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St. Thomas (Minn.) l Wartburg (Iowa) l Trine (Ind.)

MARSHALL, Texas – Another road trip is in store for the East Texas Baptist University women's basketball team as they travel to Iowa for the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 games of the NCAA Division III Tournament. ETBU is facing #6 University of St. Thomas on Friday at 5:30 p.m. in Waverly, Iowa. If they win that, they will face the winner of the #2 Wartburg/#7 Trine University on Saturday at 8 p.m.
 
ETBU is the Cinderella team of the NCAA Tournament not receiving any votes in the national polls and is the fourth ranked team in the South Region. Coming into the American Southwest Conference tournament, ETBU was third from the East Division. The ASC has an eight-team tournament with four teams from each division.
 
The run in the post season started with a low scoring win over Howard Payne University, 50-36, and then the upset of Texas Dallas, 66-61. ETBU then also upset Mary Hardin-Baylor, who was also receiving votes in the national poll, 71-70, to claim the championship. The momentum carried over into the NCAA Tournament upsetting #19 Whitman, 65-59, and then defeating Texas Dallas, again, in less than a week, 64-51, to keep the season alive.
 
The tournament will be at #2 Wartburg College who is 29-0.
 
NOTES
ETBU All-Time vs. Northern Teams
ETBU is 2-2 all-time against northern teams and last played a team from the WIAC in 2012 in Wisconsin-Stout.
Trinity Christian (IL) - 2000 - W, 57-54
Mt Vernon Nazarene - 2000 - L, 79-64
Wisconsin-Whitewater - 2011 -  L, 75-42
Wisconsin-Stout -  2012 -  W, 72-69
 
NCAA Tournament
ETBU is now 2-0 in the NCAA Tournament with wins over #19 Whitman and Texas Dallas. They upset Whitman in the first round, 65-59, and the defeated Texas Dallas for a second week in a row, 64-51.
 
NCCAA National Tournament (Christian Nationals)
ETBU did play in the National Christian Collegiate Athletic Association (NCCAA) national tournament. The NCCAA is a national tournament for Christian teams. ETBU played in these national tournaments in transition from NAIA to D3.

ETBU played in three NCCAA National Tournaments in 1998-99, 1999-00, and 2000-01. All three times they were the NCCAA National Runners-Up.
 
Winning Streaks
ETBU has had three winning streaks this season starting off 7-0. ETBU reeled off seven straight wins to start the season from November 15 to December 16 taking wins over Centenary, Austin College, McMurry, Concordia-Texas, UMHB, Sul Ross State, and Schreiner. Whitworth ended ETBU's win streak with a 72-66 loss on a Sunday.

The second win streak was five games after the Whitworth loss to move to 12-1 on the year. They earned victories over Schreiner, Texas Lutheran, Hardin-Simmons, McMurry, and Howard Payne before falling to Texas Dallas.

Currently, ETBU is on a five-game winning streak during the post season. After losing the final game of the season to Texas Dallas, ETBU has won five straight winning the ASC Tournament Championship and then the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament.
 
Road Warriors
ETBU has been on several road trips this year and has put in decent numbers for traveling. ETBU is 11-3 away from home and 4-0 on neutral courts. ETBU was on the road from December 29 through January 8. They played two games in Kerrville, Texas, defeating Schreiner and Texas Lutheran right after Christmas. After the new year, ETBU went on a week long road trip going 3-0 through West Texas taking wins over Hardin-Simmons (78-63), McMurry (75-69), and Howard Payne (82-79).
They also went out to Sul Ross State (10-hour bus trip) for one ASC game just before Christmas break on December 11.