February Madness on tap at Sommer Center this weekend

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 24, 2016 - 4:17pm

HEARTLAND COLLEGIATE
ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
TOURNAMENT AT SOMMER CENTER
Bluffton University will host its first-ever Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference women’s basketball tournament this weekend at the Sommer Center.

Tourney qualifiers by seed
1 – Bluffton 23-2, 16-2
2 – Rose-Hulman 22-3, 16-2
3 – Franklin 18-7, 14-4
4 – Transylvania 18-7,14-4
5 – Mt. St. Joseph 9-16, 8-10
6 – Defiance 7-18, 6-12

The tournament starts with two contests not played at Bluffton. On Feb. 23 Mount St. Joseph played at Transylvania. Transylvania won that game and advances to play at Bluffton.

And, Defiance played at Franklin. Franklin won that game and advances to play at Bluffton.

Tournament games at Bluffton start at 6 p.m. on Friday with Transylvania playing Bluffton. At 8 p.m. Franklin plays Rose-Hulman. The championship game is at 5 p.m., Saturday.

Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for seniors and students. Youth under 11 are admitted free. Conference schools’ students, faculty and staff are admitted free with and ID. Tickets are good for both semi-final games on Friday.

CLICK HERE for additional information and stats on the Bluffton women's team.

Bluffton University's regular season scores follow:

John Carroll	W, 67-63
Buffalo State	W, 68-53
HEIDELBERG	W, 85-79
Kalamazoo	W, 74-58
TRANSYLVANIA*	W, 65-61
atEarlham*	W, 82-54
ROSE-HULMAN*	W, 45-36
at Wooster	W, 95-64
BLUFFTON HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT
Spring Arbor vs. Geneva	SA, 81-56
OHIO STATE-LIMA	W, 110-63
BLUFFTON HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT
Geneva vs. OSU-Lima	G, 71-61
SPRING ARBOR	W, 82-65
at Franklin*	W, 69-68
at Mount St. Joseph*	W, 75-44
at Anderson*	W, 75-66
MANCHESTER*	W, 66-32
HANOVER*	W, 87-68
at Defiance*	W, 76-70
FRANKLIN*	W, 75-56
MOUNT ST JOSEPH*	W, 75-46
at Rose-Hulman*	L, 57-50
at Manchester*	W, 59-41
at Transylvania*	L, 65-57
DEFIANCE*	W, 74-60
ANDERSON*	W, 68-47
EARLHAM*	W, 79-50
at Hanover*	W, 81-71