Westfield State to Play Babson in Opening Round of NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
The Westfield State men's basketball team will face Babson College in the first round of the NCAA tournament after winning the MASCAC Championships on Saturday.
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The Westfield State men's basketball team will face Babson College in the first round of the NCAA tournament after winning the MASCAC Championships on Saturday.
The Owls meet the Beavers (25-2), champions of the NEWMAC,
and the rest of the Owls' pod includes The University of Scranton
(PA) and Baruch College (NY). Babson, located in Wellesley, Mass.,
will be the host site for the four team pod.
The Owls, 20-6 won both the regular season and tournament
titles as champions of the MASCAC. Westfield defeated
Bridgewater State, 78-69, in the conference championship game on
Saturday behind 22 points and 14 rebounds from senior
forward Grant
Cooper, who was named the tournament MVP.
Westfield is making its third NCAA tournament appearance. The
Owls qualified in 1985 and in 1993. Westfield lost to Clark, 88-78,
in 1985, and fell to UMass-Dartmouth, an eventual final four
participant, 90-81, in the first round in 1993.