The UAFS women's basketball team finished the Heartland Conference regular season in a four-way tie for third place and clinched the No. 6 seed in next week's conference tournament.
UAFS (10-17) will play No. 3 seed St. Mary's (17-9) at 5 p.m. on Friday in the four-day tournament, which begins on Thursday at the Union Multipurpose Activity Center in Tulsa, Okla.
It will be the third meeting of the season between UAFS and St. Mary's, which split their regular-season series. St. Mary's beat UAFS 65-48 on Jan. 26 at Bill Greehey Arena in San Antonio, Texas, but UAFS beat St. Mary's 63-48 on Feb. 23 at the Stubblefield Center.
The game and all Lady Lions games throughout the tournament will be broadcast on KHGG-FM 101.1 and KHGG-AM 1580. Live statistics and live stream will also be available throughout the tournament.
UAFS, St. Mary's, Rogers State and St. Edward's all finished tied for third with identical 7-7 conference records, and a tiebreaker was used to determine seeding. Rogers State received the No. 4 seed and St. Edward's received the No. 5 seed.
Lubbock Christian (23-5), which is ranked No. 25 in the latest WBCA Coaches Division II Top 25, won the regular-season title and will play No. 8 seed Texas A&M International (0-26) at 5 p.m. on Thursday. Newman (19-9) clinched the No. 2 seed and will play No. 7 seed Oklahoma Christian at noon on Thursday.
No. 4 seed Rogers State (14-13) will play No. 5 seed St. Edward's (15-13) at noon on Friday.
The complete tournament bracket and tournament information is available by visiting
Tournament Central.
Single-day tickets will be available for purchase at the UMAC for $15 for adults and $7 for students with a valid student I.D. Military personnel, with military identification, and children age 5 and under will be admitted free of charge. Tournament passes, which are good for all 14 games, will be $40. Ticket and tournament pass purchases at the UMAC box office are cash only.
