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SOUTHWEST MEN WIN TJCCAA/NJCAA REGION VII TITLE
Tournament MVP Donald Boone scored 24 points to lead
16th-ranked Southwest to a 98-80 win over Cleveland
State in the championship game of the TJCCAA/NJCAA
Region VII Tournament on Sunday afternoon in Gallatin,
Tennessee. A.J. Nance, also an all-tournament selection,
added 17 points for the Saluqis, now 26-5 on the season.
Other double figure scorers for Southwest were James
Hooper with 14 and Greg Grimes with 12. Hooper also led
the Saluqis with seven rebounds and five assists.
After entering the tournament as the number one seed by
winning the regular season Western Division title,
Southwest defeated Walters State 93-76 in the
quarterfinals and Columbia State 93-86 in the semifinals
to reach the championship game.
The region title was the tenth for Southwest and the
ninth for Coach Verties Sails including fourth in the
past seven years. The Saluqis finished 11th in last
year’s NJCAA national tournament and their highest
finish ever was in 1998 when they were tournament
runner-up.
Southwest will represent the TJCCAA and Region VII in
the NJCAA National Tournament on March 20-24 in
Hutchinson, Kansas.
LADY SALUQIS LOSE IN REGION SEMIFINALS
The season came to an end for the Southwest women's
basketball team as they were defeated by Walters
State 73-71 in the semifinals of the TJCCAA/NJCAA
Region VII Tournament. Ashley Shields, who was
named to the all-tournament team, led the Lady
Saluqis with 30 points and 10 rebounds but it wasn't
enough as Southwest lost for only the second time in
28 games. Also scoring in double figures for
Southwest were Starkitsha Luellen with 12 and
Brittany Smith with 11.
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