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The South Atlantic Conference basketball tournaments will be held Wednesday, Saturday-Sunday, March 2, 5-6, 2005. All teams will play the first round games at campus sites on Wednesday, with the higher-seeded teams being hosts. Winners of those first-round games advance to Hickory, NC, for the semifinals and finals. The Hickory games will be played at the Catawba Valley Community College Multipurpose Facility.

2005 Basketball Tournamet Releases

• Mar 6 -- Food Lion SAC Men's Basketball Championship Summary: Tusculum Wins First Title With 79-73 Win Over Lenoir-Rhyne
  Tusculum College captured their first Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Tournament title with today's 79-73 victory over Lenoir-Rhyne College in the championship game of the 2005 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament held Sunday afternoon at the Catawba Valley Community Center. The Pioneers were led in scoring by Donald Sexton, the 2005 SAC Tournament MVP.
  Final
• Mar 6 -- Food Lion SAC Women's Basketball Championship Summary: Carson-Newman Over Wingate, 64-42, for Title
  The Carson-Newman Lady Eagles earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Division II National Tournament as they defeated Wingate 64-42 in the championship game of the 2005 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament held Sunday afternoon at the Catawba Valley Community College Multipurpose Center. The Lady Eagles were led in scoring by tourney MVP Brooke Johnson.
  Final
• Mar 5 -- Food Lion SAC Men's Basketball Championship Semifinals Summary: Tusculum To Meet Lenoir-Rhyne for Title
  Tusculum College upset top-seeded Catawba 76-72 in Saturday afternoon's first semifinal game to advance to the championship of the Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament held at the Multipurpose Arena at Catawba Valley Community College. Later, the second seeded Bears of Lenoir-Rhyne College advanced to the finals with an 84-82 victory over the third seed, Presbyterian College.
  Semifinals
• Mar 5 -- Food Lion SAC Women's Basketball Championship Semifinals Summary: Wingate, Carson-Newman Advance to Title Game
  Wingate University's junior center Veronica Taylor and sophomore guard Tanetra Barrett combined for 38 points to lead the top seeded Bulldogs to a 67-53 victory over the #5 seed Newberry College Lady Indians in the opening semifinal game of the 2005 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament held at the Catawba Valley Community Center Saturday afternoon. In the second game, Carson-Newman’s Brooke Johnson scored a game-high 22 points and added nine rebounds and four blocks as the Lady Eagles advanced to the finals with a 68-59 win over Mars Hill.
  Semifinals
• Mar 5 -- Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Basketball Tournaments To Be on TV
  Fans wanting to watch the Food Lion South Atlantic Conference men’s and women’s basketball tournament championship games will have plenty of opportunities. This release has a complete broadcast list for all Time Warner Cable outlets.
  The Full Story
• Mar 2 -- Food Lion SAC Men's Basketball Championship Quarterfinals Summary
  Quarterfinal action is complete in the 2005 Food Lion SAC Men's Basketball Championship, with scores as follows: No. 1 Catawba 84, No. 8 Newberry 53; No. 2 Lenoir-Rhyne 87, No. 7 Wingate 76; No. 3 Presbyterian 58, No. 6 Mars Hill 54; No. 4 Tusculum 93, No. 5 Carson-Newman 76.
  The Full Story
• Mar 2 -- Food Lion SAC Women's Basketball Championship Quarterfinals Summary
  Quarterfinal action is complete in the 2005 Food Lion SAC Women's Basketball Championship, with scores as follows: No. 1 Wingate 70, No. 8 Tusculum 47; No. 2 Carson-Newman 70, No. 7 Presbyterian 52; No. 6 Mars Hill 70, No. 3 Lenoir-Rhyne 67; No. 5 Newberry 73, No. 4 Catawba 59.
  The Full Story
• Feb 27 -- Wingate Women, Catawba Men Earn Top Seeds for 2005 Food Lion SAC Basketball Tournament
  The Wingate University women and the Catawba College men, who both played in the championship game of last year’s tournament, earned the top seeds for the 2005 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference basketball tournament.
  The Full Story
• Feb 26 -- Wingate Women Capture SAC Regular Season Basketball Title With 51-50 Win at Carson-Newman
  Wingate University junior center Veronica Taylor scored a game-high 25 points and pulled down a team-best nine rebounds to lead the Bulldogs to a 51-50 victory over Carson-Newman College Saturday night in Holt Fieldhouse on the Carson-Newman campus.
  The Full Story
• Feb 23 -- Catawba Men's Basketball Team Wins SAC Regular Season Title With 78-66 Victory at Wingate
  The Catawba College men’s basketball team clinched its first South Atlantic Conference regular season title since the 2000-01 season with a 78-66 victory over Wingate University Wednesday night in Cuddy Arena on the Wingate campus.
  The Full Story

2005 Basketball Tournamet Photos

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