Glenville State’s Breanna Campbell penetrates as West Chester’s Morgan Warley defends during the NCAA Division II women’s basketball Atlantic Region final on Monday.
Glenville State’s Breanna Campbell penetrates as West Chester’s Morgan Warley defends during the NCAA Division II women’s basketball Atlantic Region final on Monday.
Glenville State is the defending NCAA Division II women’s basketball national champion, and the Pioneers didn’t meet a serious challenger to that title in the first three rounds of a repeat bid.
Top-seeded Glenville State polished off a perfect Atlantic Region tournament with an 88-63 victory over third-seeded West Chester (Pennsylvania) at the Pioneers’ Waco Center on Monday.
Next up for Glenville State is Tampa (Florida) in the Elite Eight in St. Joseph, Missouri, on Monday, March 20, at 9:30 p.m.
Glenville State (32-2) outscored the Golden Rams 28-10 in the second quarter to pull away early.
Breanna Campbell had a double-double of 24 points and 10 rebounds for the Pioneers. Mickayla Perdue added 13 points, Tor’e Alford netted 12 and Hya Haywood dropped in 11.
Glenville State connected on 15 of the 44 3-pointers it tried, and eight Pioneers hit at least one. Alford had a team-high four.
Leah Johnson led West Chester (24-9) with 26 points. Emily McAteer produced 14 points and 10 rebounds.
The Golden Rams outscored the Pioneers in the paint 46-18, but Glenville State tallied 31 points off 22 West Chester turnovers.
The Mountain East Conference Tournament champion Pioneers bashed Elizabeth City (North Carolina) 84-60 on Friday and Shippensburg (Pennsylvania) 107-76 on Saturday to get to the region tournament final.
The NCAA Tournament was re-seeded for the quarterfinal round. Glenville State drew the No. 5 seed. Tampa is seeded fourth.
Men
WEST LIBERTY 70, INDIANA (PA.) 53: The Hilltoppers shot an even 50% from the field in blowing out the previously 32-1 Crimson Hawks on their own floor in the Atlantic Region final on Tuesday night.
Bryce Butler poured in 30 points for West Liberty (31-3), whose Elite Eight opponent is to be determined.
Ethan Porterfield scored 22 points, Tomiwa Sulaiman added 13 and Shawndale Jones dropped in 12 for IUP.
