Women's Basketball | 3/5/2016 8:35:35 PM

Kansas City, Mo. – It will be two teams divided by just 150 miles as second seeded Pittsburg State faces fourth seeded Emporia State for the MIAA Women’s Basketball Championship. The Lady Hornets got to the title game with an 85-74 victory over Missouri Western and PSU earned a 90-74 win over Fort Hays State in the semifinals.
 
For the Gorillas Mikaela Burgess is averaging 18.0 points while Kyle Gafford adds 13.6 points and 5.9 rebounds. Cathy Brugman is averaging 12.6 points and Hadyn Herlocker is dishing out a team best 4.7 assists per contest. Coming into the championship game PSU is averaging 75.2 points while only giving competitors 63.7 points per game.
 
For the Lady Hornets are led by Kelly Moten who is averaging 16.2 points and 4.7 assists per game. Sandra Ngoie is averaging 12.8 points while Kelsey Barnwell and Kathryn Flott are each averaging 10.2 points per contest.
 
The winner will receive the MIAA’s automatic bid into the NCAA Division II National Tournament for which the field will be announced at 9 p.m. on Sunday, March 6 at ncaa.com.
 
Quick Hits:
This is the sixth straight Championship game appearance for Emporia State
This will be just the second appearance in the game for Pittsburg State
PSU is 0-1 in championship games falling 54-46 to Washburn in 1992
Emporia State is 7-5 in championship games having won the last three straight
In the postseason tournament ESU is 3-0 overall against PSU
The four seed has only won the MIAA title once (ESU 2013)
The two seed has won the MIAA title eight times (last ESU 2015)
The four seed last met the second seed in the championship in 2013
This will be the 21^st time that two ranked teams have met in the MIAA title game