MASON CITY – The No. 6 NIACC women’s basketball team hosts Southwestern in the opening round of the NJCAA Region XI tournament at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
NIACC (23-5 overall, 12-2 in the ICCAC) enter the tournament as the No. 2 seed. Southwestern (4-25, 3-11) is the tournament’s No. 7 seed.
The winner of Tuesday’s contests plays third-seeded Southeastern or sixth-seeded Iowa Lakes in the tournament semifinals at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. The highest remaining seed will host Thursday’s semifinal contest.
NIACC swept Southwestern during the regular season. The Lady Trojans won 79-58 at Southwestern on Jan. 28 and won 68-42 on Feb. 26.
NJCAA Region XI tournament pairings
(All games start at 5:30 p.m.)
Tuesday, March 3
(8) Ellsworth (6-23, 2-12) at (1) Kirkwood (25-5, 13-1)
(5) Iowa Central (19-11, 7-7) at (4) DMACC (19-12, 7-7)
(6) Iowa Lakes (10-20, 3-11) at (3) Southeastern (20-10, 9-5)
(7) Southwestern (4-25) at (2) NIACC (23-5, 12-2)
Thursday, March 5
Ellsworth/Kirkwood winner vs. Iowa Central/DMACC winner
Iowa Lakes/Southeastern winner vs. Southwestern/NIACC winner
Note – Thursday’s games will be played at 5:30 p.m. at the highest remaining seed.
Saturday, March 7
Championship game (1 p.m.) at highest remaining seed.
