Governors Challenge

A player on Salisbury University's basketball team rising up for a lay-up during their game on Friday. 

WICOMICO COUNTY, Md. -- For years, the Governors Challenge has been known as a premier high school basketball tournament on the Eastern Shore. On Friday, however, the event broke new ground as college teams took to the court for the first time in the tournament’s history.

The stands were packed Friday as Salisbury University and Notre Dame of Maryland University squared off, drawing an especially enthusiastic crowd of elementary school students attending on a field trip. Even Salisbury’s mascot, Sammy Sea Gull, typically a fan favorite, couldn’t compete with the action on the court.