ERIE, Pa. - The eighth-ranked Gannon women's basketball team begins its quest for a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) championship Tuesday, March 5 against California (Pa.) during the PSAC Quarterfinals at the Hammermill Center. Game time is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. It can be heard live locally on both 90.5 WERG and Jet Radio 1400.
A very limited number of reserved plush seats and chairbacks remain available. Fans can purchase those seats Tuesday, March 5 from 9 a.m. until 12 noon at the Carneval Athletic Pavilion, located at 3rd and Peach Streets. Plush seats and chairbacks cost $10 for Tuesday's doubleheader. General admission will also be available in advance during that same time period. GA tickets costs $7 for adults and $2 for students and senior citizens. All postseason ticket prices are set by the PSAC.
Credit Cards will not be accepted. Cash only.
Any remaining tickets will be available at the Hammermill Center on game night. Ticket windows will open at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday's contest will be part of a PSAC quarterfinal doubleheader that concludes with the Gannon and Slippery Rock men's teams at 7:30 p.m.
All Gannon, California (Pa.) and Slippery Rock students are admitted free of charge by showing their school ID at the front door.
Gannon (26-3, 20-2) enters the postseason as the PSAC Western Division's top seed, winning its first regular-season title since the 2009-10 campaign. The Gannon-California (Pa.) winner will face the Shippensburg-Millersville quarterfinal winner Friday, March 8 in the PSAC semifinals. The location will be determined Tuesday night as the top remaining Eastern Division seed will host this weekend's Final Four.
Head coach
Cleve Wright's club was tabbed No. 1 in the February 27 NCAA Division II Atlantic regional rankings and is expected to stay there when new rankings are released Wednesday afternoon. The top-ranked team after the conference tournaments will host the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional. Gannon last hosted the regional in 2010 en route to an NCAA Division II Final Four appearance.
Gannon has won 25 games for the fourth time during the last seven seasons. The Lady Knights are 165-47 during the last seven years, equaling a 77.8 winning percentage. The squad is a perfect 11-0 at home this season and has won 25 consecutive games when leading at halftime.
California (Pa.) (20-7, 15-7) rides a four-game win streak into Tuesday's PSAC Quarterfinal contest. The Vulcans won their last three regular-season games, before drilling Clarion 72-42 during a PSAC Tournament first-round home game Saturday night. Cal is 9-3 on the road this season, but those three losses have come at the PSAC West's top three seeds (Gannon, Indiana (Pa.), Edinboro).
Gannon and California (Pa.) have split the last two season series with both taking care of business at home. Gannon is 10-2 in the series at the Hammermill Center compared to 3-12 away from the 'Mill. The Lady Knights defeated Cal 77-68 in the 2010 PSAC title game during the last postseason match-up between the teams.
