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Lady Eagles Earn No. 7 Seed For C-USA Tourney
In fact, that victory gave the Lady Eagles the No. 7 seed and moved Southern Miss into a 1 p.m., opening-day game against No. 10 seed, Houston, in the first game of the four-day event that will be played in The Pyramid. Other first round games will send No. 11 seed Louisville against No. 6 seed Saint Louis at 3 p.m., No. 9 Marquette will face No. 8 and host Memphis at 6 p.m., and No. 12 East Carolina faces No. 5 TCU in the final game of the day, at 8 p.m. The top four seeds in the tournament all received first-round byes and won't play until Friday. Charlotte earned the top seed with an 86-80 victory over Tulane Sunday afternoon, while Cincinnati is seeded second, DePaul third and Tulane fourth.
Friday's second round games will send the Southern Miss-Houston winner against Cincinnati, The Louisville-Saint Louis winner goes against DePaul at 3, the Marquette-Memphis winner against Charlotte at 6, and the ECU-TCU winner against Tulane at 8. Semifinals are set for 1 and 3:30 p.m., Mar. 8, and the championship game will be played at 1 p.m., the following day, and televised on ESPN 2. In the regular season, Southern Miss lost at home to Houston, 53-52, Feb. 23. The Lady Eagles take a 13-14 record, 6-8 in C-USA, into the tournament. Houston beat UAB, 84-47, in its final regular season game Sunday and finished with a 15-12 overall record, 6-8 in the league. Complete pairings: Thursday, March 6 (10) Houston vs. (7) Southern Miss 1p (11) Louisville vs. (6) Saint Louis 3p (9) Marquette vs. (8) Memphis 6p (12) East Carolina vs. (5) TCU 8p Friday, March 7 HOU/USM vs. (2) Cincinnati 1p LOU/SLU vs. (3) DePaul 3p MAR/MEM vs. (1) Charlotte 6p ECU/TCU vs. (4) Tulane 8p Saturday, March 8 Semifinal No. 1 (C-USA TV) 1p Semifinal No. 2 (C-USA TV) 3:30p Sunday, March 9 Championship Game (ESPN 2) 1p All Times Central. |
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