SPRINGFIELD, Mass.
- For the third consecutive season, the Augusta State
men's basketball squad will be featured on college
basketball's national stage when the Jaguars take the floor
Wednesday night in the MassMutual Center.
The No. 4 Jags will face off against the Bentley Falcons at 8:30
p.m., in the fourth and final National Quarterfinal game of the
day.
The contest will feature a live webcast and live stats at www.ncaa.com.
The Falcons, the East Region champions, enter the Elite Eight with
a 25-6 record. Bentley is making its third Elite Eight appearance
in the last four years -- 2007, 2008 and 2010.
Bentley is led by NABC National Player Of The Year Jason Westrol. A
6-3, 195-pound senior guard, Westrol averaged 21.2 ppg., 5.3 rpg.,
3.2 apg., and 2.3 spg., and was also named a Daktronics First-Team
All-American.
The Jags-Falcons' winner will advance to face the winner of
St. Joseph's (Ind.) (20-11) and Cal Poly Pomona (25-6) in the
National Semifinals on Thursday, March 23 at 8:30 p.m.
ASU has advanced for the third straight season to the Elite Eight.
With a victory over Bentley, the Jags will match the school record
for wins in a season and advance to the Final Four for the third
consecutive year.