Senior guard Antonio Fitzgerald (Danville, VA) scored 24 points as Saint Augustine’s College thumped CIAA crosstown rival Shaw 85-58, before a packed Holliday Gym crowd of 4,007 fans on Saturday, January 20, 2007. The victory is the Falcons’ third straight win over the Bears.

Senior guard-forward Claude Neeley (Tallahassee, FL) added 14 points and seven rebounds, senior guard-forward Nicholas King (Philadelphia, PA) contributed nine points and six rebounds and junior forward Deon Dixon (Fayetteville, NC) had six points, six rebounds and a team-high six assists for the Falcons, who increased their winning streak to nine games. The 27-point margin of victory is the largest for the Falcons this season.

This marks the second straight season the Falcons routed the Bears in a game designated at Holliday Gym on Broughton High School’s campus. On January 21, 2006, the Falcons won 89-59.

The first meeting this season was much closer as the Falcons won 84-76 on January 6, 2007, at Broughton High School. In Saturday’s rematch, the Falcons shot 52 percent as they opened a 40-30 halftime lead. Their field goal percentage increased to 53 in the second half as they pulled away. For the contest, the Falcons shot a season-high 52.4 percent while the Bears shot 38 percent.

John Kornegay scored 15 points and Cori Gaither added 12 points for the Bears, who committed 21 turnovers.