Women's Basketball: WVU Hosts Wake Forest
March 22, 2005 10:56 AM | General
March 22, 2005
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University's women's basketball team plays host to Wake Forest in "Elite Eight" action in the Postseason Sportsview.tv WNIT Thursday, March 24, at 7 p.m., at the WVU Coliseum.
The Mountaineers (19-12) and the Demon Deacons (17-14) will be meeting for the fifth time in a series that began in 1990 and was most recently played in 1998-99, a 67-57 WVU victory in Morgantown.
West Virginia advanced to the "Elite Eight" with a 68-63 victory over BIG EAST rival St. John's last night at the WVU Coliseum. Wake Forest earned its trip to Morgantown with a decisive 78-63 triumph over South Florida, also last night.
Tickets for the contest are $6 for the general public and the first 500 WVU students with proper identification will be admitted free courtesy of Coca-Cola. Tickets can be purchased at the Mountaineer Ticket Office or at the gate. There are no phone sales.
Students can obtain their free ticket Thursday night beginning at 6 p.m. at the Gold Gate.
