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UA Set To Host NWBA Women’s Wheelchair Basketball National Championships This Week

UA Adapted Athletics is set to host the NWBA Women's Wheelchair Basketball National Championships later this week.

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TUSCALOOSA, AL —University of Alabama Adapted Athletics is set to host the National Wheelchair Basketball Association Women’s Wheelchair Basketball National Championships later this week.

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The tournament — held on March 10-11 at Stran-Hardin Arena on the UA campus — will include the host Crimson Tide, the University of Texas at Arlington, University of Illinois, University of Arizona and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

Tickets are $10 for a weekend pass to all games, while UA students, faculty and staff, and children under 12 are free.

The UA women’s team will play at 6 p.m. on Friday for a chance to advance to the finals at 2 p.m. on Saturday.

 

[alabama mike]

It is absolutely amazing what wheelchair basketball players can do on the court. Thanks for posting this information.

 

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Alabama Women's Wheelchair Basketball Wins the National Championship

The Crimson Tide defeated UT-Arlington 88-41 inside Stran-Hardin Arena.


The Alabama women's wheelchair basketball team won the national title in convincing fashion as the Tide defeated UT-Arlington 88-41 inside Stran-Hardin Arena.
lxhelt Gonzalez was the leading scorer for Alabama, putting up 17 points on 7-for-9 shooting to go along with seven rebounds.
Gonzalez was one of five double-digit scorers for the Crimson Tide; Mary Silberman was second on the team with 16 points, including the only 3-pointer for the Tide; Lindsey Zurbrugg contributed 15 points; and Bailey Moody and Moira Paulus each scored 10 points.
Zoe Voris was the only double-digit scorer for UT-Arlington with 10 points on 4-for-9 shooting from the field. Elodie Tessier was second on the team with seven points, including UT-Arlington's only 3-pointer.
The Crimson Tide played solid defense the entire game, allowing UT-Arlington to reach the 40-percent mark only one time, which was the first quarter. Overall, the Alabama defense held the opposing offense to 34.5 percent from the floor.

Just as UT-Arlington was cold, Alabama's shooting was hot, shooting better than 45 percent in all four quarters, highlighted by the 87.5 percent shooting in the second quarter. Overall, the Tide shot 66.1 percent from the field for the game.

Alabama bench outscored UT-Arlington's bench 45-16 while scoring 56 points in the paint to UT-Arlington's 18.

Another championship comes home to Tuscaloosa.

 

[alabama mike]

National Champions! Fantastic job ladies!