MARCH MADNESS-LADY INDIAN STYLE!!!

I am so excited for our Lady Indian Basketball team! We won the Conference Championship over the weekend and now we are headed to the D3 Dance! We get to host the first two rounds in our own gym and when we get to the Sweet 16, we may be awarded the next two rounds as well! The Final Four is in Springfield, Mass in a couple of weeks! I am so proud of these young ladies-I have 10 of the 14 members of the team in my women's hall-

GO L.I.B!!!

TOP TRIBE NEWS

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
McMurry set to host first two regional rounds of NCAA tourney

(Feb. 26) It's dancing time for the Lady Indian basketball team and McMurry will start things off Friday in a familiar place against a familiar foe.

Just one day after winning the American Southwest Conference Tournament Championship, the Lady Indians received word from the NCAA that they would play host to the first two rounds of the NCAA Division III national tournament. Their first opponent: Hardin Simmons.

Another Cowgirls vs. Lady Indians battle will take place at Kimbrell Arena Friday at 8 p.m. following Trinity and Howard Payne's matchup at 5 p.m. Howard Payne and the two Abilene universities are the only three teams from the ASC to reach the national tournament.

Though the Cowgirls lost three of their last four contests, they received an at-large bid and will come to Kimbrell where they lost to McMurry Dec. 12 73-65. The season series is split, however, as Hardin Simmons made sure to pay revenge to McMurry Jan. 30 on its home floor beating the Lady Indians 63-54.

McMurry is coming off of their first outright ASC West Division title and its first ASC Tournament championship after beating Mary Hardin-Baylor Sunday in Clinton, Miss.

If the Lady Indians advance past Hardin Simmons for a second time this season, they'll play the winner of Howard Payne and Trinity at 6 p.m. on Saturday. If the Lady Indians were to win both games they would gain their second Sweet 16 appearance under the helm of head coach Sam Nichols.

The NCAA requires that tickets be sold on a day-to-day basis during the tournament. There will be no all-tournament passes. Fans can attend both of Friday's contests on one ticket, but if they want to return for Saturday's game, they'll have to purchase another pass. Tickets will be $6 for general admission and $3 for students, children and senior citizens.

All of McMurry's games will be broadcast on KZQQ 1560 AM. The pre-game show brought to you by Kit Kimbrell and Leon Rawlings, Jr. will begin Friday at 7:40 p.m.