Lady Eagles host Wingate, Eagles travel to L-R, as C-N teams begin SAC Tournament Play
March 1, 2009
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - The Carson-Newman Lady Eagles are the No. 4 seed and will host No. 5 Wingate University, while the Carson-Newman Eagles are the No. 8 seed and will travel to Hickory, N.C. to face the top-seeded Lenoir-Rhyne Bears, in the first round of the 2009 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Tournament on Wednesday night.
Women's action will tipoff at 7 p.m. in Holt Fieldhouse, while the men's game is schedule to tip at 8 p.m. at Shuford Gymnasium in Hickory, N.C.
The Lady Eagles and Wingate finished tied for fourth place at 9-7 in the conference. Carson-Newman earned the fourth seed because it split two regular-season meetings against top-seed Tusculum.
The game is a rematch of Saturday night's regular season finale, which Wingate won, 99-90. C-N won its January meeting with the Bulldogs in Wingate, N.C., 95-93.
The Carson-Newman/Wingate winner will face the winner of top-seeded Tusculum and No. 8 Lincoln Memorial on Saturday afternoon at Catawba Valley Community College in Hickory, N.C. at 1 p.m.
The Eagles will face Lenoir-Rhyne Wednesday night hoping to use the momentum from an 80-74 win over Wingate on Saturday to try and upset the Bears.
L-R swept the season series with C-N, dropping the Eagles 67-53 on Feb. 13 in Jefferson City.
The Eagles pushed L-R to the limit in the Jan. 24 meeting in Hickory, N.C. as a Jesse McMurray jumper rattled out in the final seconds to preserve a 98-95 win.
Tickets for quarterfinal games are $6 for adults, $3 for children, students and college students with ID. Tickets for semifinal and championship rounds are $10 for adults.
The men's and women's winners of the tournament will earn automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament Division II.
2009 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Wednesday, March 4
Food Lion SAC Tournament, Quarterfinals, Home of Higher Seed
No. 8 Lincoln Memorial at No. 1 Tusculum, 6 pm
No. 7 Mars Hill at No. 2 Lenoir-Rhyne, 6 pm
No. 6 Catawba at No. 3 Newberry, 6 pm
No. 5 Wingate at No. 4 Carson-Newman, 7 pm
Saturday, March 7
Food Lion SAC Tournament, Semifinals, CVCC Arena, Hickory, NC
Lincoln Memorial/Tusculum winner vs. Carson-Newman/Wingate winner, 1 pm
Lenoir-Rhyne/Mars Hill winner vs. Newberry/Catawba winner, 3 pm
Sunday, March 8
Food Lion SAC Tournament, Finals, CVCC Arena, Hickory, NC
Championship, 2 pm
2009 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Wednesday, March 4
Food Lion SAC Tournament, Quarterfinals, Home of Higher Seed
No. 8 Carson-Newman at No. 1 Lenoir-Rhyne, 8 pm
No. 7 Mars Hill at No. 2 Tusculum, 8 pm
No. 6 Wingate at No. 3 Tusculum, 8 pm
No. 5 Lincoln Memorial at No. 4 Catawba, 7 pm
Saturday, March 7
Food Lion SAC Tournament, Semifinals, CVCC Arena, Hickory, NC
Lenoir-Rhyne/Carson-Newman winner vs. Catawba/Lincoln Memorial winner, 6 pm
Newberry/Mars Hill winner vs. Tusculum/Wingate winner, 8 pm
Sunday, March 8
Food Lion SAC Tournament, Finals, CVCC Arena, Hickory, NC
Championship, 4 pm
