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LIVINGSTON,
Ala. – The University of West Alabama
women’s basketball team is set for its second
consecutive trip to the Gulf South Conference
Tournament, as the Tigers (19-8 overall, 7-5 GSC)
prepare to face Western Division, No. 2-seed
Arkansas Tech in a 12:30 p.m. contest on
Thursday, March 1st at the DeSoto
Civic Center.
UWA, which
enters as the No. 3 seed from the Eastern
Division after downing Montevallo at Pruitt Hall
on Saturday, will face The Golden Suns (19-8,
11-3 GSC) for just the third time in the series.
This meeting
also marks the second time that the two opposite
division teams have squared off in the GSC
Tournament, with the first meeting in the 2001
GSC Tournament in Tupelo, Miss. The Golden Suns,
who would advance to the Finals before falling
to Delta State, claimed a 76-45 win over the
Tigers.
UWA is led by
All-Gulf South Conference Eastern Division First
Team selection Ashton Washington. The Lexington,
Miss. native is averaging 12.1 points per game
and leads the GSC in rebounds with 9.6 per
contest, which ranks 27th in the
country.
ATU is making its first appearance back in the
GSC Tournament after claiming the 2003 crown.
The Golden Suns have compiled a 13-4 all-time
record in six GSC Tournament appearances,
claiming two titles and has played in the
championship game in all six appearances.
West Alabama, is making its 13th appearance and
its second straight as the Tigers are 5-11 in
the tournament and has made six semifinal
appearances and lost in the championship game in
1987.
Both teams enter looking to improve their South
Regional ranking as Arkansas Tech is ranked
fifth and UWA is four spots back in ninth.
The Gulf South
Conference has announced that all conference
tournament basketball games will be broadcasted
via the internet at $5.50 per a game.
The broadcasts
will begin five minutes prior to tip-off if
there are no overtimes. The Championship games
on Sunday afternoon are the only contests free
on the regular GSC-TV Live Network (CSS,
CoxSports, WHCQ, MediaCom and TV-6), as they
were during football season. To watch the games
on broadband go to:
http://www.pennatlantic.com/main.php?tableName=event&fileName=results&record
The Quarterfinal tip-off between UWA and
Arkansas Tech is 12:30 p.m. at the DeSoto Civic
Center. The game can be heard on WZNJ-FM 106.5
or on the internet by Jason Gardner and Kyle
Lewis. |
