INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Back in NCAA postseason play for the first time since 2004, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's basketball team is scheduled to take on defending national champion DePauw University (27-1) on Friday, March 7 in Greencastle, Ind the NCAA announced Monday. Game time between CMS and DePauw is set for 7:30 p.m. EST. Should CMS advance, game time for the second round game is set for 7 p.m. EST on Saturday, March 8.
The other first-round matchup in Neal Fieldhouse on the campus of DePauw University pits Ohio Northern (24-3) against Transylvania (25-2).
CMS earned the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship by winning the SCIAC Postseason Tournament, capped off with a 78-60 win over Chapman in the championship game on March 1.
CMS (24-3)
With Saturday's win over Chapman, CMS registered its 24th win of the season, a school record. CMS has won nine games in a row heading into NCAA postseason play. The Athenas are 2-4 all-time in NCAA postseason play, most recently losing to Chapman in Orange 57-47 in 2004. CMS' last NCAA Tournament win came in 1996, a one-point home win against La Verne. CMS has never faced DePauw, Ohio Northern or Transylvania, the three other teams in the bracket of the first and second rounds site at DePauw.
No. 4 DePauw (27-1)
The Tigers won the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Tournament title with a 69-41 victory over Denison to earn the conference's NCAA automatic bid. DePauw's lone loss of the season came on Feb. 22, a one-point road loss to Ohio Wesleyan on the final day of the regular season. 2014 marks the 11th straight NCAA appearance for DePauw.
No. 21 Ohio Northern (23-5)
This is the second-straight season that the Polar Bears have made the tournament and seventh time in program history. Ohio Northern went 23-5 on the season, finishing as runners-up in the OAC Tournament to earn a Pool C or at-large bid to the field.
No. 22 Transylvania (25-2)
The Pioneers secured an automatic bid with a 40-point Heartland Conference Championship victory over Hanover on March 2. Transylvania has won 11 games in a row heading into the tournament. This is their third NCAA appearance overall, last making the tournament in 2009.
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