JACKSON, Tenn. -- Azusa Pacific women’s basketball assistant coach Megan Fate has given Cougar fans worldwide their first look inside the Cougars’ trip to Jackson, Tennessee, for the 2009 NAIA Division I Women’s Basketball National Championship tournament. Fate interviewed junior center Kristie Hala’ufia and assistant coach Dan Ploog for a YouTube video segment, as Azusa Pacific awaits its 9:45 p.m. (Central) Thursday night slot for its first taste of the 32-team national tournament.
The Cougars are in the final time slot of the first round, wrapping up 16 games of first-round action in a time frame of less than 40 hours. The action began this morning at Jackson’s Oman Arena, beginning with an 8:30 a.m. contest, the first of 8 Wednesday games, and Thursday’s action wraps up the tournament first round with another 8 contests.
Take a look at how Azusa Pacific is approaching its first-round game with the first episode of “Up Late With Megan Fate” by clicking the following link, or copy and paste the following into the address bar of your Internet browser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffPGPAscjDg
Azusa Pacific is the No. 5 seed in its quarter of the 32-team bracket, and the Cougars play 7-time NAIA champion Southern Nazarene, a No. 4 seed from the Sooner Athletic Conference. The game, which is scheduled for a 7:45 p.m. Pacific time tipoff, will be aired live on KAPU Radio, and live video of all NAIA Tournament games is provided as a pay-per-view service with single-day and full-tournament subscription options at www.watchNAIA.com.
