BOONE, N.C. - App State women's basketball will head into the Sun Belt Tournament as the eighth seed, and will face fifth-seeded Little Rock on Tuesday at 4 p.m. (ET).
The matchup against the defending Sun Belt champions will take place in Lafayette, La,. hosted by the Ragin' Cajuns. The game will be streamed on ESPN+
The championship opens with first-round games on Tuesday, March 10, and quarterfinal games on Wednesday, March 11, hosted by the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds on campus. The two quarterfinal winners advance to New Orleans and the Smoothie King Center, home of the NBA's New Orleans Pelicans, for semifinals games on Saturday, March 14, and championship game on Sunday, March 15.
The first round, quarterfinal and semifinal games are set for live coverage on ESPN+ with Sunday's championship game slated for live coverage on ESPN3. All tournament games are available through the ESPN App, accessible on computers, smartphones, tablets and connected devices.
App State is fresh off its upset over Coastal Carolina earlier this afternoon in double-overtime, while Little Rock fell to South Alabama. The Mountaineers finished the regular season 11-18 and 8-10 in league action. After starting Sun Belt play 1-6, the Apps won seven of their last 11 games.Â
Last season, the Mountaineers advanced to the semifinal round for their farthest run in the Sun Belt Tournament, falling to the eventual champions. App State has won at least one SBC Tournament game in the past three seasons.Â
Appalachian fell to LR in a narrow 68-63 battle on the Trojans' home floor earlier this season.Â
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