arena with a ton of History here in downtown Baltimore oh here we go day two is underway and that jump ball missed everybody fell to the floor I don't know if I've seen that before a little bit of a fall start there both girls kind of laughing it off and here we go second time is a charm it is tipped over to living Stone and here we go underway now is a green will bring it up here Wendy's starting lineup keep an eye on t D Carter one of the top players for Livingstone number 21 in black and righ
t out of the gate the three-pointer balls from Beyond The Ark n Reeves Reeves there getting it going early lines one up from dead center and and here's your Wendy's starters for Bluefield State catch and shoot from the wing so both sides trying from Deep early on and it rolls out of Play It's Livingstone basketball looks like Bluefields not going to hesitate they're going to be up in the Press early and they're going to try to apply pressure and see if they can't for living Stone into making som
e mistakes early this morning blueberries is the five seed come in off of seven and 15 regular season they went 5 and 13 in conference play but closed their years strong they won back-to-back games and the tournament a nice little boost of confidence wins over Johnson C Smith and also Winston Salem State so we've talked about some teams that come into Baltimore on the skids on a losing spell but right now this Livingstone team starting to find the field good thing for both of these teams we disc
ussed multiple times to one game championship for these teams to go out and compete keep their Seasons alive another day everything that's happened fire goes out the window it's time to play basketball complete at the highest level Newman she's one of the star players to watch for Bluefield state number 23 in the gray she is their top scorer at over 16 per game underneath a little bit of contact this comes in and Livingstone player had her toe on the line b line out of bounds look here see Bluef
ield state has something drawn up they like to go to bford the inbounder and the shot is blocked Livingstone got a tip on the three and a shot clock violation early shot clock violation and as we can both hear the living Stone party traveled here to have a nice presence up so we looking to get the energy going great steal and block yeah nice block for livan stone is Reeves got a hand on it swats it out of bounds their fans Livingstone still standing on their feet waiting for that first point tha
t block right there was two blocks now for Livingstone playing aggressive here early fed down low and a strong finish for chalance Montoya good job just penetrating playing downhill and chickens Montoya the 6'1 Center down low for Bluefield state offers a nice post presence for big blue Liv St looking for an angle from the wing as the shot clock dips under 10 they stay on the outside the entire time missed the three off of the heel offensive rebound quick movement L of three-point shots have bee
n thrown up early on in this one and and that does continue a trend you know Bluefield State they beat Livingstone by 12 earlier in the regular season they took 33 threo pointers in that game so I I think you're going to see both teams shoot the long ball quite a bit has a jarring number but clearly it's shown you know Reliance and dependence on shooting that three ball and ultimately this day and age of playing basketball more three-pointers gives you opportunity for more field State point guar
d bver brings it up the floor and it's out of bounds a couple backto back turnovers both teams still trying to get their feet underneath them been ongoing theme here it's getting settled new Arena New playing Court getting used to those surfaces long two Off the Mark Livingstone player goes down hard that's Nel Reed who's hit the three-pointer and also come up with a block shot she's been the most impact impactful player so far in these opening minutes and Reeves after taking that spill will go
to the bench go just kind of lost control there took a what looks like a shot to the to the jaw she's back up and working she's able to shake it off living Stone makes it up NAIA green kcks it up top Oregon Kelson started her drive and shuffled their feet Morgan Kelson another nice player for living Stone who's been a key starter for them this year the 5' 10 power forward originally from Charlotte North Carolina Sor Benford walks it up looking to get settled down good action on the cut there's N
ewman's first bucket of the game the top scor for Bluefield State off that nice feed down to the post it goes correcting in the air and dropping it through nice touch very nice jamah Elane Lane leading scorer there for Livingstone excellent job just using footwork and pace get a nice look pivoting at the elbow nothing there for Newman they get it back outside feed the post and it's off the glass batted around rebound Coral was cleared by Lane stones made two of their four shots in the early goin
g that pass stolen away reading the feed Newman tried to transition quick gets it to a teammate flung high off of the glass and cleared out of there good steal by Newman got to convert on opportunities like that you get to go two on one or three on two throws it opportunities you got to take advantage of Kelson tried to spin free and traveled again her second travel in the last minute number two right now livan still a little careless with the basketball they've committed seven turnovers followi
ng that travel call it's not a good uh Pace to be on we're at less than five minutes of game time seven turnovers they're on Pace for quite a few something to watch going forward you just saw Gabrielle Thomas enter the game the 5'9 small forward from Queensbury New York originally she gets the ball into her hands and unable to hit the three right out of the gates gets it back tied up feeds Newman and a foul good job just moving the ball found a little energy just a couple of close shovel passes
able to get a good look there by Newman to get her going in first attempts at the free throw line here's a look here able to create it by the offensive rebound and and you allow offensive rebound it's really hard to stop what com next first foul against Lane and Alexis Newman makes the first he's taking more free throws than any other player on Big Blue's roster 70% on the year and she makes them both Stone again has committed a lot of turnovers early on trying to protect the basketball there's
a block from behind Thomas got her hand on it up the floor Thomas shakes free lets it Fly Thomas's come out shooting ever since ever since she subed into this game couple of three-point tries already still trying to lock it in blto State's going to be looking for some shooting for Thomas the runner goes for TC Carter oh but the basket doesn't count color for the offense foul tough break for Carter low scoring early one-point game in Baltimore Bluefield State big blue on top of Livingstone Colleg
e six to five in the early going opening quarter of action here in day two CIAA tournament so see Livingstone now going to a little bit of Zone there you go getting a turnover right off the bat see if they can convert Livingstone pressing forward thought about the three gives it out to the wing off the drive this is Bria Griffith who has subed into the game for the blue bears and off the Miss comes Livingstone in transition bford gets it back up top big blue right at him good B shot float is tru
e for Azariah Benford good drive byah just attacking the gaps coming to a stop shooting a nice floater Living Stones is also subbed in Brianna Chambers she's a 6' three Center a senior originally from Perth Australia 23 in the black so she'll work down in the post trying to show for it on the Block Griffith gets it back up top with three on the timer got to shoot it from Deep High bounding rebound and it's a jump ball good job by NA Reeds getting her nose in there getting two hands on this rebou
nd a chance for a jump ball changeing possession look at her fighting and scrapping against a couple of taller players good job nice effort from Thomas Bluefield state to start it this morning 341 from the floor they turn it over for just the third time in the game so does so no living Stone will keep the possession arrow touched out of bounds by big blue living Stone side they've dropped in a pair of shots to this point two for seven one for three from Beyond The Arc Bear's a little congested r
ight here on offense here they go get a good post touch good finish strong move nael Reeves who took a shot in the face earlier had to leave the game for a moment she's back out there and making plays on the deck contact to the block and a blocking foul it is going against Lane here her second so Lane will have to sub off in some foul trouble she'll have to monitor that for the rest of the half one of the key living Stone starters and they have brought Morgan Kelson back out there the junior for
ward up top to Thomas thought about the three gives it up the ball fake in the dribble nice mid-range shot put through by Katrina Davis Davis is the Great job right there pass thrown behind Reeves a lot of that is doing part to the Press Livingstone after a ma basket jumping into a quick press shell speeding up the blue Bears forcing to turnover see if they can get it under control there Livingstone now with nine turnovers Newman lost it on the way up living Stone and quick transition there's an
offensive foul makes that 10 now how about you check out the blue the blue Bears mascot here hanging out blue bear in the corner near the cheerleaders having a good time he's he's got the fangs and and this guy is ready to he's ready to be subbed in yeah he's a little bit intimidating over there I don't know he's in a jersey may be eligible watch out for that trying to Lobby Queen Smith head coach of Livingstone to give him some minutes tonight this morning should say here's the spin oh all the
way everything but the Finish got to have the finish lobbed up the floor up ahead of the pack and the rolls three of griffits right there good finish getting out in transition living Stone able to stop the bleeding a little bit they committed three straight turnovers able to get a run out there easy basket here's Newman little bit quiet since her first bucket the crossover the drive lost it again Newman has turned it over a couple of times now three Bluefield players back in transition and a fo
ul call it a charge there that time seem to get their beat said yet again another turnover that's 11 now Bears check out the mascot he's getting a little uneasy trying to figure out when it's going to be his time to check in and stop the bleeding over there he was he was pointing and I think he was calling out defenses from the near side I mean he he's locked in hand signals fully engaged he's about 3T from the nearest player see him right there on the wide cut fired from Deep ball batted around
into living Stone's hands off a Miss they're trying to apply pressure see if they can force him another turnover Griffith drives kicks it out angle from 17 ft pull up no bounce second try Kelson fires it off the boards gets it back up top to green from the top of the yard short three ball flying here in Baltimore opening quarter Living Stones gone one for four Bluefield stayed 0 for four the dying seconds off of the Miss it'll be a one-point game going into the second quarter not much separatin
g I swear he stepped over that sideline maybe two or three times but he's able to get away with it it's been draped over the back of a couple of uh Bluefield three-point Shooters he's trying to be that sixth defender in this game is the three flies and it swirls down Livingstone makes their second of the game Nel Reeves there so second three of the games made the first one as well and three-point shots a part of our food line keys today for living Stone create those three-point looks Second Chan
ces off the offensive rebounds Bluefield state has to hone in on Alexis Newman and also limit those turnovers as the roll drops down Katrina Davis there it's the roll on the nice floater gets to the middle of the paint stops and Pops going have combined nine three-point shots already two two sides play from Deep locked at a dozen per side and living Stone working with five green pulls with two on the timer offensive board off the three good offensive board should look to go back up there but goo
d job getting extra possession from inside the AR gets the long Deuce very nice that's Morgan Kelson right there 510 junor out of Charlotte knocks it down kelson's a nice player can play on the interior good size at 510 also has that deep ball though step back Jay griel Thomas is had a nice day off the bench just fighting for possessions picking up rebounds opening up some shots out to Second possession nice Start Center makes the play Chance Monto just not much you can do there as a Defender tr
ied to sell it with the Flop no dice scoring starting to pick up a bit here in the second quarter and the shot can't get the bounce again it was Thomas with the Clearfield state turns it over let's take a look at the last basket and just nice post touch getting into their post thread and yeah not much contact there tried to sell it again with that flop and it's hard to get it on one dribble maybe on two but not on one Montoya today two for five four points and a rebound at the center position Gr
iffith tried to drive off the ball fake and shuffled their feet brings us to 12 turnovers now for living Stone a lot of those have been of that variety hatching you know those steps pivots plants just got to slow down a little bit make their moves with a little bit more with deliberate Pace clean up that footwork Newman is back out there for Blue Field state they're leading scores return 23 in the gr Newman drives Rises and draws the foul yeah immediately they go to her go with a fake dribble ha
nd off she's able to get downhill get to the free throw line which is one of her strengths been there once already today she's two for two 70% free throw shooter on the year Newman senior originally from goodye Arizona went to Millennium high school over 16 points a game one of the top players the CI daa this year second one is true over on the blue field State sideline third gear head coach Paul Davis every Snak passes by should have had a conversion Griffin convit the offensive foul extended t
hat left arm it's a great job baiting her by aah Benford get Livingstone College they've taken away 13 potential shot attempts just throwing the ball away mly sound currently luckily it hadn't hurt him too bad two-point game that'll be something to keep eye on as we advance until the second half they're on almost on Pace for a little bit over 30 so so they'll have to slow it down a little bit take their time as they Advance this ball get in the scoring position jamaah Lane does return to this ga
me pretty early here in the second quarter working with two personal fouls her head coach had to take her off the floor early on and she'll have to monitor things she's a physical player but now has to play with the two fli up and a foul underneath it's not against Lane going against Kelson Lane was in the area there she's glad not to pick it up Kelson has assessed her first so Kaylee Woodruff will check back in for living Stone now Lane uh exits the floor plays a couple of seconds before return
ing to the seats and underneath Gabrielle Thomas scores her first bucket of this game feels like she's been all over the floor very much so finally gets one to fall good job hustling back Alexis NS Newman there I'm sorry she did a good job hustling back and saving maybe what would have been a open layup there woodriff backing in squeezes a pass to Kelson almost lost it back out side with Reeves and the [Music] miss ball fake wide open space underneath kind of came to a stop there to shoot the la
yup got to F you know keep going probably a one foot take off there just a quick little ball fake on the outside nearly got Davis all the way to the rim able to get the blowb Newman from straight on it's true very nice beautiful form Newman has taken over the game high in scoring with nine she's been perfect today from the floor two for two four for four from the line locked in from the jump that was a good job by Jay will saving that a high pass he was able to Corral in and get a good attempt K
elson bodies to the rift Telson again showcasing some of that inside outside ability knock down a jump shot a couple possessions ago she gets in tight there play makes a physical play and There She Goes Again Alexis Newman in her bag right now back to back to back buckets starting to heat up here pace is quick on both ends knocked out of bounds living Stone ball starting to pick the pace up there tell you what the big blue have been hustling getting up and down as the corner pop goes for Reeves
her second three-point make third three-point fing it yeah three for three to start the night start the morning I'm sorry keeping Livingstone in it Newman unable to answer her first Miss all day got to play her down slow to get up is the injured blue bear that's kayy wood been flying all morning Reeves has hit three of them she's feeling it the blue bear looking on in the corner trying to call out some defenses he's bringing the energy today we did a little bit of research our expert statisticia
n Greg going down here at the table doing the investigative journalism and we have confirmed that he does not have an actual name he is the living Stone blue bear bear with no name is what we're going to reference him as but he's quite the entertaining figure maybe he'll earn a name by the end of this one cuz he's been all over this game always thought Harry is you know a bear name Harry Bear yeah Harry the blue bear I don't know that's what I would name him yeah yeah couple ways you can go uhoh
down on the floor another one stone can't get the timeout there's jump ball it's a rough go at it for him change of possessions here I guess that's technically I'm already the 15th turnover he did get the timeout in okay okay they awarded him with him because they certainly in deep water there so they do get the timeout Queen Smith was frantically calling for the time mystery still out there for me maybe a clip on or something like that for me yeah that so apparently that's his standard and the
bow tie is usually what he's seen in on a night to night basis which I love that it's impeccable standard in class there on the drive the dump and the Finish Reeves with a strong move underneath she's been fantastic today green picks up the assist but Reeves she's been making three-pointers scoring down low multifaceted basketball player yeah Reeves has been an impact player here get outside wide open look for Newman rattles out good rebound there by Gabrielle Thomas she's got great ball instin
cts when basketball's in the air where it's going to come down Newman spins draws the foul Griffith saying her hands were up high but she'll pick up the personal Alexis Newman's been all over the place fingerprints all over this game rebounding hustling on defense great moves offensively you look here here goes the conference commissioner Jackie McWilliams Parker in attendance see the commissioner she was walking around yesterday saying hello to everybody and see her here throughout this tournam
ent Newman's first free throw Miss turnover tip pass blue bear is just really struggle with this press can't see you stop the bleeding Newman go against the screen Benford hesitates and got a jump ball nice move by Green to get that left hand on it green almost went flying out of bounds off the hesitation still able to to adjust Newman thought about it drives in the runner on the Fly and it goes just stayed aggressive 12 y up to 12 points now an impact player all morning Kelson crosscourt pass q
uick catch and shoot and it's good TC Carter from downtown around the perimeter here get it out Thomas up the rebound the stick back and it's pulled in by Green before the foul that's well shockingly that's the first foul in the evening I'm sorry on the morning for Bluefield State Bluefield State's been able to capitalize on these turnovers that's the big key it's one thing to force them can you get points out of extra possessions 14-2 differential in points off of turnovers favoring big blue Be
nford pulls up from the line Banks it in nice stop and pop thir zah Benford just doing a good job playing with Pace largest lead was seven for Bluefield State Griffith on the elbow knocked loose Newman just batted it out of her hands get another turnover keep running here sinere Roberts misses the long ball oh man and Thomas couldn't Corral it Livingstone basketball and Subs on both ends yeah fatigue may be starting to set in for both teams Kayla sample gets ready to join the action for Bluefiel
d State Kaylee Woodruff about to come on it's had a 20-point quarter now eight of 16 really efficient back today 115 to play Livingstone basketball they just brought kayy woodrift back out there 15 in Black here's green will try it from Deep living Stone has gone four of nine from three-point range three on the other end and an airball green camped underneath the bucket Bluefield stay now just one for 10 from Beyond The Ark so not for a lack of trying they've been off the mark As Kelson missed t
he layup underneath tipped out of bounds Livingstone holds it with 39.3 chance for a uh two for one situation here yeah right on the money two for one here want to get something quick and good look at the goal here we go good opportunity RI couldn't hit the layup gets it back a Miss on the second Kel on a third counted plus the foul and one Morgan Kelson there Strong finish she's been a great player all game look at her just got to keep working around the cylinder two misses go up real hard if y
ou're the defensive team give up three offensive rebounds at some point the other team will cash in Nelson a 59% free throw shooter this season unable to complete the three-point play play a 2 and 1/2 second difference between the shot clock and the game clock is Benford scans and looks to set up a final play Thomas goes against the screen tied up in the corner here's the drive the floater it falls J sample excellent job getting to the middle of the court and getting a runner off it's the lead b
ack to six as we go into the to the break really solid second quarter for big blue 22 points on a 50% shooting quarter 9 of 18 for n their first meeting since then Bluefield State got the better of Livingstone College 6147 in that game they did it by shooting 33 three-pointers see if the formula continues here in the second half of action we're ready players are ready the living Stone blueberry is always ready and he's already in his defensive three-point stance stone with the opening possession
Kelson drives to the Baseline kicked it out pass was tipped quick trigger there on the foul but you know good job pursuing flying around trying to play basketball with multiple efforts right can Livingstone hold on to the basketball Val possessions they turned it over 16 times over the first 20 minutes something they'll have to improve on Bluefield State complete opposite only gave it up six times they handled it well green opposite the screen goes to the corner R good dialed in straight out of
the halftime break and she knocks down her first one and she's feeling herself first of the half right at the shoot and fourth of the game deep post touch over the back here bit of action right after the Reeves three here she's feeling herself coming back down and letting her opponent know about it showing the ice in her veins we understand how it goes L bravado going back down and while we were gone another turn over there this time by Bluefield state that was jayla's sample on the Bluefield S
tate side that uh didn't want anything to do with the Reeves three-point celebration good drive left hand lane had her minutes Limited in the first half because of the foul issues she's working with two now so she's much more comfortable spot at the moment see if living stillone Keep Her On the Floor a little longer in this second half as the passes beyond the reach of Montoya at the center turnover emphasizing that they want to get the ball into her Miss slightly better job breaking the Press t
here than they were doing in the first half Lane dumps it low to Reeves sweeping scoop got it back Lane floats it through ni that's taking advantage of the numbers and here we go cut it down lead down to one stone doing a much better job of just taking care of the ball and getting quality shot at Second Chance opportunities nine offensive boards now for Livingstone College Binford gets it up top they swing it around to Thomas good Pass Drive dish in a bucket Montoya waiting for it underneath yea
h she felt that as soon as she caught the ball attacked the soft spot in the defense able to get it back get that one to go there we go Stone lost in Lane trying to tow that sideline couldn't Corral it Liv Stone turnover Alexis Newman Alexis Newman back out onto the floor with her team High 14 Montoya after making that bucket a moment ago subs off 6.3 rebound game for her looks like Newman has some pre wrap some type of tape jop going on her right knee just realized she missed the first few minu
tes of the half maybe to get something to dress right she didn't have that in the first half something to monitor Baseline kick Newman starts the move very nice pull up wouldn't fall field stayed harassing in the back court is Reeves lobs it forward to Lane ball fake all the way to the rim very nice catch pump they can go it's jamaah Lane right there been quiet tonight but she's actually been the team lead this season and Lane on the defensive end makes a play she tied up Benford through the jum
p ball but buoy state or excuse me pardon me Bluefield state will hold the possession Newman pulls the trigger and berries it Splash there Alexis new Newman finding her range early they're still pursuing this ball in the full fourth setting guess who Reeves unable to answer and Newman clears Blue Field State one for 10 from Beyond The Arc in that first half their first three-pointer of this half Falls they'll want more of that a wide open look for Newman oh and well short on the back to back T s
he smile laughs that one off she'll be ready to go once again quick sub for Newman here I wonder if they're just trying to Monitor and keep her keep her uh limited with that knee condition she has heavy tape job with that yellow tape on the right knee great hustle there not quite able to keep it in bounds Trina Davis slaps it out of bounds hangs on H kicks it out got a foul here off the ball and based on the reaction looks like it'll go on Jaya sample Reeves the inbounder up top to Morgan Kelson
the shovel to Green steps inside the arc can't hit Gabriel Thomas bringing it down back to benord Benford sweeps in and tried to Dish it back outside threw it away control the ball with no plan there Reeves pushing it a two-on-one dumps it off green converts nice communication between Lees and her point guard NAA green hold it to the last second to get her the open look she needed Blue Field state by two largest lead was seven Thomas misses from the short Corner field State's been a little more
active on the defensive end in the back court but they get caught on the other endes converts push all that pressure forward but they were left vulnerable yeah well was working in the first half and had Livingstone State turning the ball over continuously as now now something they've been able to adjust to they're to using it to their advantage now foul before the shot TC TC Carter assessed her second leading scorer Nel Reeves with her 18 goes to the bench for a moment along with Nia green so a
couple of those starters sub off Livingstone his Ro KY Woodruff back out onto the floor 15 and black off the Miss Morgan Kelson the rebound really struggle from that three-point line outside of Alexis Newman Woodruff off the pivot missed the turnaround Benford pulls up quickly long rebound collected by Davis and Davis drives it in inside there's a foul Kelson knocked her down good aggressive drive there by Davis all knotted up 441 left in the third quarter here from CFG Bank Arena B more they'r
e creating two on ones and they're finishing this time and they've noded this thing up at 37 yeah they've had the rush going out of that broken press they've been able to get through the back court push the ball forward and find ways to score quickly at the free throw line there was a foul right before the timeout and at the line for Bluefield state is Katrina Davis and she makes her first the foul went against Morgan Kelson on that play a Miss but an offensive board sincere Roberts good job get
ting the board there out the free r on the offensive glass tonight 99 not much of Alexis Newman so far this morning she's disappeared a pictures charge right there can't argue that one but she's been on the bench hadn't gotten in much and you mentioned earlier she came back out the halftime you can see it there with the yellow wrap on her knee and goes we see the charge one more time great job position sincere Roberts there the Bluefield State missing her presence right now now he's green subbed
out a moment ago comes back in to run the point out of the timeout up top for three can't get the bounce a lot of confidence on that shot your coach Queen doesn't mind that one as long as you're shooting the confidence a good move up the spin Kelson thought it was a clean block instead another foul going against the blue field state power forward little bit of bumping might have a case definitely had a case there all ball I'm sure the referees were looking at something else sample at the free t
hrow line knocks in the first big blue is a team this year shot it 68% from the free throw line right around middle of the pack in the conference Kelson crosscourt find Lane Goes The Far Side catch and shoot rims out boxs out oh little reversal on the stick back TC Carter there showing some toughness on the interior one turn over the first seven minutes of this quarter here for living Stone had a lot to do with them being able to have some Effectiveness offensively stuck around the block they ge
t it back outside with sample and off of the drive picks up two shots couple different angles of the Miss on the three but the reversal from Carter excellent job coming out the rim pulling up back to the rim reverse layup but earned by another three-pointer we talked about Livingstone and their uh their tendency to shoot a lot of threes and get a lot of Threes up what comes with that is offensive rebounding opportunities on Long rebounds make some of those count on extra chance points need to cr
eate advantages for your team sample with a miss it is RI Griffith who is subbed in for Morgan Kelson for two back out on the floor for Livingstone something to watch that Morgan Kelson now has four fouls Lane missed the turnaround Kelson with four she picked a couple up really quickly we mentioned Alexis nman earlier didn't realize at the time she's already to three fouls herself right knocked out of bounds living Stone gets the basketball you had Lane who's in foul trouble early sh'll helped f
ill in a lot of the minutes without Kelson out there and and Lane one of the original starters as well try and keep her out there as much as possible number 11 in Black travel extra step for Jayla Williams trying to make a move they tried to stay away from those so far in the third quarter it's their first time kind of having unforced turnover like that want to keep the keep a lid on those going forward as AR Benford the junior point guard from Columbus Ohio been Iron woman so far for the big BL
had Miss much Thomas gives it back to Davis on the drive Benford gets fouled it was Lane that's her third I just mentioned Benford she has she's played all game hadn't come out yet see if she can knock down the free throw here certainly the leader for this big blue Squad and the first is good for Benford 15 foul for Livingstone it'll be free throws the rest of the quarter for big blue and it's perfect trip to the line for Benford long pass into the hands of Bria Griffith runs into the center we
ll whistle the foul against Montoya rith heads to the stripe where living Stone has hardly been at any point today just their second free throw attempt right there Marcus there was just an and one try for Kelson in that first half that was it yep it's one thing the big blue have done today they hadn't f so they've been able to keep Livingstone off the free throw line and make him earn it Livingstone has earned it able to St in this game despite the turnovers on the other Ro gifted possession off
of the free throw Miss green lets it Fly missed everything Griffith tries to save it out of bounds so one-point game Lian Stone has tied it on multiple occasions but they have not LED since early on in the second quarter when it was 14-2 and the leading scorer for the blue Bears is back out there n Reeves with her 18 on a mighty efficient seven of 10 today four three-pointers as well as montoya's kick out goes to sample now Thomas Catching Fire halfway down and out Montoya gets it back she was
blocked I think Reeves got a hand on it good job hammering the Press there Griffith crosses over runs into Montoya it should a good job staying vertical there not allowing her arms to sink made it easy for the referee to not have to call anything sample inside the arc long two rebounded by Thomas she has been a vacuum on the offensive glass last field goal for Bluefield State came with 701 in this quarter long long drought of nearly seven minutes Benford off the fake misses the clean look it's h
adn't been able to finish in tight there got numbers I see in the whole Court we going to try to hold for a last shot here yep second and a half difference between shot clock and game clock Reeves dips into the paint b and hits give her 20 with two on the timer a technical foul was just assessed against Reeves knew it was coming we we looked at it earlier in the game and talked about a little bit being a little bit chatty on that last three had a feeling after this one she'd let her emotions get
the best of her beautiful shot on the fade away but you got to let it go at some point in time she was way down the court with Davis the hallway official gave her a little bit of leeway till she finally called the techical on Reeves obviously an intense player in an intense moment that just let the emotions boil over a little too much and instead of a a halfcourt heave maybe in the quarter break Bluefield State's going to end things at the free throw line with a Chance to take the lead yeah cha
nce to take the lead the free throw line and they'll gain possession of the ball maybe in scoring position but again still small details you know you can't give the opponent anything in these kind of scenarios you're playing for your livelihood just got to do everything you can to control what you can control and right there you give you you give the referees a reason they gave you some rope on the first one yeah got to let it go Bluefield state will do just that they'll take the lead they'll ta
ke it out from half four maybe the chance had a last shot Davis makes both free throws and Bluefield state with 1.7 and fire up one last shot at the horn oh it almost went Thomas had the right touch on it Rim wasn't kind technical free throws give Blue Field State the lead as we go to the final 10 minutes one-point game in Baltimore they have score Bluefield State 1611 since the start of the second half but still Trail by One technical free throws allowed Bluefield state to hold the lead going i
nto the final 10 minutes here we go fourth quarter from Baltimore opening round big blue against the blue Bears this game is this game has seen seven lead changes six different ties had great action on the women's bracket to start this tournament Marcus yeah it's been great action we've had two great women's games to start highly competitive they've stayed tight the whole game Furious rallies in the third quarter some common themes State Winston Salem State played in a one possession game yester
day one possession deciding it right now Thomas she's been an nvp caliber player in the second half for Bluefield yeah she's been active All Hustle for Gabrielle Thomas gets a still on one end gets a offensive rebound put back on the other there goes Alexis Newman sorely missing the third quarter playing with three fouls she now has that tape on her right knee which was applied during halftime coach Paul Davis did a great job of just you know staying disciplined with her and letting her take tha
t time off so she could have two fouls to go for the entirety of the fourth out on the wing sifting through traffic little too strong on the layup Benford pressing the issue Davis gives it right back and Benford tries to slow it down communicates and sets the offense Newman tried to make a cut heels back outside Davis shows at the top as the timer moves under 10 there she does Thomas drives can't convert out of bounds Thomas in her day off of the bench six points and a team High nine rebounds do
ing a great job to even Jama Lane checks back in oh got to steal stolen away and a fouling Stones Jayla Williams reaching in after jayla's sample swiped it away yeah it was ni Reeves in the corner there lost it okay it looked like it was going to be the reach in but go against Reeves that's her second she had the technical foul looks like it's her third now that'll be something to monitor as we get deeper into the fourth quarter goes Alexis Newman not able to get that one to convert here we go f
ast break lost the handle killed the break able to recollect herself there catch and shoot Thomas now with 10 boards Newman swings near side Davis there we rattles in the triple finally get one to go now three for 17 on the night that no bigger than that three there by Davis well coming into this quarter Bluefield state had not scored since the 701 Mark now they're starting to put together a run back up by six their largest lead today was seven Morgan Kelson checks back in he has four fouls so t
hey'll have to be very uh you know certain with her defensiv make sure that she's making good decisions they want her to be a part of this finish at some point you got to let the players play the easiest three from Davis that we just showed you had Lane's hand in her face on it there she goes kelon clanks it Newman pushes forward Bluefield State on a 70 run approaching three minutes of game action bford scanning Davis shows in the corner contact along the Baseline and a blocking foul is going ag
ainst Jayla Williams here's a look at her attacking that top foot again just leaning into it a little bit that's a hard call guard a clear side oneon-one Newman still leads Blue Field State scores with her 17 Davis has 10 double figures as well pass batted loose and out of bounds only 5 seconds remaining on the shot clock for big blue to inbound see if they can get a screen to screener or something like that to go bford had to get it in up top Newman pulls up from deep and air balled it had been
able to find the range she knocked down a couple threes earlier and it's been a couple airballs since little close still trying to shake off the Russ and Newman didn't miss a shot for a while started the day perfect three for three now five for 11 thrown out of bounds living Stone they've done a better job in the second half at preserving the basketball they committed did 16 first half turnovers but that's a big 21st of the game yeah just the fifth in the second half but no turnovers matter mor
e than the ones you're committing now I take care of the ball here to close out if they want a chance to get back in this thing Newman thought about it closes in and got rejected Lane put a hand on it here Reeves returning to the floors we get a look at the block from Lane Drive good block able to get up we've seen that be a 50-50 call in this game oh nice nice sure not able to finish loose ball coralled by lane lane with a pair of blocks and four rebounds tonight wide open look let's going TC C
arter able to stick one in there cust the lead now to three it's the big time shot for Livingstone every time and looks like the game could get away they find a way to fight back and get right in there TC Carter has quietly had a stat stuffing morning eight points now off that three-point make perfect two for two from Beyond The Arc five boards four assists couple of steals as well doing it all Qui Cher Thomas is good she's a bucket away from a double double this morning eight points 11 boards a
nd a travel living Stone turns it over yeah another bad turn over there just got to take your time in the middle of the Court TC Carter with the three-point Splash and then on the other end an answer from Thomas lufield State he shot it at 31% today as Newman's hit hard was trying to Corral it no foul and Reeves pushes up the floor Chris pass down low to Kel through Telson does a good job coming to balance and finishing that one right there at Point Blank Range made impact in this game since she
came back in had to sit most in a third with four fouls presence was sorely missed Newman can't hit Reeves on the run and this will go against bper back and forth fourth quarter drama 444 to play Bluefield State on top by three point lead at the halftime Drake Marcus and really dead even right now rebounding plus two living Stone offensive rebounding plus one blue field State going to come down to just possession of the basketball here living Stone trying to limit the turnovers which they've do
ne well in the second half who can take care of the ball who can have quality possessions and get quality look looks at the goal who can finish their defensive possessions with a rebound we got 4 and 1/2 minutes to figure that out lane on the attack gets the bounce Lane he's been quiet tonight is starting to come alive a little bit here in the second half had to be careful earlier with the fouls playing with three but you can tell she's starting to free up a little bit late in the game y she now
up to eight points has two blocks as well done a good job Newman too strong off the glass Livingstone down one can take the lead with a bucket high pass through the fingers unable to Corral it was TC Carter got to find a way to not turn the ball over I mean that right there get a good you know kind of crossover change the direction and then you just launch air you know an air pass got to do a better job of being more solid unnecessary risk Benford goes to Davis and Davis hits a big triple Davis
has hit a lot of clutch threes here in the second half has needed every single one eighth assist of the game for Azariah Benford she has been a facilitator up top oh not the right place to pick it up they're able to survive that in 12 seconds gone off the shot clock got it to the person they want to have it he's aggressive l l it in she has three fouls she knows the person Garder has three fouls you should be aggressive of every time you touch it in this setting bford with the patience brings t
he clock to 15 on the drive kicks to Thomas and it is no good Newman comes up with a second chance a third try Thomas gets it swatted out of bounds but Bluefield stay controlling their off defensive glass good rebound there by Alexis Newman and then another one by Gabrielle Thomas good job staying with it keeping the ball alive that's definitely a foul or is that a time out big blue takes the timeout good timeout there they haven't taken many Paul Davis able to get it in as they were up against
the count on the inbound Bluefield State we'll talk it over when we come back 5351 Blue Field State on top took the time out we're unable to get the inbound in and talk it over drop a new play bford with her eight assist gets it over to Davis back up top with Benford got to go got to go yep with five on the timer drives and oh she had a wide open look underneath sometimes just got to press the issue and things open up for you it's a good drive there by aarah benord Lane Lan it down there she goe
s She's Come Alive here in the fourth quarter back and forth game right now two-point game as we approach two minutes to go sample gets to the interior fires it off of the heel there's an excellent box out there by Morgan son they got a chance to either tie it or even potentially take the leading Stone last lead when it was 4241 just very briefly right before technical free throws gave it back to Bluefield State at the end of the third quarter speaking of reeds was been very very quiet and there
she is there she is fast Davis you got to go got to go got got the numbers Advantage ah got to see it and take advantage of it there you get five on four yeah got to see if we can make it three on two and two on one there benord probing going to Thomas puts it on the deck PIV gets it outside opens up Newman for three big time shot talk about being unflappable she missed the last 2D air ball and that one she gets to go it's a big time shot there by no and Livingstone calls it timeout Bluefield s
tayed by five it had been a quiet second half for Newman but she has 20 got that tape job on her knee didn't play a lot of the third quarter had some foul trouble well we've been in this spot before another close game on the women's bracket with a lower seed with a chance to move on it was Winston Salem State yesterday taking down Buie Maya Tucker had a huge game for Winston Salem State hitting an and one in the final seconds and here's Bluefield State the five seed trying to take down the four
in the opening round Newman kept it in bounds Reeves gets it back looking Stones has to ball green open try good big time oh they needed that like they needed air for night is a green and what seemed like you know a mad Scramble Play sometimes you can stay composed in those moments you end up getting something wide open now the green Cashes in right back to a two-point game just under a minute they almost lost the possession they get it back and green does not blink huge three-pointer to get it
back to a one position [Music] game the three-pointer was a focal point early right we knew that these two teams were going to come in try and shoot the lights out we've seen a combined 38 three-pointers taken in this game between the two sides Newman on the blue field State and green for Livingstone back to two with 58.3 three games so far in this tournament long pass over the outstretched hand to Davis it looks likei State turn going down to the wire again it's the gravity of this of this mome
nt playing in a conference tournament Winer go home and teams can't seem to separate every game we've had thus far been a you know a barn burner St Augustines in Bluefield State gave us a great game on the men's side late last night Bluefield State man advancing and now the women are trying to join them in the quarterfinal they lead by two living Stone gets it to Lan lost the ball tough tough turnover got a guard here and see if we can Force One Benford scattering around and they've got the whis
tle there hardly been any fouls third in this uh quarter that's just the third for Livingstone don't need to foul 7.4 difference between our game clock and the shot clock the issue here for living stone is they have to play for the B possession and shot clock of cuz they only got one foul B dribble into the back corner oh man that's a really really tough one right there you got to play you got to play North you can't go south there you got to know where you are on the court green hovering over h
er forc that right foot to toe behind the line little UND disiplin there as bord it's been terrific all game being the floor General it's played every minute of this game sitting on 40 minutes even just made a mistake there at the last minute living Stone P 18 second try to get a great look from Livingstone College I'm not waiting here I'm not waiting for time to wind down I'm going and trying to score this ball immediately don't have time to try to see if you can get it or try to see if you hit
a three and end it and close it out with no time left you just have to go see what you can get maybe you play to the for the offensive rebound get a put back yeah and in case you do miss you have opportunity to foul and still have another opportunity to try to get this game tied even with 25 turnovers today for living Stone they find themselves in this game just hard to believe we played a whole game a whole 40 minutes of basketball and there's been a total of nine fouls by Bluefield State one
of those being in this half this feels like going through a whole half three fouls on one side one on the other referees really left these L play Lane comes out of the Huddle she was uh a little bit dazed after she lost the ball on an earlier possession there around 34 seconds he shakes it off she can be a player the Livingstone goes to in the post to try and tie the game you also have Reeves of course who's hit four over five three-point attempts if they want to try and go for the win I think t
hey're going to go for Lane right here she's leading scor this season she's been clutch in the second half oh it's stolen away Benford Picks It Off hesitates and gets the foul got to make that layup but nonetheless they're here on the free throw line they like has bord there and would like to see her make it but Livingstone College just kind of you know that's been that's been the issue all game they just have not been able to take care of it I'm not sure who threw that ball in but that turnover
isn't on the person throwing it as a guard you got to come to the ball you're a receiver of a pass you got to come to the ball you got to finish well how about bitford in her ability to shake off the previous mistake she commits the backourt violation gives the ball to living Stone and then immediately comes flying in on the defensive end to pick it off it's the reason she's playing 40 minutes now she's a junior experienced player Miss on the second up three got to the player they want to get i
t to gets outside the ark there you go top green for the tie get the go and it's Thomas caring it to send Bluefield State into the quarterfinal big blue escapes big time Big Time Performance a lot of clutch plays there Azariah Benford food line MVP here is going to be Alexis Newman 20 points y alsoo was able to get four rebounds three assists three steals she was all over the court for this big glue Squad and they're able to advance and move on the Bluefield State joins their men's program in th
e quarterfinals Newman and the rest of big blue are elated first year returning to the CIAA and big blue is bringing the message inside of Baltimore Newman with a big 20 point night Gabrielle Thomas was a fantastic player Off the Bench eight points and 13 rebounds head coach Paul Davis got to be Mighty proud of his group as they take the six-point halftime lead turn it into a three-point winner and on to the quarterfinals they go big thanks to our entire production crew statistician great going
my broadcast partner Marcus thoron I'm Andrew Chapman signing off in Baltimore more action to
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