BLINN MEN AND WOMEN HEAD INTO REGION HOOPS TOURNAMENT
Blinn women’s basketball enters as the No. 3 seed and men’s basketball as the No. 6 seed
The Blinn College men’s and women’s basketball teams will compete in the NJCAA Region XIV Tournament April 6-10 in the John Alexander Gymnasium in Jacksonville, Texas.
The No. 23 women’s basketball team enters the tournament as the No. 3 seed after concluding the regular season with a 17-5 overall record and 13-3 conference record. The men’s basketball team enters the tournament as the No. 6 seed after finishing the regular season with a 10-10 overall record and 8-10 conference record.
The men’s team will take the court first and take on the No. 11 seed Coastal Bend College on Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the first round. The women’s team will compete against the No. 6 seed Paris Junior College on Wednesday at 8 p.m.
General admission per session is $5 and a tournament pass is $25. A limited number of reserved tickets will be sold for $8 and must be purchased in groups of two or four. Visit the tournament website to purchase tickets and for tournament updates at https://www.jacksonville-college.edu/region-xiv-championship-tournament.
Fans can watch a live stream at https://livestream.com/jacksonvillecollege/bbtournament.
The top men's team and women's team from the tournament will advance to the NJCAA Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Championships in Hutchinson, Kan., and Lubbock, respectively.
For more information, visit www.buccaneersports.com.
(COURTESY: Tara Dreyer, Blinn Information)