West Liberty Hilltoppers will host defending regional champion and No. 2 seed Indiana (Pa.) Tuesday, March 15th at 7 p.m. in the Atlantic Region championship game at West Liberty’s ASRC complex. The winner will advance to next week’s NCAA Division II Elite Eight at Springfield, Mass.
WLU defeated Shaw (N.C.) 98-93 in an NCAA Division II regional semifinal Sunday night to advance. Indiana beat Bowie State, 94-81, in Sunday’s other semifinal matchup.
Tickets are going fast and if you can’t make it to the Hilltop, WLU is airing the game so all of the Ohio Valley can be a part of the action.
The WLU/ Indiana (Pa.) matchup can be seen live on WLTV-14, which is available to more than 50,000 Comcast subscribers in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia on Channel 14. In addition, the No. 1-ranked Hilltopper men’s squad will be simulcast throughout the Ohio Valley on RTV-9, WTOV-TV9’s sister station. RTV9 (Digital 9.2) is Channel 208 on Comcast and is also available on the following systems: Bellaire Cable (Channel 7), Jefferson County Blue Devil (Channel 11), Centre TV (Channel 27), and Powhatan Point (Channel 27).
Reid Amos, Executive Director of the WLU Office of Communications and the “Voice of the Hilltoppers,” will call the play-by-play for Tuesday evening’s game.
If you are still out of the viewing, the game telecasts will also be streamed live on the internet at www.wltvonline.com. Fans can also follow the WLU men on Twitter for game time scores and updates at wlumedia, or watch the live stats via the WLU sports website at www.hilltoppersports.com