CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – The Millsaps women's basketball team has advanced to the 2024 NCAA Women's Championship and will face No. 1 New York University, which was officially announced during a selection show on Monday.
The Majors and Violets will square off at 3:30 p.m. CT on Friday, with site hosts DeSales University battling Southern Virginia University in the other First Round matchup to follow at 6 p.m.
Winners of both contests will face off in the Second Round, beginning at 6 p.m. CT on Saturday.
Fresh off their first Southern Athletic Association Tournament title in program history, the Majors will play in their third NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. Millsaps previously competed in the 1995 and 1996 NCAA Championships.
Millsaps is 1-2 in previous NCAA postseason play after securing a 65-57 win over Hendrix in the 1996 First Round.
In the Women's Basketball Coaches Association Poll released on Feb. 27, NYU is ranked No. 1, DeSales is ranked No. 12 and Millsaps is receiving votes.
All matchups will feature live video and live stats. Links are available below and on the Millsaps women's basketball schedule page at gomajors.com.
2024 NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
All games played at DeSales University inside Billera Hall Gymnasium
Live Video | Live Stats
(All Games)
Friday, March 1 – First Round
3:30 p.m. CT – No. 1 NYU vs. (RV) Millsaps
6 p.m. CT – No. 12 DeSales vs. Southern Virginia
Saturday, March 2 – Second Round
6 p.m. CT – (TBD)
KEY PLAYERS TO WATCH
No. 1 NYU (25-0, 14-0 UAA)
- Natalie Burns | 14.8 ppg | 7.2 rpg | 76 blocks | 38 steals | 95 assists
- Morgan Morrison | 14.6 ppg | 6.9 rpg | 60% FG | 22 blocks
- Belle Pellecchia | 10.9 ppg | 7.2 rpg | 54 steals | 73 assists
No. 12 DeSales (25-2, 14-0 MAC Freedom)
- Mikaela Reese | 15.3 ppg | 7.2 rpg | 78 blocks | 79 assists | 50 steals
- Megan Bealer | 13.1 ppg | 5.7 rpg | 83 steals | 59 assists
- Lindsey Welsh | 10.2 ppg | 5.2 rpg | 66 steals | 68 assists
(RV) Millsaps (24-4, 12-2 SAA)
- Haley Franklin | 19.1 ppg | 5.6 rpg | 76 assists | 37 steals | 15 blocks
- Elyse Warren | 11. 4 ppg | 11.1 rpg | 14 steals | 10 blocks | 10 assists
- Garin Freeman | 10.0 ppg | 3.4 rpg | 107 assists | 52 steals
Southern Virginia (22-6, 18-1 USA South)
- Ruth Kempler | 9.2 ppg | 6.9 rpg | 45 blocks | 32 assists | 17 steals
- Abigail Snyder | 8.6 ppg | 6.6 rpg | 84% FT | 84 assists | 43 steals
- Aysia Foster | 8.4 ppg | 4.8 rpg | 39 blocks | 62% FG | 29 assists
MILLSAPS IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
- March 1, 1995 – NCAA First Round at Emory, 77-95 (L)
- Feb. 28, 1996 – NCAA First Round vs. Hendrix, 65-57 (W)
- March 2, 1996 – NCAA Second Round at Randolph-Macon, 66-99 (L)
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