{"id":41279,"date":"2016-09-29T17:41:04","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T21:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=41279"},"modified":"2016-09-29T17:41:04","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T21:41:04","slug":"ohio-state-fgcu-gulf-coast-showcase-first-round-game-time-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2016\/09\/ohio-state-fgcu-gulf-coast-showcase-first-round-game-time-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio State-FGCU Gulf Coast Showcase First-Round Game Time Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

FGCU women\u2019s basketball will welcome a likely Top-10 opponent to Southwest Florida when the Eagles face Ohio State in a first-round game of the Gulf Coast Showcase. Tournament promoters announced the game will tip-off at\u00a05 p.m. ET\u00a0on Friday, Nov. 25 at Germain Arena. The game time has been set as to not conflict with the FGCU-Long Beach State men\u2019s game later that evening on FGCU\u2019s campus.<\/p>\n

\"\"Ohio State returns First-Team All-American Kelsey Mitchell (26.1 points per game last season) and will add the services of two transfers that sat out last season per NCAA rules. Junior forward Stephanie Mavunga will become eligible after transferring from North Carolina and sophomore guard Sierra Calhoun joins the squad after playing at Duke. Both players were McDonald\u2019s All-Americans coming out of high school.<\/p>\n

Coming off a record-breaking 33-win season, FGCU will be bolstered by two transfers of its own. Mikala McGhee will be immediately eligible after playing at George Mason and China Dow becomes eligible after sitting out last season following a transfer from Middle Tennessee. FGCU has won six straight Atlantic Sun regular season titles and completed its fourth perfect league season\u00a0in five years\u00a0in 2015-16.<\/p>\n

The winner of the FGCU-Ohio State will advance to\u00a0Saturday\u2019s\u00a0semifinals and will play either last season\u2019s national runner-up Syracuse or defending Atlantic 10 champion George Washington.<\/p>\n

The women\u2019s tournament first-round schedule will be as follows:<\/p>\n

11 a.m.\u00a0\u2013 Baylor vs. Kent State<\/p>\n

1:30 p.m.\u00a0\u2013 DePaul vs. Western Kentucky<\/p>\n

5 p.m.\u00a0\u2013 Ohio State vs. FGCU<\/p>\n

7:30 p.m.\u00a0\u2013 Syracuse vs. George Washington<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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