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Sunday, February 25, 2007
PC To Play Host To Newberry In
Quarterfinals Of 2007 Food Lion SAC Tournament On Wednesday
Printable Bracket
ROCK HILL, SC.
– Presbyterian’s men’s basketball team will begin the 2007 Food Lion
South Atlantic Conference tournament as the second seed and will play
rival Newberry at home at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 28.
The Blue Hose
have defeated the Indians in both of their meetings this season.
In the two games between the
teams the Blue Hose outscored the Indians 130-72.
In their final meeting
all-time last Wednesday at Elezear Arena, PC held the Indians to a
season-low 29 points altogether in a 60-29 PC victory.
Ranked fifth in the South
Atlantic region of the NCAA Division II rankings, Presbyterian ended the
regular season 19-8 overall and 12-4 in league play.
Catawba, which
won the South Atlantic Conference regular-season title for the second
time in three years, is the top seed.
The Catawba
Indians clinched the top seed with a 13-3 conference record.
The Indians,
18-9 overall, will open the tournament at home at 8 p.m. Wednesday
against the winner of Monday’s first-round game between ninth seed
Carson-Newman (2-14 SAC, 9-18 overall) and eighth-seed Mars Hill (4-12
SAC, 8-19 overall).
Wingate and
Lenoir-Rhyne finished tied for third place in the league standings with
11-5 records.
Wingate, the defending Food Lion SAC Tournament
champions, earned the third seed by virtue of its regular-season win
over top-seed Catawba.
The Bulldogs
(11-5, 19-8) will host sixth-seed Tusculum at 8 p.m. on Wednesday.
Tusculum and Newberry finished tied with 6-10 conference records. The
Pioneers earned the sixth seed by sweeping the regular-season series
against Newberry.
The final
pairing for the men’s bracket will be fourth seed Lenoir-Rhyne (11-5,
17-9) hosting fifth seed Lincoln Memorial (7-9, 13-14) at 7 p.m. on
Wednesday.
The tournament
kicks off on Monday with eighth-seed Mars Hill (4-12, 8-19) hosting
ninth-seed Carson-Newman at 7 p.m.
Tickets for all
tournament games are $6 per day for adults, $3 per day for children and
for students and college students with valid ID.
The winner of
the tournament will earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Division II
playoffs.
2007 Food Lion
South Atlantic Conference Basketball Tournament
Men’s Bracket
Monday, February 26
Food Lion SAC
Tournament First Round, Home of Higher Seed
No. 9
Carson-Newman at No. 8 Mars Hill, 7 pm
Wednesday,
March 1
Food Lion SAC
Tournament, Quarterfinals, Home of Higher Seed
Mars
Hill/Carson-Newman winner at No. 1 Catawba, 8 pm
No. 7 Newberry
at No. 2 Presbyterian, 7 pm
No. 6 Tusculum
at No. 3 Wingate, 8 pm
No. 5 Lincoln
Memorial at No. 4 Lenoir-Rhyne, 7 pm
Saturday, March
3
Food Lion SAC
Tournament, Semifinals, CVCC Arena, Hickory, NC
Carson-Newman/Mars Hill ˆ Catawba winner vs. Lenoir-Rhyne ˆ Lincoln
Memorial winner, 3 pm
Wingate/Tusculum winner vs. Presbyterian/Newberry winner, 8 pm
Sunday, March 4
Food Lion SAC
Tournament, Finals, CVCC Arena, Hickory, NC
Championship, 4
pm
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