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DATE: TUESDAY, March 5, 1991                   TAG: 9103050169
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: RADFORD                                LENGTH: Short


BIG SOUTH TOURNAMENT AT RADFORD

Radford University's Dedmon Center will be the site of the seven-team Big South Conference women's basketball tournament Thursday through Saturday.

Second-seeded Radford (10-17 overall, 8-4 in the Big South) will meet seventh-seeded Charleston Southern (0-27, 0-12) in Thursday's 8 p.m. finale. Fourth-seeded UNC-Asheville (8-18, 6-6) plays No. 5 Coastal Carolina (8-18, 6-6) at 4 p.m., and No. 3 Augusta (10-7, 8-4) meets No. 6 Winthrop (3-22, 2-10) at 6 p.m.

Campbell (21-6, 12-0), the league's regular-season champion, receives a first-round bye. The Camels will meet the winner of the UNCA-Coastal game in Friday's 6 p.m. semifinal. The other semifinal, featuring the Augusta-Winthrop winner against the Radford-Charleston winner, will be played at 8 p.m. Friday.

The championship game will be played Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

Admission to each night's action is $4 for adults and $1 for students. Adults may purchase a $10 pass good for all seven tournament games. Ticket information is available by calling (703) 831-5228. - Staff report



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