Tournament Bracket • ASC Tournament Records
CLINTON, MS - The Mississippi College Lady Choctaws will face Howard Payne University next Friday at 5:00 p.m. in their opening round game of the 2010 American Southwest Conference Championship Tournament. The tournament will be hosted by Louisiana College in Pineville, LA.
The Lady Choctaws (19-6) are playing in their 11th ASC Championship Tournament, the most of any ASC East Division team. They are the #3 East Division seed and matched against the #2 West Division seed in Howard Payne. The Yellow Jackets are the three-time defending conference champions and have a 20-5 record. The Lady Choctaws beat the Yellow Jackets earlier this season by a 74-60 score in A. E. Wood Coliseum.
LC earned the host opportunity as ASC East Division Champions for the first time with a 17-2 record. The Tournament will be held inside H.O. West Fieldhouse beginning Friday and lasting through Sunday (Feb. 26-28).
The entire eight-team, single elimination event will be available for fans through free live video streaming with audio provided by College TV Ticket (collegetvticket.com). LC will have a tournament page on www.lcwildcats.net and the conference will have a “Tournament Central” page on www.ASCsports.org where the links to video can also be accessed as well as those for live stats, box scores, game recaps, photos and updated brackets.
NOTES:
- Admission prices are TBA
- Souvenir T-shirts and tournament programs prices are TBA.
- To view free online video, visit, http://www.collegetvticket.com/ and click on “Schedule” on top left. A quick, free registration will be required before viewing.
- Returning All-Tournament Team selections from 2009 are Most Valuable Player Hope Hohertz and Elaine Hobbs from Howard Payne, Lindsey Newcombe from Hardin-Simmons and Jessica Kelly from Mary Hardin-Baylor.
- This is the ASC’s 12th conference basketball tournament.
- The hosting rights of the tourney rotate from East to West each year.
- No team from the East Division has ever won the ASC title.
2010 ASC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE-Hosted by Louisiana College, at H.O. West Fieldhouse, in Pineville, Louisiana-
Friday, February 26
Quarterfinals
Game 1: [W1] Mary Hardin-Baylor (20-5) vs. [E4] East Texas Baptist (12-13), 12:00 p.m.
Game 2: [E2] Texas-Dallas (19-6) vs. [W3] McMurry (16-9), 2:30 p.m.
Game 3: [W2] Howard Payne (20-5) vs. [E3] Mississippi College (19-6), 5 p.m.
Game 4: [E1] Louisiana College (21-2) vs. [W4] Hardin-Simmons (15-10), 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 27
Semifinals
Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 2 p.m.
Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, February 28
Championship
Game 7: Semifinal winners, 2 p.m.