Nov. 29, 2007

Final Stats

ELIZABETH CITY, NC- All-American center Celeste Trahan tallied 21 points and 19 rebounds to lead Elizabeth City State past Livingstone College 64-60 Thursday night at the R.L. Vaughan Center.

The double-double represents the 65th of her career and her rebounding total moves her into fourth all-time (1,209) in the CIAA, passing Hampton's Jackie Dolberry. She needs just two points to move in 14th place on the CIAA's all-time scoring list.

As for Thursday night's game the Lady Vikings dominated the boards 51-29 en route to the four point victory. Their 19-to-7 offensive rebounding edge led to a 17-3 advantage in second chance points. That turned out to be one of the differences in the tightly contested game that saw 7 ties and 10 lead changes. Late in the second half a 3-pointer by the Lady Blue Bear' Chelsea Johnson trimmed ECSU's lead to 51-50. The Lady Vikings then went on a 7-0 run capped by a Joyce Freeman 3-pointer 1:53 that appeared to seal the game. However, the Lady Blue Bears fought back to again cut the lead to two with 39 seconds remaining. ECSU finally closed out the game hitting 5 of 6 attempts from the charity stripe.

Asheka Hudson topped the Lady Blue Bears (1-5, CIAA 0-2) with 18 points. For ECSU, Freeman finished with a season high 12 points while freshman Shaquella Johnson netted double figures for the second straight game with 10 points.

The Lady Vikings (2-1, CIAA 1-1) will close out the week's competition when they travel to Raleigh, NC to take on Saint Augustine's College Saturday, December 1st. Game time is slated for 5:30pm. For more information on ECSU Athletics, visit www.ecsuvikings.com.