HAMMOND, Ind. – The 11th-seeded Purdue Northwest women's basketball team will travel to sixth-seeded Ashland for Tuesday's opening-round matchup in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Tournament. Tipoff is scheduled for 5 p.m. CST inside Kates Gymnasium in Ashland, Ohio.
The first round of conference tournament action is hosted at campus sites, before the rest of the games move to PNW's campuses in Hammond & Westville.
PNW (4-14) will make its first postseason appearance since making the transition to NCAA Division II. The Pride are led by preseason All-GLIAC sophomore guard
Savaya Brockington, who finished the regular season averaging a team-high 15.7 points per game. Senior guard/forward
Danielle Nennig also averages double figures at 11.9 points and team-high 5.7 rebounds per contest.
PNW's last postseason win came in the final year of NAIA play when it received an at-large bid to the 2017 national tournament.
Ashland (11-7), which makes its final appearance at the GLIAC Tournament before moving to the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (GMAC), is no stranger to the postseason. The Eagles are the five-time defending GLIAC Tournament champion and have won 15 consecutive GLIAC Tournament games. Ashland swept both games against PNW this season at Kates Gymnasium back on Feb. 12-13. The Eagles are led by sophomore forward Annie Roshak (20.9 ppg) and senior forward Karlee Pireu (19.6 ppg/8.0 rpg).
Tuesday night's game can be viewed live here:
https://team1sports.com/AshlandUniversity/
The winner of the PNW-Ashland game will advance to the quarterfinals on Thursday, March 4, which will be hosted at PNW's Westville Campus.
2021 GLIAC Women's Basketball Tournament
Tuesday, March 2: Seeds 5-12 @ Highest Seed (Seeds 1-4 Bye)
#12 Lake Superior State @ #5 Wayne State - 6:00pm (EST)
#11 Purdue Northwest @ #6 Ashland - 6:00 pm (EST)
#10 Davenport @ #7 Northern Michigan - 6:00pm (EST)
#9 Ferris State @ #8 Parkside - 4:00 pm (EST)
*Remaining 8 teams advance to Purdue Northwest
*ALL GAME TIMES ARE CENTRAL TIME
*All GAMES WILL BE BROADCASTED THROUGH JED.TV
Thursday, March 4 – Women's Games in Westville
11:00 - Game 1 - #1 Michigan Tech vs. #8 seed
2:00 - Game 2 - #4 Saginaw Valley State vs. #5 seed
5:00 - Game 3 - #2 Grand Valley State vs. #7 seed
8:00- Game 4 - #3 Northwood vs. #6 seed
Friday, March 5 – Women's Games in Westville
4:00 - Game 5 - Game #1 Winner vs. Game #2 Winner
7:00 – Game 6 - Game #3 Winner vs. Game #4 Winner
Saturday, March 6 – Practice Day
Sunday, March 7 – Women's Games in Westville
12:00 – Women's Championship Game
