Stanford Begins NCAA Tournament Saturday Against Hampton

Game #33
NCAA Tournament First Round
No. 2/2 Stanford Cardinal (31-1) - vs. - Hampton Lady Pirates (26-4)

Saturday, March 17, 2012 - 10:30 a.m. PT
Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,600) - Norfolk, Va.
Seeds: Stanford (1); Hampton (16)
Series History: First Meeting
Last Meeting: N/A
TV: ESPN2 (P-x-P: Mark Jones, Analyst: Mary Murphy)
Webcast: ESPN3 (www.espn3.com)
Radio: 90.1 KZSU (P-x-P: Sam Fisher)




Hampton women prepare for first round matchup versus Stanford

HAMPTON, Virginia -- The Hampton University women’s basketball team won a school Division-I record 26 wins this year, finishing with a 26-4 overall record. The Lady Pirates were 15-1 in the MEAC conference and won the MEAC Tournament title for the third straight year. The team is top ten in the nation in a variety of categories - leading the nation in 3-point field goal defense (20.3%), second in scoring defense (46.8 ppg), third in field goal defense (32.3%), and ninth in turnover margin (+6.4).

However, the Hampton Lady Pirates enter the NCAA Women’s Tournament as the 16th-seed in the Fresno region. In the first round, the Lady Pirates will face the top-seeded Stanford Cardinal. While Hampton is the “visiting” team, the game will be played in Norfolk and will essentially be a home game for the Lady Pirates. The game will be played on Saturday, March 17 at 1:30 pm and will be preceded by Texas versus West Virginia, playing in the 8/9 matchup, tipping off at 11:10 am.

Hampton enters the game having won 11 straight games and are led by All-MEAC First-Team selection Jericka Jenkins. Jenkins was second in the nation in assists (7.2 apg) and also led the team in scoring (14.0 ppg). After finishing last season with a 25-7 record and winning the MEAC Tournament, Hampton earned a 13-seed from the Tournament Committee, which was the highest seed ever earned by a MEAC team.

The Lady Pirates and their head coach, David Six, feel disrespected by their 16th-seed this year and hope to use the perceived slight as motivation to overcome the 31-1 Stanford team.

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