Both LCU teams get No. 7 seeds in D-II NCAA Tournament
No. 11 Texas Woman's handed Lubbock Christian University the Lady Chaps' worst loss in more than 13 years Saturday in the semifinals of the Lone Star Conference basketball tournament.
The Lady Chaps won't have a long wait for their chance to make amends.
LCU (22-10) is the No. 7 seed in the South Central Region tournament and will play No. 2 seed Texas Woman's (26-5) in a first-round game at 2:30 p.m. Friday in San Angelo. Angelo State (25-6) is the No. 1 seed and host of the regional.
The South Central is one of eight regionals that make up the 64-team Division II NCAA Tournament. The NCAA announced the bracket late Sunday.
Texas Woman's 84-49 victory Saturday against LCU was the Lady Chaps' largest margin of defeat since a 94-40 loss on Jan. 2, 2010 at Oklahoma City University. TWU beat LCU 75-69 in a conference game Jan. 21 in Denton.
LCU also is the No. 7 seed in the men's South Central regional, for which West Texas A&M will be the top seed and host in Canyon. The Chaps (19-11) get No. 2 seed Fort Lewis (28-3) in a first-round game at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the First United Bank Center. The two programs have not faced each other since they met six times from 1973 to 1980.
Fort Lewis, ranked No. 5 and No. 6 in the two major Division II polls, has matched its school single-season victories record. The Skyhawks earned a share of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference regular-season championship and won the conference tournament.
DIVISION II NCAA TOURNAMENT
South Central Region
Seeds, records in parentheses
WOMEN
at Junell Center, San Angelo
Friday's first-round games
Regis (3) (25-6) vs. Black Hills State (6) (22-7), noon
Texas Woman's (2) (26-5) vs. Lubbock Christian (7) (22-10), 2:30 p.m.
Colorado School of Mines (4) (24-6) vs. UT Tyler (5) (24-7), 5 p.m.
Angelo State (1) (25-6) vs. West Texas A&M (8) (21-10), 7:30 p.m.
MEN
at First United Bank Center, Canyon
Saturday's first-round games
Colorado School of Mines (3) (26-5) vs. Black Hills State (6) (25-5), noon
Fort Lewis (2) (28-3) vs. Lubbock Christian (7) (19-11), 2:30 p.m.
West Texas A&M (1) (25-6) vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (8) (21-11), 5 p.m.
Angelo State (4) (25-6) vs. Colorado Mesa (5) (24-7), 7:30 p.m.
NJCAA REGION V TOURNAMENT
at The Tiger Pit, Wolfforth
Note: Conference affiliation, seeds, records in parentheses. A "W" denotes teams from the Western Junior College Athletic Conference. An "N" denotes teams from the Northern Texas Junior College Athletic Conference.
MEN
Wednesday's First-Round Games
Ranger College (N1) (24-6) vs. South Plains College (W4) (22-8), 1 p.m.
Clarendon College (W2) (25-5) vs. Weatherford College (N3) (22-7), 3 p.m.
McLennnan Community College (N2) (24-6) vs. Midland College (W3) (24-6), 5 p.m.
Odessa College (W1) (28-2) vs. Hill College (N4) (17-12), 7 p.m.
WOMEN
Thursday's First-Round Games
Collin County (N1) (28-1) vs. Clarendon College (W4) (24-6), 1 p.m.
New Mexico Junior College (W2) (22-5) vs. Grayson College (N3) (24-6), 3 p.m.
McLennan Community College (N2) (26-3) vs. Odessa College (W3) (16-9), 5 p.m.
South Plains College (W1) (18-9) vs. Hill (N4) (18-12), 7 p.m.
NAIA TOURNAMENT
Tuesday's First-Round Games
(Area teams only; times CST)
Seeds, records in parentheses
MEN
Wayland Baptist (9) (23-8) vs. Antelope Valley (8) (25-2), 4:30 p.m. in Glendale, Arizona
WOMEN
Wayland Baptist (10) (21-10) vs. Southern Oregon (7) (23-7), 9:30 p.m. in Santa Barbara, California
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Both LCU teams get No. 7 seeds in D-II NCAA Tournament
