Feb. 28, 2007

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Samford University's basketball teams are headed to the Ohio Valley Conference semifinals March 2 in Nashville for the second consecutive year after posting first-round wins Tuesday night (Feb. 27). And, Samford will be making a big presence at the tournament as the only OVC member with both teams in Nashville.

Tickets are on sale at the Samford athletics office through Thursday morning. Tickets also will be available at the Gaylord Entertainment Center.

The fourth-seeded Samford women will play top-seeded Southeast Missouri at noon Friday at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville. The two teams met last year in the semifinals, with SEMO winning on their way to the conference championship.

The men will play top-seeded Austin Peay at 5:30 p.m. Friday. That game will be televised live on national cable network ESPN-U.

With wins on Friday, the teams would play in the championship games on Saturday - the women at 3 p.m. and the men at 7 p.m. The women's championship will be televised on CSTV on a tape delay basis. The men's championship will be broadcast live on ESPN2.

In first round action, the fifth-seeded Samford men defeated Murray State 70-60 at Murray to advance. The Samford women closed out historic Seibert Hall in style with a 63-60 victory over Tennessee Tech University. The teams will play in the new $32 million Pete Hanna Center beginning next season, and the women's game was the last in the 45-year-old Seibert Hall.