RALEIGH, N.C. (Feb. 14) – Crosstown rivals Saint Augustine's University (SAU) and Shaw University face each other for the second time this season at Spaulding Gymnasium on Saturday, Feb. 15. Game time is 3 p.m.
Live video is available on shawbears.com, theciaasn.com and saintaugfalcons.com. Live stats are available on shawbears.com and saintaugfalcons.com.
The Falcons are looking to sweep the Bears for the first time in four years. The series is tied 5-5 in the last 10 games between the arch rivals.
In the first meeting on Jan. 25, the Falcons defeated the Bears 105-94 at home inside Emery Gymnasium. Nilous Hodge (So./Charlotte, NC) scored 20 points to lead six double-figure scorers for the Falcons, who canned a season-high 14 three-pointers on 29 attempts for 48.3 percent.
SAU (9-16 overall, 4-11 CIAA) has five players shooting 35 percent or better from three-point land this season, including Hirk Williams (Sr./Manassas, VA), who makes 42.9 percent of his threes. As a team, the Falcons rank fourth in the CIAA in three-point field goal percentage (37.0).
Gary Jefferson (Jr./Baltimore, MD) averages 12.9 points and Jalen Gaddy (Sr./Raleigh, NC) averages 11.9 points for the Falcons. For Shaw (5-19 overall, 2-12 CIAA), Greyson Kelly averages 20.2 points and Dhashon Dyson averages 12.5 points.
Both teams are coming off losses in their last games. The Falcons fell 70-51 to Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday, Feb. 11. The Bears lost 76-52 to Winston-Salem State University in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Monday, Feb. 10.
