The ETSU Lady Bucs will begin the Southern Conference Tournament in game one at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at McLellan Gymnasium in Chattanooga.
ETSU drew a ninth seed Appalachian State on Sunday.
Both teams split games in the regular season.
The Mountaineers defeated ETSU in Boone on Jan. 15, 51-47. ETSU got revenge when Appy came to Johnson City defeating them in Brooks Gym 74-69.
“It’s been a rough season for us,” said sophomore Anna Marie Ricciardi. “We have a team that wants to win the tournament really bad.
“Once we get going we should do pretty good.”Georgia Southern, 85 ETSU 82
ETSU dropped their final game of the regular season on Saturday at Georgia Southern 85-82.
A strong second-half rally by the Eagles led to a season-finale loss for the Lady Bucs from Statesboro.
With the loss, ETSU falls to 11-16 overall for the 2004-05 season and 9-11 in Southern Conference action.
GSU improved to 14-13 and 11-9 in SoCon play. Tiffani Mayes led all scorers with 26 points on the afternoon, including a 9-18 shooting effort from the floor.
ETSU started strong with a dominate first half taking the 36-22 halftime lead. However the offense of the Eagles took control from the start of the second half and proved too strong for the Lady Bucs offense.
B.J. Banjo added 23 points, four rebounds and two steals in the loss, while Candace Gibson added 17 points and led ETSU with nine rebounds.

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