03-25-2009

Game Day in Springfield

Well, the day that Southwest Minnesota Sate basketball fans have been waiting for is finally here, as the Mustangs take the floor this afternoon to do battle with California Poly-Pomona.

The Mustangs and Broncos took different roads to today's quarterfinal, as Southwest downed competition on its home court in the regional while Cal Poly won two games at a sub-regional in Washington before traveling again to knock off the Seasiders of BYU-Hawaii, handing them just their second loss of the season. The key to the game for the Stangs could be hidden in their bench, as Southwest has ten players that average more then ten minutes per game, while Cal Poly has just ten players on their roster.

The winner gets a date in the semi-finals with the winner of todays first quarterfinal between Augusta State from Georgia and Christian Brothers University of Tennessee tomorrow. All the coverage can be heard on 105.1 KARL starting with the pre-game show at 1:00 PM with tip off from the MassMutual center set for 1:30.