2013 Commonwealth Conference Women's Basketball Championship
#19 Lebanon Valley at #13 Messiah
Brubaker Gymnasium at Messiah College - February 23, 2013 - 3 p.m.
#19 Lebanon Valley will go for an historic third consecutive Commonwealth Conference title Saturday, visiting #13 Messiah for the championship game. The Dutchmen went on the road to beat Widener, 68-56, in Wednesday's semifinal round.
Seeding
1. #13 Messiah (16-2 CC)
2. Widener (16-2)
3. #19 Lebanon Valley (15-3)
4. Elizabethtown (11-7)
5. Lycoming (8-10)
Bracket
Play-in: (5) Lycoming 55, (4) Elizabethtown 72 -
Box Score
Semifinal: (4) Elizabethtown 48, (1) Messiah 58 -
Box Score
Semifinal: (3) Lebanon Valley 68, (2) Widener 56 -
Box Score
Final: (3) Lebanon Valley at (1) Messiah, Saturday, 3 p.m. -
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Ticketing Information for Messiah College
Game tickets are $6 for adults, $4 for seniors, and $2 for
students and children. All LVC students will be paid for courtesy of Student Affairs, and children under 6 are free.
Free Fan Bus
Free bus service will depart at 1:30 p.m. from the Arnold Sports Center for the 3 p.m. CC final at Widener. To reserve your seat on the bus, please contact Deb Bishop at
bishop@lvc.edu or call 717-867-6235. All LVC students on the bus will also receive a free BlouCrew t-shirt courtesy of LVC Athletics.
Directions
http://www.messiah.edu/visitors/directions.html. Follow campus signage to Brubaker Gymnasium.
Scouting Messiah
Messiah avenged a loss to Elizabethtown from mid-January by beating the Blue Jays, 58-48, in the conference semifinals Wednesday night behind a career-high 26 points by senior forward Dori Gyori. The Falcons (23-3, 16-2 CC) have won seven of their last eight, including a win over LVC on Feb. 9. Statistically, they are led by Gyori (17.3 ppg, 8.9 rpg), Kira Maier (10.1 ppg, 6.4 rpg), and Taylor Miller (10.1 ppg, 2.0 rpg).
Series History
LVC is 17-41 all-time against Messiah, including two regular season losses this season. The Dutchmen have won six of the last eight meetings against the Falcons, including the 2010-11 Commonwealth Conference Championship final - LVC's first title in program history.
