Watch the Lady Pilots tonight Live at the RRAC Finals
March 05, 2012
Championship Games to be broadcastedWAXAHACHIE, Tex. -- The finals of the Red River Athletic Conference basketball tournament are tonight at the Sheaffer Center on the campus of Southwestern Assemblies of God University.
VIEWING THE BROADCAST
Both games, the women's and men's championships, will be broadcast by SAGU SPORTS Live in the NAIA's best HD production. The Waxahachie Chicken Express is sponsoring the venue. The women's contest starts at 5:00pm CST, followed by the men's game at approximately at 7:30pm.
The pre-game show will commence about 4:45-50pm. Fans can access the free livestream on computers, iPhones or hand-held devices by going to www.sagu.edu and clicking on the Watch SAGUtv button.
Clay Scarborough is the host and will handle play-by-play responsibilities. Tim Roberts supplies color commentary. There will also be courtside interviews.
FOLLOWING THE LIVESTATS WEBCAST
Fans can also log onto LiveStats for a creative version of the live accounts of the game. Team and player statistics are posted in real-time adjacent to the scoreboard.
Josh Lacy, the Sports Information Director at Texas Wesleyan University, will be at the keyboard providing this free service at the following links.
women: http://www.sidearmstats.com/texaswesleyan/wbball/scoreboard.aspx
Women's Final: LSU Shreveport -vs- OLLU
The women's game will pit the #4 seeded Our Lady of the Lake University (25-7) against the #2 seed LSU Shreveport (25-7). The winner will qualify for a berth in next week's NAIA national tournament in Frankfort, Kentucky.
The Lady Pilots swept the regular season series, taking the first game in San Antonio by a 71-54 score. The rematch on the Red River saw the Lady Pilots cruise to an 85-71 triumph.
Our Lady of the Lake pulled the tourney's lone upset when they knocked off #1 Langston University, 88-80, on Saturday. The Lady Saints, who have won 9-of-their-last-11 games, defeated Wiley College (20-10) 79-65 in the quarter-finals.
By virtue of winning the regular season crown, their fifth in a row, Langston (29-3), #9 in the NAIA Coaches Poll, had already clinched a bid in the NAIA's 32-team tourney.
LSU Shreveport got the finals with a pair of impressive, methodical wins over Texas College (11-19) and Texas Wesleyan University (25-7). They whipped the Lady Steers 86-60 and the Lady Rams in a 67-54 verdict.
Awards Announced Tonight
The RRAC will announce their 2011-2012 All-Conference teams during tonight's games. Following each final, during the net-cutting ceremonies, the All-Tournament team will also be unveiled in a vote of conference Sports Information Directors.
Story courtesy of the SAGU Sports Information Department
