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MCC men's and women's basketball head to nationals


The MCC men's and women's basketball team will attempt to bring home championships at their respective national tournaments this week.  The women will be gunning for their second consecutive NJCAA Division I title and fourth straight overall, while the men are searching for their first Division II championship.

The women's tournament will be played in Salina, Kan. Tuesday through Saturday.  MCC (27-2) is seeded fourth and will play 13th-seeded Northeast Oklahoma A&M in a first round game at 1 p.m. Wednesday.

The men's tournament, in Danville, Ill., will be played Wednesday through Saturday.  MCC (28-3) received a first-round bye and will play either Oakton CC (28-5) or Hamilton College (29-2) in the second round at 1 p.m. Thursday.

Fans can follow along with the action as MCC goes for two this weekend.  Go to the MCC Athletics website at HYPERLINK "https://www.monroecc.edu/depts/athletics"www.monroecc.edu/depts/athletics, where you will find links to each tournament's web page as well as recaps and box scores of the games.

Tom Garigen
Athletics
03/20/2007