Center, Jacob Cooper, Virginia State University, sends Romeo Aquino, Bluefield State, to the floor as he protects the ball. Darius Boben, Bluefield, is to the right. State won the CIAA Men’s Basketball Tournament championship game at CFG Bank Arena 71-64. (Kim Hairston/Staff)

Fayetteville State dominated Virginia State from the opening tip-off to win the 2025 CIAA Women's Basketball Tournament Championship, 64-56, at CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. Keayna McLaughlin led FSU with 15 points and eight rounds.

The 2025 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament returned to Baltimore for the fifth year. LeBron James and his son, Bronny, were named in a lawsuit claiming they crashed into two people on a Los Angeles-area highway in 2022.

The division champion Broncos begin CIAA championship play this week, but first they grabbed some hardware in Baltimore.

The Broncos never trailed and dominated the run of play to defeat Virginia State, 64-56, and win the 50th CIAA women’s basketball tournament at CFG Bank Arena in. Fayetteville State was led by Keayna McLaughlin and Talia Trotter,

F State made a strong run through the CIAA tournament in Baltimore to finish with a second straight league title. Here's how it happened.