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Quincy January, Dunking Against Shaw At Spaulding Gymnasium Last Season, Is 10 Points Away From The 1,500-Point, 1,000-Rebound Career Plateau

Men's Basketball 2/16/2018 2:31:00 PM Office of Sports Information

SAU Men's Basketball Visits Shaw Saturday For Crosstown Showdown Part II (Feb. 17)

RALEIGH, N.C. (Feb. 16) – Saint Augustine's University visits Shaw University in a key CIAA Southern Division men's basketball showdown at Spaulding Gymnasium on Saturday, Feb. 17. Game time is 4 p.m.

Follow the contest via live video and live stats on shawbears.com and saintaugfalcons.com, the University's official athletic website.

A victory would move the Falcons into a second-place tie with their crosstown rivals in the Southern Division. The Bears are second at 5-2 and the Falcons are third at 4-3 with three regular-season games left. In the first meeting on Jan. 24, the Falcons fell to the Bears 54-48 at Emery Gymnasium in a defensive battle.

At stake is a first-round bye in the CIAA Tournament, which will be held Tuesday, Feb. 27, through Saturday, March 3, at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, N.C. The top two teams in the Northern and Southern Divisions will receive byes in the tournament.

Leading the Falcons (12-12 overall) are seniors Quincy January (Atlanta, GA), Kasey Bryant (Raleigh, NC) and Kenneth Collins (Clayton, NC) and junior Tyre Gathright (Wilmington, NC). January ranks among the top 10 nationally in Division II in rebounding (11 per game) and field goal percentage (64.9). He is 10 points away from achieving the 1,500-point, 1,000-rebound career milestone.

Bryant ranks second in the CIAA in three-point percentage (47.3) and Collins ranks sixth in the conference in three-pointers made (53). Gathright ranks sixth in the CIAA in scoring (16.4) for the Falcons, who lead the league in three-point percentage (38.2).

The Bears (17-8 overall) are paced by Savon Goodman, who ranks second in the CIAA in scoring (19.1), rebounding (9.8) and field goal percentage (58.3). DeAngelo Stephens-Bell ranks second in the conference in scoring (18.5) for the Bears, who rank 11^th nationally in Division II in turnovers forced (17.88).

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