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Belton, TX – The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor women's basketball team will be making its school-record sixth straight trip to the American Southwest Conference Championship Tournament when the 2010-11 tournament opens Friday in Brownwood. The UMHB women will be making their eighth overall ASC Tournament appearance and the Cru has advanced to at least the second round in five of those previous seven trips to the ASC Tournament. The UMHB women will be the #4 seed from the ASC West Division.
The UMHB women will enter the tournament with a 16-9 overall record and the Cru women went 13-8 in ASC play. The Cru women won three of their last four games to clinch the tournament berth. UMHB will open the tournament with a 12:00 PM first-round game against ASC East Division champion and defending ASC champion Louisiana College (23-1). The winner of that game will move into a 2:00 semifinal game on Saturday against the winner of the Mississippi College (16-9, East Division #3 seed) vs. Hardin-Simmons (18-6, West Division #2 seed) first-round game. The other side of the bracket will see McMurry University (16-9, West Division #3 seed) taking on U.T.-Dallas (20-5, East Division #2 seed) at 5:00 on Friday and University of the Ozarks (14-11, East Division #4 seed) facing West Division champion and tournament host Howard Payne University (18-7) at 7:30 PM. The second semifinal game will be played at 4:30 PM on Saturday with the two semifinal winners meeting in the ASC Championship game at 2:00 PM on Sunday. The ASC Tournament champion will receive the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III National Championships.
UMHB fell to the Wildcats 71-60 in the regular season meeting between the two teams in Pineville, Louisiana on December 16
th. The Cru women fought back from an early deficit to take a 26-24 halftime lead. The Wildcats took advantage of 13 second-half turnovers by the Cru to open it up in the second half and scored the game's final four points to make it a double-digit margin.
Lindsay Eaton had 17 points and 12 rebounds for UMHB and
Landie Thompson added 10 points for the Cru. Natosha Gottlieb exploded for LC, leading the way with 34 points and eight rebounds. The Cru finished with 25 turnovers and the Wildcats shot 52 percent from the field in the second half.
The Cru women are 4-6 against the rest of the ASC Tournament field this season. UMHB posted regular season victories over Howard Payne, Hardin-Simmons, McMurry University and Ozarks. The Cru also dropped regular season games to Howard Payne, Hardin-Simmons, McMurry, LC, Mississippi College and U.T.-Dallas.
The UMHB women advanced to the ASC Tournament championship game in 2006 and 2001. The Cru women have beaten the ASC East Division champion in the opening round three times in the last five years.
All of the ASC Tournament games will be played at the Brownwood Coliseum in Brownwood, Texas. Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for students each day. There are no tournament passes and there are no complimentary tickets for ASC Championship events. UMHB is still finalizing plans to broadcast the ASC Women's Basketball Tournament. Be sure to check back to the UMHB athletic department web site at
www.cruathletics.com for updates. Howard Payne University will also provide free video steaming and live statistics for all ASC Women's Basketball Tournament games through the HPU athletic department web site.
