USC Aiken Gearing Up to Host 2010 PBC Basketball Championships
USC Aiken-Clayton State Game Notes
2010 Peach Belt Conference Basketball Tournament Website
AIKEN, S.C. - The Peach Belt Conference East second-seeded USC
Aiken men's basketball team is preparing to face Peach Belt
Conference West fourth-seeded Clayton State in the 2010 Marvin
Vanover Peach Belt Conference Men's Basketball Championships
semifinals at 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 6 at the USC Aiken
Convocation Center.
The Pacers dominated East third-seeded Francis Marion en route to
an 80-59 victory in the quarterfinals to set up the semifinal
contest with Clayton State. The Lakers upset NCAA Division II
14th-ranked and PBC West top-seeded Georgia College & State,
77-66, in their quarterfinal match-up in Milledgeville,
Ga.
The semifinal is the second of two men's basketball semifinals at
the Convocation Center on Saturday with national No. 1 and PBC East
No. 1 Augusta State set to square off with West second-seeded
Montevallo in the first men's semifinal of the evening at 6
p.m.
The Peach Belt Conference Tournament women's basketball semifinals
will be played earlier in the afternoon at the Convocation Center
on Saturday, March 6. The first semifinal at 1 p.m. will pit NCAA
Division II No. 9 and PBC East No. 1 Lander against NCAA Division
II No. 21 and PBC West No. 2 Clayton State. The final women's
semifinal of the day at 3 p.m. will feature PBC West No. 1 Georgia
College & State against PBC East No. 2 and NCAA Division II No.
17 Francis Marion.
The Peach Belt Conference men's and women's final four will be
vying for a spot in the PBC Tournament championship games at the
Convocation Center on Sunday, March 7. The Women's Championship
game is scheduled to tip-off at 2 p.m. with the Men's Championship
contest slated for a 4:30 p.m. tip.
USC Aiken (17-10) and Clayton State (16-12) have made it a habit of
late to meet in the PBC Tournament. In the Peach Belt Conference
Tournament quarterfinals in the 2008-09 season, USC Aiken earned a
60-50 victory over the Lakers. One year earlier, the Lakers took a
hard-fought triple overtime 89-87 victory over the Pacers in the
2008 Peach Belt Conference Tournament Championship game. Both games
were played at the Convocation Center.
According to USC Aiken athletic records, Clayton State owns a
slight 14-10 all-time series advantage over the Pacers. USC Aiken,
which has won three of the last four meetings, fell 90-74 to the
Lakers in their only meeting this season. USC Aiken's Byron Faison
(Sumter, S.C./Crestwood) posted a career-best 30 points in the
game.
USC Aiken has played in the last two Peach Belt Conference
Tournament Championship games. They are 1-2 all-time in PBC
Tournament championship contests having last obtained the
tournament crown in 1993.
Tickets for the semifinal and final rounds of the 2010 Peach Belt
Conference Basketball Tournament are $8 and enable the bearer to
all games played on that day.
The Saturday price also includes the PBC Dance Team, Cheerleading
and Pep Band Competition.
All six games over the course of the weekend will feature a free
live webcast and live stats. The PBC Dance Team, Cheerleading and
Pep Band Competition will also feature a free webcast.
For more information, please visit the official tournament website
at: http://www.peachbeltconference.org/information/0910basketballtournament/index
