just been struggling to get any kind of offense established jump shot after jump shot Second Chance opportunity contested two after contested to St HS doing what they do a great job of rebounding the ball it one and done jump ball as mesidor was tied up it's Falcon possession Aro and a timeout head coach ebony Tanner wants to talk it over on St H sideline he's there 30 pardon me it was a Lincoln that took the timeout Janice Washingt
on head coach of the Lions and what do you think the focal point of her message is right now as we take a look at the bracket gets to that in a moment opening round games have carried on you see our score from early this morning Bluefield State edging out Livingstone they L by six to the half carried on to win by three Winston Salem State already has a win under their belt they'll go up against Johnson C Smith later this afternoon our game right now St Augustines and Lincoln we have Virginia Uni
on and shaww L's harassing they' forced four turnovers out of St Augustine so far catch and shoot from the corner the rebound mesidor puts it back up third try and there's the foul you mentioned it on the open it's going to be the size Advantage down low for St Augustines they're relentless on the glass two offensive rebounds there give a team three shot attempts on one possession likelihood of you getting out there with a rebound is going to be tough Montgomery subs off and the Lions bring two
back on they return jisa Lanier and also my Walker Walker's going to be a big part in countering some of that post size for the Falcons the 6'2 Lions center first free throw is good for Lauren Banks bks one of the top players for saying augustin's at 13.3 points per game 76% shooter at the line this year two for two laen Banks to Nia green they are the deadly Duo for the Falcons each at 13.3 per game they share the ball well Falcons are in the top half in assists conference wide M's trying to ge
t it going just one bucket so far that was scored by Montgomery there's a Miss on the Deep two loose ball Coral call it Trel didn't see that one good job that time f for Rebound that looked like it was going to blow into the Falcons they call it on Isis triplet she got the ball out of that scrum and it looked like she got the pass off clean but the travel is called never saw her go down or do anything a senior from Orlando Florida up top Chrissy F saw the tough Miss for mesidor mesidor love to h
ave that one back sophomore from Columbus Georgia a bunny right there with nobody contesting it you want to get that one to go ban will inbound as mesidor subs off the floor flip shot comes off the rim and after a tie up it's jump ball and a falcon possession arrow feed down in the post fading shot loose ball as she collects her own Miss janah Reed puts it back up and in just like that I mean offensive rebound after offensive rebound statistician has it down from four but it feels like it's been
eight or nine since 803 in this opening quarter when Lincoln last put a shot through they only had one in the game one for 14 to get it started they commit a turnover that's their seventh on the travel from Edward L just not able to get anything going SI Montgomery's been out the last few minutes and they hadn't even had a you know good shot attempt the last several possessions Falcons gone five for 15 in the early Going sellent H feet underneath and active hands nice steal take advantage of tr
ansition don't have the numbers but go ler in the corner gives it right back fields can't cash in better job there getting a good look aggressive drive and a whistle it's a travel they certainly stepped up their defensive intensity just put some together on offense Lauren Banks going hard into the paint before walking and a long pass back to Falcon's way eight turnovers starting to climb now for Lincoln six on the St Augustine side and talked about game Trends early on in the tournament as these
teams try and get their feet under him settle in that new environment you talk about Marcus but it's really been the second half where ball possessions been honed in yeah not quite much value on in the first half we're seeing here in turnovers eight now for the Lions and we're seeing just those Miss shots right there at the rim Lincoln I number of Miss is just right at The Rim they're up 10 so got fouled getting fou Lincoln has to find themselves really fortunate only be down 10 given how they
played this half this far but then again they've only scored two points so long way to go three full quarters of play left but Lincoln will want to step it up here starting with this Baseline out of the bounds play can I get another good look at the GOL shot clock is turned off 22.7 some Clos the gate action there here you go from The Arc underneath a foul committed my Walker out a Falcons player down there it's not going against her though going against sugam actually who was tied up with Walke
r anir is underneath the bucket she will inbound now at 16.9 can with just one make in the game so far one for 16 looking for something to fall Fields gets it outside Walker dips into the paint Twirls and missed it the drought continues yes it does 7 Seconds here Lincoln's going to try to rush it up courter don't know if they have a read on the clock here no I don't think so no too much passing and S Augustines might have lost track of the game clock so it's all Falcons early on they make five L
incoln makes just one I daa got to chat with her briefly yesterday welcomed the whole broadcast crew and our ESPN plus crew back to Baltimore who've been great hosts over the last few years used to play this tournament out in Charlotte and now Baltimore is the new home under her leadership Lincoln is trying to buy a bucket right now Marcus 1 for 17 and I think you just put those first 10 minutes into the trash bin if you can Lincoln throw them out there you go oh miss on the three it's excellent
job boxing out anytime you can box out let the ball hit the ground once and still get it it's just a great job being fundamentally sound that's saying all strength here still trying to Lincoln still trying to figure out what's going to be theirs this you know this afternoon a struggle thus far and Augustines went five for 17 they turn it over that's their eighth give up so far kind of back and forth about even on the turnover battle feels like a game of who can settle in feel more comfortable f
irst there is a three-pointer balls Lincoln's been waiting for that one laner lanir finally able to get this thing settled in the drought much as we speak on them being stuck on too St Augustine's been stuck on 12 for a while here as well drought's not just one way their score list over almost three minutes of game time yeah go was another turnover they've kind of flipped the switch there and another one there we go turnover Falcons get an easy one teams continuing to follow the trend nine and e
ight turnovers respectively make that Nine and Nine and a foul 10 and eight I'm sorry ultimately though both of these teams will want to take better care of the basketball a lot of possessions coming up empty they'll need every every shot they can get to continue to Chip Away both directions that foul went against kaziah Akin her first personal tonight he also SED out Isis triplet that leaves as well for Lincoln Atkinson and Walker return to the floor 7 second shot clock St Augustines will have
to open up a quick one there's the flip good rebound there rebound yanked in from Fields trapping right off the Miss great job you're able to break through it down and this has been a big reason why offensively Lincoln struggled to get anything going Fields with the scoop draws the foul will go to the line for two good job being aggressive there miss a Fields senior out of Long Branch New Jersey she'll head to the line for her first time this evening yeah she's pretty comfortable at the free thr
ow line this season 73% shooter good scorer good rebounder 10.7 points per game 5.8 and the rebound category 49 Steals on the season as well she is a Corner Stone player or head coach Janice Washington second one falls off the rim n Reed good day off of the bench great defensive intensity stay IPL there uh good job on offense even though they were getting rushed make a good entry pass and go ahead and get it up and get to the free throw line again T green will shoot two deia Atkinson picks up he
r first personal foul n Green's been active Four Points to rebounds green misses the first at 69% on the here from the stripe green also kind like we just discussed with fields on lcol side great score and rebounder 13.3 points a game 7.8 rebounds that's the most on the team the 24 has a lot of responsibility on her shoulders right now they're checking a uh maybe a cut on Field's hand the officials are to have her go back to the sideline and get with the athletic trainer to patch something up it
's like a finger wrap on the uh maybe the left middle finger matches the uh the wrist tape on the right cross SC fine good pass from Fields CHS for it down in the key strong catch there by n Fields starting to find a little remnance of offense here good passes some timely Cuts reaching foul goes against Janiah Reed that's her first ler hit a three-pointer earlier hoping that can spark some shooting consistency for the Lions Lincoln crowd starting to count down the timer as it gets to five pass s
tolen away mesidor comes up with the ball adjusts in the air misses the roll saved from going out of bounds did say good hustle a find outside in the corner tiptoeing the Baseline a Miss mesidor puts it back up can't get the bounce been rough rough go from midor just few layups she's Miss at The Rim hadn't been able to find her touch yet see St Augustine just had at least 10 to 12 attempts right there three four feet and in they just hadn't been able to cash in and yet they have a nine-point lea
d just wonder they ever going to be able to start making those and kind of break the door open Lincoln's only been to the free throw line once so far Marcus with the struggles they're having on the floor maybe try and get more trips there I think see how that plays for you I think so they got to be aggressive Anda fields did a good job last few possessions being aggressive getting fouled but neither team has gone to the line a whole bunch it's a three to2 foul count second quarter refs are letti
ng them play these ladies are going to have to psych themselves up and finish some of these plays in tight ultimately Walker shot did not hit the rim Lincoln holds The Possession but only 5 seconds on the countdown and they will bring on some additional size swap out Walker with MAA young a 6'2 freshman originally from Philadelphia Augustines that's out of bounds headed the other direction yet another turn turnover the sa augustin's 12 of their 15 points have been in the paint which follows thei
r trends for the season of being one of the best offensive rebounding teams in the conference even know it's 12 15 there like we said it just seems to still they've missed a lot of opportunities right there at Point Blank Range as well they'll continue to stick with those Beador dishes it outside corner on the way and it won't fall good rebound there there the new freshman out there young ripping down the board laner is bed to the floor and draws the foul chance to go to the line good job drawin
g the action herself and we just spoke about it but getting to the free throw line might help them settle in on offense and find some rhythm to get up and convert lanir is a 71% pre throw shooter on the season so she gets to the stripe for the first time see how the Lions fa from this spot two for 20 on all shots one for six from three and the first for lanir is good she's got the bright pinks on today same shoes as her teammate Lissa Fields the color coordinated second one rattles out foul as t
he drive started for Meyers and right as she tried to kick it out there was a reach in 543 to play second quarter a little bit of a slog here in the second 5-3 favoring Lincoln as lanir steals it away forces it through the presss and a foul in the back court Lauren banks with the hip check both of these teams have utilized a lot of bench and depth early on 12 players have already checked in for each each roster keep the starters fresh something else to note Sienna Montgomery for Lincoln has got
two fouls early on the game so we hadn't seen her here in the last several minutes coach is going to play it safe wants their best player available for that second half stretch run was the fifth team foul for the Falcons and Lincoln will be at the line the rest of the way in the quarter second is good back little by little one point at a time it feels like but off the spin Reed scans get it back up top bounce pass leads to the shot good offense with offensive rebound can't control it though ler
ripped it away but there was the jump ball call just prior and it's a falcon Arrow tell you what jisa lanir has been all over the place for Lincoln he's been their tone Setter I know they struggled offensively but defensively she set the tone and a big reason why St Aug has been stuck on 12 to 15 for the last several minutes on this game long inbound pass goes up top to council the referees gotten back on the whistle not letting much go and we' headed back to the free throw line that's committed
by Lincoln [Music] B Walker has sub back in for Lincoln and that's stolen away off the inbound Lions want to run quick ball movement Walker lets it Fly it's short Fields gets it back Feld one right there in the Winger thought about it closes in lost it on the way up but a foul call Joselyn s just got hit with a personal so it's a low-scoring game but intense over on the sidelines head coach Janice Washington head coach ebony Tanner trying to Will on their offenses LOL Lions cheer squad in atten
dance St Augustine Squad there as well got the bands you have the cheer squads the fan bases the environment is already fantastic you're in the opening rounds but it will just get bigger and bigger and more packed inside a CFG Bank Arena as we approach semi-final rounds and Championship on March 2nd lanir at the free throw line through the foul she has been all over the floor trying to score dish out passes very agile good ball handler and right now the lions are are trying to iron out these sho
oting woes just two for 21 and and lanir seems like the player they're going to try and go to to get them out of the funk between her and Fields they seem like those are going to be the two players to kind of set the tone sort to speak get a good fish finish there that's Tanaya green for the Falcons but those two have been done a good job of leading the charge mostly with energy it's a bad turnover right there but they've done a good job picking up the energy and they've been able to close down
the Gap ultimately they'll have to still find some more sustainable offense be able to do something in the structure of the half court set capitalize on some half court stuff it's mostly all been from the free throw line so talk only two for 21 for the field for the liance BL Fields got a hand on it green vacuums it up and converts goes green again she's up to seven points sorry nine points now three rebounds she's done a good job just being [Music] effective their star players at nearly 13 a ga
me already with nine in this half and now down Walker it's out of bounds Lions turn it over again that'll go down as their 14th turnover of behal Reed the whistle lanir picks up the foul that's her second she's trying to confirm the count as well feel like we may have missed a couple of one in on Maybe I'm Wrong been sitting at seven plus here for a few minutes bro there Reed makes the first of two J Reed a 61% free throw shooter this season perfect beautiful touch there got the lead extended ba
ck to 11 time for Lincoln to start to find some offense here they're going to need it and they commit to travel too many steps for deia Atkinson turn over was just been an issue with 15 turnovers as a team again the first half on Pace for over 30 not a good spot to be a lot of possessions left there we go back to back travels on both ends and it was Chrissy fan that time around shuffling Lincoln manages two points in the opening quarter gone one one for four but five for eight from the line they
've scored most of their points in this game at the free throw line they've started to adjust a bit three straight travels it's been a tough sequence here for both teams three straight turnovers 27 total between the two teams now in the first half they could get this problem under control good fake the shovel pass to green and it bounces through good shovel pass there for read green they' taken control now here in the first half score almost isn't even indicative of how far the Gap has been in t
his game Lincoln calls the timeout as they talk it over and look at what's to come on the women's side of the tournament later on today and in the quarterfinals Virginia Union and Shaw square off this afternoon Johnson C Smith and yesterday's winners Winston Salem State also go at it you have a couple of teams awaiting in the quarterfinal round Elizabeth City State last year's champions of the women's tournament pville state has a date set with Bluefield State the winners this morning over Livin
gstone the Broncos top seed in the South and a nationally ranked division 2 Program anding Baltimore so out of the timeout coach Washington was not pleased over on that sideline she thought that cut for green was way too easy on the inside shot on the way and it goes just the third M from the floor for Lincoln tonight see if that can get them started good shot there who's at da Atkinson there able to get a good turn green can't get the roll here ccenna Montgomery able to get back in the mix here
great offensive player gy boled after those couple of fouls laner speeding by missed it second chance and it's Atkinson again once again she's there to clean it up a little burst of energy is big lions need every basket they can get at this point in the game cutting to the rim and finishing J janah Reed off the glass Reed a good job of staying with it good footwork boarding the travel in a tough catch and traffic Montgomery Works off of Walker's screen a runner in the lane little short gets her
own Miss puts it back up FX again two offensive rebounds for Montgomery lenir from downtown saved by Atkinson for just a moment Montgomery couldn't Coral it and it's Falcon basketball and substitutions returning to the floor for both sides San augustin's brings back Lauren Banks one of their starters the Junior from Clinton Maryland 22 in white Lincoln brings Walker and uh Riley holiday into the game for the first time 32 and blue and one foul lost the Finish ladies are hyped up finally getting
over the hump here we go Ashlin mesidor who we mentioned earlier struggled to make some of these shots in tight finally gets one to go plus the foul as you see there's a little bit of relief getting it over the hump and you can tell she was frustrated early on with some of those misses it's starting to build her confidence as she heads to the free throw line mesidor on the season 62% from here by Walker back out there for the Lions and on the three-point plate the Falcons are now doubling up Li
ncoln long pass to Walker quickly dumped off from Deep three-pointer off Target montgom the offensive rebound floater wouldn't fall there it goes should be easy layup contested Banks lays it in just like that lead stretches to 16 feels like the Falcons are starting to run away a little bit here in the first half 12 offensive rebounds for lin and they've collected a lot of their misses but just haven't been able to convert second or sometimes even third chances there's a foul as Walker picks it u
p yeah they've had some opportunities here in the last few minutes right at Point bling range then you contrast that with all the turnovers and it's been a rough rough going makes number 18 now tough to win a game with 18 turnovers in a half Joselyn Meyers is here at the free throw line where she's a 72% shooter on the year I want a double [Music] that was unnecessary got to let that one go and so nothing there and Myers after missing the free throw commits the foul that'll go down as her third
so she quickly subs off in a little bit of foul trouble and the Falcons bring Shakira Perry young players out there missed two free throws and the ball bounces in your vicinity you'll have a clean shot out just let it go right now we got both teams in a double bonus get that power right there and you go ahead and reward them with a free trip no time wasted off the clock to Two Shots got to play it smarter than that on top of that now she has three fouls so she'll be taking a long rest M out wher
e he gets the second one to drop see if just seeing something fall can help get her going three points one of seven shooting now one for two from the line we approach 30 seconds Falcons kick it back up top Banks and with Reed back clock moves under 10 thans puts it on the deck sweeps a pass and out of the reach of mesidor wasn't ready for it tough possession there another turnover both teams now 30 turnovers for the first half it's been a brutal game a give away Lincoln can hold for the final ho
rn wrestling match on the floor jump ball Lincoln will hold it with 3.7 have time for an inbound a dribble and a shot made just four buckets in the first 20 minutes tonight Montgomery shows puts it on the deck runner on the way falls off batted out of bounds and that will take us to the halftime break that final shot sums it up in many ways for Lincoln trouble to get it going on the offensive End St August using some of that size to control the glass and they are doubling up the Lions after 20 m
inutes in Baltimore extend pull for in some situations they're just going to have to be disciplin in their approach and St augustin's you know looks like a team at points that is communicating well and and looks tournament ready we mentioned their tough final game in the regular season they C against fville State they took on it's arguably the top team coming into Baltimore this weekend so they kind of had that tournament style battle in their home gym prior to getting here to Baltimore Lincoln
got a win 10-point win over buoy State before their arrival out here and maybe not as battle tested as the St Augustine's group Lincoln has opportunity to play a half that's 20 minutes of basketball where they can to find themselves before this season runs out of time so who knows we've seen stranger things this ball will get inbound here in a few minutes and they have a chance to kind of write their own story from here on out looking forward to it see some of those Lincoln players getting vocal
and you know it's not just the coaches in tournament settings like this right you have to have a a senior leader or an upper classman who can deliver a message beyond the coaching staff in a locker room when you're trying to play from behind you go back to your college experience at Georgia you know there was always that vocal leader that helps you in a moment like this yeah absolutely you need that but you need everybody to band together it's the same thing it was at the beginning game you got
to take this one play at a time win each moment again if you can win more momentus to your opponent you'll be right there in the end we've seen it every game so far in this tournament Falcons controlled the first possession second half underway they lead by 15 quick three for banks and the rebound brought in by Mosley good addition moment they're looking for Montgomery here off the double lanir in the corner he's had the ball in her hands more than any other any other Lions so far tonight cross
over Montgomery nice move who couldn't get the shot to fall it's been her day one for nine green kicks it outside B gets it back back in the green there we go can't finish Fields tips it out towards the bench and last Touch by Fields it's Falcon ball couple things just these extra passes those kicks the bounce passes have been really really slow ladyes should do you know really really think about that extra pass being a chest pass let's get the ball moving it seems to come slow every time it re
verses Court meanwhile St Augustin just needs to finish janen got a really good look that time she would like to see that one go in B's not afraid to shoot it gets it over to Reed with three on the shot clock steps back from Deep can't hit and Montgomery reels it in Fields keeps po it up and Banks it in first bucket for Fields today after starting 0 for five see if that can get her going and this Fields is really really really played hard today that's the one thing we can say about her yeah and
L again sometimes that's all you need to do with this point in the game those shots for fall basketball has a way of finding its way back to you when you H Earth by playing hard he spoke about green a couple times he's able to get one to go there lead goes back to 15 now Green's been demanding the ball in this game tonight 13 points jump ball and it's lion basketball coach Washington giving a message to my Walker her Center during the break top Montgomery Walker dishes outside Fields lets it Fly
that one looked like it was good it was lined up and been able to get those to go that's been the story of the game so far and she had a clean look at it if I'm not mistaken that's another foul there on Montgomery it is going going go against Montgomery here so she will exit leaves her with three soon as she went out in the beginning of the game things went South quickly the Asia Atkinson is back out there for the Lions 30 in the Navy and Augustines is raziah sugam back out there as well she ha
d limited minutes in the first half 21 in white he's matched up against Walker here's banks on the wing sug is asking for it sets the screen banks with five dishes it to Reed in traffic good defense by Lincoln just didn't give him a window Fields gets it over here's the shot not going to bounce tie up for the basketball it's going St Augustine's way Reed had it in your possession and then just a uh me that thing from Serena Mosley she got into the wrestling match sugam racing to the rim too stro
ng on the layup that's rough and Walker pushes it Forward lanir C off at the Block opens up Fields hot potato as it Dred in lob up the floor ahead of the pack Reed ajust in the air oh man off the bottom of the rim and who wants a bucket more lener the pass leads Walker and and and one chance good job there Maya Walker staying sound cat and finish hope she's okay in there Walker grabbing her her hand hunched over for a moment not much there sure she be she's line up free throw line let ready to s
hoot she's grabbing it that that hand again I didn't see her hand get caught maybe it was earlier on in the play see if it affects her shooting at all substitution and here's a look at what might have gone wrong for a walker on that last play you see she falls on that left hand yeah looks like she heard it previously and so before she was even asked to score makes that bucket even more impressive continuing to play through we still right here L speeding not sure where she was going with it that
time last Touch by Banks it's lion basketball well even if you're not shooting great they're getting defensive stops and I I guess that's where it starts get yourself more possessions they've had way more possessions and I don't know if St Augustine is is interested in making anything right now they've had multiple layups and blown them all it's going to be about who who's able to convert the easy ones jump shots are great there it goes a good shot there by 30 it's da ainson once again she's mad
e some impactful plays today yeah that's the third mid-range shot that she's made in this game she's been one of the best mid-range shooters for either team today coming off of the bench so they've Sly picked up their intensity but I'll tell you tell you what from from coach from coach Tanner over here with St Augustine I'm not happy at all we've pretty much been asleep at the will and Lord knows how many layups we've missed sugam lost it Lions Coral it turnover at turnover near lost it they got
the timeout in sugam fell on top of it and Coach Turner looking at that play calls for the timeout and take it in into an extended break it's a five-point swing in the second half for Lincoln outscoring the Falcons 7-2 518 in the third has pulled off a five-point swing so far since the halftime break they are down by 10 3222 as we welcome you back inside CFG Bank Arena day two of opening round play the quarterfinals will begin tomorrow Lincoln and St Augustines fight for the chance to be there
the uh the officials are going to whistle the play dead they need the music to cut ins side of the building that was the uh that was the NBA style of play where you can pass while the music's going in the gym can't do that here I was very curious there for a second I didn't want to say anything yeah that's the first thought they were going to let it go there for a minute the officials break up the party and here you go now green dumps it off sugrim fires it up but traveled before the shot out of
the timeout St Augustines commits their 16th turnover make that 35 total between both teams and still showing no signs of slowing down St Augustine's up 10 we'll be back here in a minute for halfway through the third quarter it is lion basketball out of the timeout and Linkin on a five-point swing since the halftime break they were down 10 outscoring the Falcons 7-2 here in the third laner has been their primary ball handler Fields starting to get going a little bit on the offensive end ler sho
ws for it out on the wing gives it right back up top to field entry pass ricocheted out and a jump shot is off Target laner fakes out her Defender pulls from three another offensive rebound third shot wouldn't fall an 0 for three trip for the Lions the game for Lincoln is MAA young the 6'2 freshman from Philadelphia clears it hustles up the floor best mid-range shooter has been Atkinson with the ball in her hands she lobs it down low it's out of bounds and last touched right let's find out first
some substitutions Tiffany or pardon me rather tanah green she is going to sub off 13 points team high so they'll be without her on the floor for a moment this will be key have one of your stars off for St Augustines as he try and preserve this 10-point lead you mentioned ainson being the being able to be a mid-range threat there she goes again she's been the only mid-range start between both teams nobody else I think has made a you know any other kind of shot today aside from a three orup and
there it isall all right so the three-pointer Falls that is the first of the game for St Augustines and it's Lauren Banks they started 0 for five now one for six nice good footwork job coming up in the trail position stepping in lines it up knocks it down good sound basketball Fields gives it right back to lanir the screen set by Young spinning out of traffic feeds young and can't convert underneath loose ball and it's the Falcons coming up with it Banks well you got numbers right now can't wait
can't run and give it to your point guard you got somebody wide open two people wide open there you go missed opportunity once again like the Falcons didn't see her in the back court yeah that it's just gota got to know what's going on got to know your the situation there Banks from the same spot closes in draws the foul shoulder-to-shoulder with fields and for Fields it'll the shooting foul for her just her first i' rather they are giving it to Mosley Serena Mosley I guess she clipped the bank
s on the way by DJ can send a little shaking up on the way to the bench banks at the line and misses the first free throw shooting hadn't been terribly great for either team St Augustine's now 641 seven to 12 BS a 76% free throw shooter on the year she was at the line more than anybody in the regular season ban is back out there on the floor tough all night for Montgomery one for nine is the Lions leading score tries to find it late in the third Fields back to Montgomery and a high pass will Sai
l Out of Bounds too tall for the 6'2 Michaela young it's 20 turnovers now had 18 in the first half must say they've done a better job of taking care of it ultimately dig yourself in that kind of hole hard to get back out of it almost mid of the back court I will say they're defending the right kind of intensity playing so hard it only looks like St auson has four players out there right now Edward commits the foul first on Edwards fourth of the quarter for the Lions Edward didn't think so and li
ons were harassing right there at midcourt pull the pressure off and all the Falcons to dribble the floater On The Run offt Target and that basketball brought in by Young maybe got away with a couple extra steps there good jump shot Young from the free throw line Sil smooth that's something we had seen I'm been really impressed with Michaela young seems like somebody who's earned herself a opportunity for more playing time she's shown some skill set nice touch there on the midrange sweeping pass
from the Baseline sugam hangs in the air and hits those mesidor again coming along part of me mesidor with the J shot as she gets involved so right now the the two bigs for both sides showing off some touch from deep and Fields does as well three point make from the wing finally gets one to go see if they could break this right here oh my goodness it's not a smart play there I don't know what the other players on her team are doing they're just kind of running around aren't even facing the ball
goes to miss the field open threes able to knock it in they're right into the full court press will be happy to see that one fall start at 0 for five from three finally gets one to fall through and Lincoln in the third quarter shooting 25% a pardon me 33% 25% from Deep Coach T didn't waste any time there getting a better group back in the game couple really rough possessions there Fields was in there and she was the last to touch it Falcons basketball now green off of the floor and always about
what you can do in the moment one your best players are grabbing a breather 11-point game fourpoint swing since halftime favoring the Lions here we go four on three he'll take advantage here you go dish from Green and the foul Fields stuck a hand in and clipped Myers on the hand J Mar is a junior from Virginia Beach Virginia Myers to the line where she's at 72% on the year 0 for two today is that corrected perfect trip hains back up by 13 largest lead was 15 and a foul during the dribble Propet
Sheffield is assessed her first shefield the Richmond Virginia native and transfer into the Falcons program from Winston Salem State Montgomery up top got a two second difference between game clock and shot clock and I got a travel turnover for Lincoln and St Augustines can hold for the final shot even though Lincoln has shot 31% their most efficient quarter yet here we go two on onec can still win the quarter green rolls it through 15 for tah green St Augustine still applying pressure still pl
aying hard here you go another one turnover get it up one more chance as it's on the way and can't drop right as the buzzer sounds and St Augustines is back up by their 15-point lead they brought into the half 4227 as we go to the final 10 in Baltimore the ball issue is they turned it over there at the end of the half and what it got down to be a 10-point game a n point game they just let St Augustine take right back to a 15-point game so here we are fourth quarter both of these teams are going
to need to you know step it up another level uh but if you're Lincoln you want to it's all it's all gas no breaks now got to finish some of these plays off got to take care of the ball no more turnovers got to try to see where you end up in five minutes see how the quarter breakdown scoring there a moment ago and Lincoln just hasn't been able to overcome what was that two-point first quarter where they went one for 17 dead even with St Augustine's 1212 in the third got a whistle here in the back
court be the six 16 foul there Edward committed the foul her second she Subs out deia Atkinson takes her place Lions never l in this game after that slow start postest they've been since halftime was down 10 got a foul on the play it's kaziah Zam zram she'll go to the free throw line here first of a one and one this not Kayla Young Who commits the foul she had a pretty productive third quarter picking up some blocks dropped in a couple of shots banks for the triple hit one in the third unable t
o connect there back up top a second chance for the Falcons and a 202 shot clock reset and it's true Myers for three we're finally finding her stroke she made one in the third quarter got some confidence now now the Falcons back up 16 second three-pointer of the game for the Falcons Meyers and banks with the two go again draws another foul turned over and slow the transition Atkinson fou here's another look at Meyers hitting from Deep off so s Augustine using the three-point shot to extend to a
game high 16 when we come back Augustines leads by a game high 16 with 838 to go in the fourth quarter opening round action and Falcons trying to book a trip to the quarterfinals here in Baltimore kickball on the inbound attempts Falcons a mid led by Tania green and her 15 points Off the Bench de Asia Atkinson on the Lincoln side has seven still enough time for Lincoln to try and make a big run but shooting efficiency hasn't been what they needed to be as green gets her own Miss throws it up a s
econd time and he'll go to the strike good job by Green staying with it came up short on her first one able to go right back up with it trip to the free throw line bit a consistent for this afternoon for the Falcons she's now up to 15 points five rebounds there 22 minutes that 16 three now three for four from the line out of all the games that we've seen so far you know every team has a star on their roster and you know scouting report as we talk about the stars and who needs to perform big you
know every team really has had an Elite Performance Lincoln's still looking for somebody to really break through they hope Montgomery can get it going here in the final8 minutes lanir been trying to get it going as well as she shows up top and there's a foul sugam reached in yeah Lincoln just hadn't been able to get anybody to step up here it's not for a lack of effort a couple of these ladies that play really really hard but offensively they just has hasn't been much to offer their their top sc
ore has three field goals we're in the fourth quarter just been tough sleding catch and shoot off the inbound and Fields can't connect Banks presses It Forward dishes a quick pass here's Reed probing finding green underneath Reed's had a couple really good passes specifically to T green continues to be consistent this the biggest lead of the game so far lead now to 20 for the Falcons this may just be a little bit too much over to overcome for the Lions of linoln University s Augustine squared of
f against against Lincoln back on January 11th the prior meeting between these two teams as the three-pointer rips the twine for Atkinson guess who daaz Atkinson once again continuously Banks wants to answer can't lanir clears it back to that game on the 11th it was the Falcons taken down Lincoln beat him by 11 6352 was the final in that one so here in the tournament Falcons trying to get the job done again lanir shown off the handles and a foul called the Atkinson now into double figures leadin
g all lion scorers nothing's been an easy layup for Atkinson midrange shots three-pointers scoring from difficult parts of the floor as Walker tries to create some space kicks it out three-pointer is good Lions need to keep shooting like that you never know under seven to play well when there finally gets one to go say obiously is not being smart with the ball now they create the turn over Rush forward in numbers tries again put back by fields and one just like that quick 80 flurry get the kick
out right here jisa Jalisa knocks it down then off the rebound get Anessa Fields right here just moments ago it was a 20-point game and in a blink Lincoln has gone on an 80 run to get it back to 12 minute 17 is all they've needed to go on their best run of the night just when you thought it was good night for Lincoln their fans their band have a little bit of late energy back in them game like this Marcus if you're in that St Augustine sideline you're a little bit maybe of what's kind of happene
d here in the last minute 17 thought maybe this game was on Ice players ever lose focus in a game like this how do you turn it back on when you get a stoppage you're a coach you try and focus your team back in after you thought you had the result in the bag and then you're looking at at a swing in the scoreboard well I mean I I think for most programs and most coaches you know the scoreboard is only a it's a product of your your output but what you put into is you're trying to strive for somethi
ng and ultimately you know St Augustines isn't quite playing the any standard that's set uh they just kind of completely turned it off so just getting back to playing the game being aggressive there's 639 left there's no we're we're not playing keep away or anything like that at this point in the game we got to be very very aggressive and keep trying to score as many points as possible and get as many stops as possible Point like here I think both teams should be in the same kind of mode sort to
speak there's no lead protection when you're playing in a win you know winner go home tournament Fields fouled completed the shot now a chance for three to get this game to 11 she converts closest linoln has been in the second half is down 10 that was midway through the third Falcons throwing it away rolling out of bounds another [Music] turnover the alliance continue to hunt no concern for the basketball wever just got to do a better job both teams have been extending pressure all day and I wi
ll give credit to Lincoln in that they've adjusted at this point they've cut their turnovers down but St Augustine just continuing to make the same mistakes and I spoke too soon maybe too soon once again lanard lost it helped get it back shows in the corner working against Banks tiptoes the Baseline stepped out yeah one one Baseline tiptoe too many Let Her Off The Hook there at some point you got to give the ball up again both these teams have been a little stubborn in that regard we up to 45 tu
rnovers combined and clear both of these teams are going to have some issues with that part of the game B on dips it to Green missed the layup Walker comes up with the ball Center works it up the floor gets it into the hands of lanir Atkinson from deep and last Touch by Fields they'll say it's been a slow grind uphill for Lincoln who shot just 5% in the first quarter got to 23% in the second 31% in the third and now 57% in the fourth now they're starting to finally find it yeah they're they're s
tarting to be a threat to score now before I thought all St Augustine had to do was just try to J she's just done a good job being a complete basketball player scoring when the opportunity presents itself making timely passes blocking foul Fields with a hard attack in the key oh wow they caught that a charge you'll see there this is a great pass here Green's doing a great job offensively she's been the anchor certainly the most valuable player out here for St August yep 19point day five rebounds
as well on the glass eight for 15 Myers now faon banks with three on the shot clock steps outside misses the three it's lion basketball 436 to play bye Gibson there's subon Gibson The Freshman from Edgewood Maryland 10 for Lincoln these are some of her first minutes in this game big moments for Gibson lost it for a moment lanir helps out her teammate cleans it up mentioned earlier we hadn't seen Sienna Montgomery what feels like all half m here we go spoke her up and here she goes coming to the
table now but he's taking a long break here it's been a tough game for her bring Montgomery on green is off so they'll be without her for a moment but they keep the size out there bringing in Ashlin mesidor the sophomore mesidor has played 9 minutes today and made a lot of them Five Points five rebounds at the line for Lincoln Serena Mosley hers the first Serena Mosley good shot there on the free throw 61 senior from Athens Georgia place I know very very well appreciate that huh yeah good to se
e somebody all the way out here Baltimore Maryland two for two trip Lincoln has not missed a free throw in the second half got a perfect for for four and are within 11 have not cut it to on two again and they just haven't been able to capitalize on that enough I cut it to single digits yet in the second closest they've been as 10 as mesidor up top gives it to Reed dck clock moves under 10 as mesidor looks for an outlet there's Reed sweeping through mesidor Scoops it up and on the reversal there
by mesidor lays it in seen a couple of those today that inside scoop athletic play got double team finds Montgomery kick from Atkinson and the Freshman can't lay it in collects her Miss couple of lions take each other out on the interior Montgomery from downtown little short and it's Falcon basketball that was from way outside for Montgomery Montgomery contined to struggled here now one for 10 though she does have six rebounds just been a tough afternoon in only 20 minutes and there's an injured
Lion on the near side of the floor Atkinson is hunched over annah Gibson will stay out there number 10 she'll continue to play late valuable minutes lanir steals it Walker see if they can get a good shot out of his possession just down don't think 13 right on the Edge Montgomery deep ball been waiting a while to see one of those drop they top scorer might have found it 10-point game bounce pass leads mesidor Walker the foul it's tough break there I thought that looked like a clean block but tou
gh break ultimately St Augustines finally did a better job of breaking the Press there good job not going to get over the screen make you pay Montgomery's tried that shot from that spot probably three or four times in this game finally sees it fall mesidor well short on the first free throw 20-point game at one stage Lincoln went on an 80 run to climb back in it still hovering around 10 they were down 15 and half second free throw goes and back out to the floor this game's leading scorer toight
green with her 19 points and five rebounds be go time here lions got to start thinking about how they can shorten this game from the wing it's no good walker scales High to grab it lanir from Deep again a second offensive rebound Montgomery goes to the far side and on the third three it's good kiah Kenny whistle off the ball uh third times a charm Marcus yep third times a charm again we talked about that earlier if you get two offensive rebounds give that up at third shot it I I feel like that p
ercentage goes up tremendously seog here got a chance to try to push it back to double digits closest Lincoln has been all half single digits for the first time as the free throw gets it back up to nine sugam at the line while coach Washington watches on two nobody guarding the ball Lanier from deep that one's good now all a sudden everything's falling nobody wants to help out seven-point game as every three-pointer now falling for the Lions no rush here Falcons just need to get the best shot po
ssible knocked Away by a lion Defender and a good time sugam kicks it out big three on the way boun with an answer clutch back to 10 Lauren Banks there just made one earlier but none bigger than that one they needed it Lions try and keep it going from Deep Walker yanked in the rebound sugam got tied up with her one place Lincoln's taking a step is really on the glass they started to really rebound at a high level and starting to get some of those offensive rebounds Second Chance opportunities oh
inbound stol away laner steps outside misses the triple long rebound Walker saves it goes tumbling into the seats play stays going Walker is slow getting back up the floor and a foul smart foul for Lincoln as the Falcons had numbers door might be shut now on the comeback F but Lincoln's got it going these last couple minutes what seemed to be impossible early on now is Flowing it's been three after three open shot after open shot now they know what the bottom of the net fields like fortunately
may be too late lanir Montgomery teaming up for the three pointers they've made Seven of their 16 Shots by far their most efficient quarter to today St Augustines had a big answer on their end as well with banks sandwiched in the middle of those Lincoln threes this is Meyers at the line can't get the second to roll but uh another opportunity Reed misses it tries to throw it back up there was a block Walker stuffed it and did she step on the line yes she did right in front of the Falcon bench tou
gh turnover with 52.4 Qui as K I mean St Augustines this half trying to find it now they've turned the ball over at a tremendous rate they're up to 22 turnovers themselves maybe 14 turnovers this half it's not a winning formula but they've been able to get away with it Ben point to the spot the player from St Augustine just helping the ref out there there's uh Propet Sheffield I believe aiding the officiating crew making sure they saw the spot so Falcons have a chance to really distance themselv
es here in the final minute at the free throw line right back there once again is Myers and she makes the first you have to credit this Lincoln team for contining to fight when it was a 20-point game it felt like this thing was just going to be wrapped up with about seven minutes to go they go on that 80 run they cut it to as close as eight they lost lost their leading score Atkinson due to injury that was about 3 minutes ago and they find them themselves in a 13-point hole in the final minute a
lot of credit to the Lions they they fought I mean even earlier in the game when it seemed like they couldn't do anything right wasn't for a lack of competitive Spirit made some mistakes that they weren't able to overcome they weren't able to finish earlier in the game and thus the game got away from them theyve even despite the flurry they've had here late only shot 26% from the field for the entire game so just tough to overcome that winner of this one heads to the quarterfinals to take on El
izabeth City State the Vikings are the defending champs from a season ago right now looks like it'll be St a in that quarterfinal spot Bluefield State fill State on the other side of the bracket in the corter final match up the Broncos the one seed against Bluefield the five that took down the four this morning this will be the first game as long as St Augustines holds on in the women's bracket where the favored seed will go on to win yesterday you had the seven seed taking down the six and then
this morning State open [Music] on 51.8 out of the break check the uh Personnel that everybody rolls out there and like most of those starters will remain on the floor the inbounder for the Lions is a Kenny sophomore from Baltimore and turns it over picked up by Reed all the way up the floor she goes and converts that'll put it down in it yep it was a good job keeping it close and entertaining late good block back up to the 15-point lead that saog had going into the halftime break as they dribb
le it into the front court and we will have a foul n Gibson it'ss that one Joselyn Myers getting a bunch of free throw practice here in the final couple of minutes Lincoln brings Michaela young back out there the Freshman playing in her first tournament Tournament game and she's had a solid day off of the bench couple of points three rebounds venture to say then we first off let's talk about the food line MVP Taya green 19 point6 rebounds she was tremendous it's a steady Force there for St Augus
tines aing 13 on the year in the regular season and lived up to the bill certainly did mention Mel young should be somebody that'll be a force this time next year at this tournament yeah these freshmen they go a long way and just the experience they can get their development this tournament helps he grow as a basketball player quick and this kind of environment competitive games pressure packed possessions and you can grow almost just as much in this moment as you do over the course of a whole s
eason just being able to add tournament experience to your player resume without a doubt without a doubt nothing like having late season experience really can speed up development as you stated and just give you confidence going into the off season help level set your work ethic so it's the Myers free throw show here in the final 30 St Augustines gets ready to move on to the quarterfinals out of bounds and it is Lincoln Lions basketball four straight misses next game after this one is Virginia U
nion against Shaw three- seated Virginia Union against six seated Shaw in the south in the final women's game of the day Johnson C Smith against yesterday's winner Winston Salem State the seven seed trying to go a little bit of a Cinderella run bank shot three Wen roll and a jump ball with 15.8 just to think this game was 2 to 12 at the end of one yeah good good job to all these ladies of buckling down the last couple halves good and one there again Michaela young we just got done talking about
her but she's proven that she probably should have played more in this game nonetheless impact player going forward excited about her future opportunity to add one more point to the board so young completes the three-point play 5.3 rebound game for the Freshman by and a timeout called by St Augustines and maybe an opportunity for head coach eony Tanner just to get a couple of additional bench players in we saw a lot of depth from these two teams they have gotten most of their players into this g
ame at one point or another 12 players on each side have seen the floor just a quick huddle for both teams as they return with 13.5 entering the game for St Augustine is number 12 Jana Jackson a freshman from Hampton Virginia originally from Hampton went to bethl high school out that area bethl high school the Alama of Alan Iverson among others lot of talent lot of athletic talent coming out of that area Hampton Newport News Virginia Beach Chesapeake area Aila Walker is also out there for Lincol
n a sophomore from kalamazo Michigan Banks to inbound with 13.2 and gets it into the hands of Meyers who can dribble out the clock St Augustines did not break in the second half 15-point halftime lead turns to a 12-point victory in Baltimore and the Falcons are moving on in the quarterfinal their next match up will go against the one seed in the North Elizabeth City State Lions fans Falcons fans brought the energy in Baltimore special thanks to our entire ESPN plus production team status GRE goi
ng my broadcast partner Marcus thoron I'm Andrew Chapman saying so long from Baltimore the Falcons win it and are on to the quarterfinal with a 6450
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