Southwest Basketball Schedules Released

Southwest Women's Basketball Coach Andrea Martre and Men's Basketball Coach Jerry Nichols have released their 2014-15 schedules. Collectively they feature 26 home games at the Verties Sails Gymnasium, including nine women's/men's Tennessee Community College Athletic Association (TCCAA) doubleheaders. In addition, the Lady Saluqis and Saluqis will play the nine conference opponents on the road for a total of 18 TCCAA games for each team.

The Southwest men's team will open the season at home against the Bethel University Junior Varsity (JV) on October 31. The women will take on Bossier City in their opener, also on October 31, at the Baton Rouge Classic in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and will also play Mississippi Gulf Coast in the classic on November 1. The following weekend, Southwest will begin conference play on the road at Chattanooga State on November 7 and at Cleveland State on November 8. The first conference home games will be against Walters State on November 14 and Roane State on November 15.

The Saluqis and Lady Saluqis will also play non-conference games against Mid-South (home and away) and Mississippi Delta (home). In addition, the men will play Bethel JV in the Tallahassee Thanksgiving Tournament in Tallahassee, Florida, while the women will play Three Rivers and Wallace State in the Lady Saluqis Classic and also host Arkansas Baptist.

Southwest will host the 2015 TCCAA/NJCAA Region VII Tournament March 3-7 at the Verties Sails Gymnasium. The women's and men's tournament champions will receive an automatic berth in the NJCAA National Tournament March 16-21 in Salina, Kansas, (women) and Hutchinson, Kansas (men).

2014-2015 Basketball Schedule
Date Game Location Team Time
October31 Bethel JV Home Men 6 p.m.
October31 Baton Rouge Classic vs. Bossier City Away Women TBA
November 1 Baton Rouge Classic vs. Mississippi Gulf Coast Away Women TBA
November 7 *Chattanooga State Away Women/Men 5:30 p.m./7:30 p.m. EST
November 8 *Cleveland State Away Women/Men 2 p.m./4 p.m. EST
November 14 *Walters State Home Women/Men 5:30 p.m./7:30 p.m.
November 15 *Roane State Home Women/Men 2 p.m./4 p.m.
November 19 Bethel JV Away Men 7 p.m.
November 22 *Dyersburg State Home Women/Men 2 p.m./4 p.m.
November 25-27 Tallahassee Thanksgiving Tournament Away Men TBA
December 5 *Columbia State Away Women/Men 5:30 p.m./7:30 p.m.
December 6 *Jackson State Away Women/Men 2 p.m./4 p.m.
December 16 Mid-South Home Women/Men 6 p.m./8 p.m.
December 29 Lady Saluqis Classic vs. Three Rivers Home Women 6 p.m.
December 30 Lady Saluqis Classic vs. Wallace State Home Women 2 p.m.
January8 Mid-South Away Women/Men 5:30 p.m./7:30 p.m.
January 16 *Volunteer State Home Women/Men 5:30 p.m./7:30 p.m.
January 17 *Motlow State Home Women/Men 2 p.m./4 p.m.
January 23 *Walters State Away Women/Men 5:30 p.m./7:30 p.m. EST
January 24 *Roane State Away Women/Men 2 p.m./4 p.m. EST
January 29 Mississippi Delta Home Women/Men 6 p.m./8 p.m.
January 31 *Dyersburg State Away Women/Men 2 p.m./4 p.m.
February 4 *Jackson State Home Women/Men 5:30 p.m./7:30 p.m.
February 7 *Columbia State Home Women/Men 2 p.m./4 p.m.
February 11 *Volunteer State Away Women/Men 5:30 p.m./7:30 p.m.
February 14 *Motlow State Away Women/Men 2 p.m./4 p.m.
February 17 Arkansas Baptist Home women 6 p.m.
February 20 *Chattanooga State Home Women/Men 5:30 p.m./7:30 p.m.
February 21 *Cleveland State Home Women/Men 2 p.m./4 p.m.
March 3-7 TCCAA/NJCAA Region VII Tournament Home Women/Men TBA
March 16-21 NJCAA National Tournament Hutchinson, KS Men TBA
March 16-21 NJCAA National Tournament Salina, KS Women TBA

*TCCAA Games

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