{"id":23258,"date":"2024-03-01T10:50:38","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T15:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/?p=23258"},"modified":"2024-12-10T14:48:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T19:48:42","slug":"transylvania-womens-basketball-champs-tip-off-ncaa-tournament-tonight-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2024\/03\/transylvania-womens-basketball-champs-tip-off-ncaa-tournament-tonight-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Transylvania women\u2019s basketball champs tip off NCAA tournament tonight at home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/03\/transylvania_tnotes_final-4-730x411.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/03\/transylvania_tnotes_final-4-730x411.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/03\/transylvania_tnotes_final-4-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/03\/transylvania_tnotes_final-4-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/03\/transylvania_tnotes_final-4-690x388.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/03\/transylvania_tnotes_final-4-810x456.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/03\/transylvania_tnotes_final-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/03\/transylvania_tnotes_final-4.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For the defending national champion Transylvania Pioneers, the road to this year&#8217;s Final Four begins in Beck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The women&#8217;s basketball team \u2014 which has the longest current winning streak in college basketball at 60 games \u2014 takes on Chatham University at home tonight at 8. <a href=\"https:\/\/transysports.com\/sports\/2023\/2\/27\/ncaa-wbb-2023.aspx\">Get the details like how to watch live and ticket info<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ohio Wesleyan vs. Emory is the other matchup today in the Beck Center, also the site of tomorrow\u2019s game pitting the winner of that contest against either Transylvania or Chatham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAny time we get to play at home, we feel good about it,&#8221; coach Juli Fulks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentucky.com\/sports\/article285706321.html\">told the Lexington Herald-Leader<\/a>. &#8220;I think at the end of the day, we always rely on our defensive rebounding. And that travels, so whether we go on the road or whether we\u2019re here, we know we can rely on that part.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her team leads the NCAA in scoring defense, with their opponents scoring an average of only 42.1 points per game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pioneers also go into tonight&#8217;s game tied for the fifth longest winning streak in DIII women&#8217;s basketball history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe excitement is still there every game,\u201d forward Laken Ball told the Herald-Leader. \u201cI mean, that\u2019s what we\u2019re fighting for all season. Every game we step on the floor anywhere we know, like whoever we\u2019re playing, we\u2019re fighting to play for home at the end of the season. It\u2019s what our fans want; it\u2019s what we want.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These fans got to see the Pioneers win their sixth straight HCAC championship last weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To honor Transylvania&#8217;s superlative season, the HCAC named Fulks as Women&#8217;s Basketball Coach of the Year \u2014 also, forward Dasia Thornton earned Player of the Year and guard Kennedy Stacy is Defensive Player of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out this WKYT feature on Transylvania hosting the NCAA tournament:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">March Madness getting started in the bluegrass with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TUWBX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TUWBX<\/a> this weekend!  The road to the championship runs through Lexington. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FlyPios?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FlyPios<\/a> \ud83e\udd87\ud83c\udfc0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TransySports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TransySports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WKYT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WKYT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wkytsports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@wkytsports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OMnzWMHdof\">https:\/\/t.co\/OMnzWMHdof<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/07hne7DEkL\">pic.twitter.com\/07hne7DEkL<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Lyndsey Gough (@LGonTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LGonTV\/status\/1762295189559800141?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pioneers got a shout-out from the mayor too:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tomorrow, the Pioneers will face Chatham University of Pittsburgh in the first round of the NCAA Tournament right here at the Beck Center on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Transy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Transy<\/a>&#39;s campus. 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