[Women's Basketball] Basketball Teams Prepare for Conference Tournament
The Warrior men's and women's basketball teams are headed to Point Lookout, MO to compete in the Association of Independent Institutions Conference championship tournament which will be held Friday, February 24th through Sunday, February 26th. The tournament will be held on the campus of College of the Ozarks. The women's team received the #5 seed and will open up play on Friday at 2pm EST against #4 seed Northern New Mexico University while the men's team earned the #1 seed and will wait to play the winner of #4 College of the Ozarks and #5 Indiana University Northwest on Saturday at 6pm EST.
The Lady Warriors closed the season out strong as they won eight of their last nine games heading into the tournament. They are led by Maddy Valko's 13 points per game and Allyssa Copley who averages 10 points per game and pulls down a little over 7 rebounds per game. Bethany McCord also plays a key role with her 10 points and 6 rebounds per game. The Lady Warriors rank #1 in the nation in defensive rebounds per game (31.8) and #11 in total rebounds per game (43.3). The winner of the RC/Northern New Mexico game will face the #1 seed and host, College of the Ozarks on Saturday at 2pm EST. The championship game will be played on Sunday at 3pm EST.You can follow all of the action by visiting https://portal.stretchinternet.com/cofo/.