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Shaw Women Crush Fayetteville State in CIAA Semifinals

Feb 29, 2008

Top-seeded Shaw beat Fayetteville State 87-74 on Friday afternoon in women’s semifinals of the CIAA Tournament at the Charlotte Bobcats Arena.

The Bears play Saturday at 5 p.m. in the CIAA title game.

Shaw led 20-3 in the first five minutes of the game and 51-27 at halftime.

Three minutes into the second half Celanese Bozeman hit a three-point, which expanded Shaw's lead to its largest point of 32. Bozeman finished the game with 27 points, 18 which were scored in the second half.

The Lady Broncos finally emerged from their drought with a 19-1 scoring run. With 9:08 remaining, FSU drew within 10 of Shaw (69-59) but could not narrow the lead down any further.

Freshman forward Erica Gilley was the top scorer for Fayetteville State with 20 points, also grabbing eight rebounds.

The Lady Broncos finished the season 17-11 overall.