By AFRO Staff
Fans of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) from around the nation converged on Baltimore this week for the 2023 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament. HBCU athletes, cheerleaders and mascots left it all on the court as they faced off with some of the country’s top athletes.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott kicks off the tournament with CIAA Commissioner Jacqie McWilliams. 
Bowie State Bulldog Quintin Drayton goes for the basket as Shaw University’s Jamari Roberts attempts a block. 
JCSU’s Aaliyah Bell, a native of North Augusta, S.C., keeps the ball away from Virginia Union’s Jhakia Gist, of Brooklyn, N.Y. 
VSU cheerleaders show off on the first day of the 2023 CIAA tournament in Baltimore. 
