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UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. - The Saginaw Valley State University women's basketball team clinched a share of the GLIAC North Division title Thursday night with a victory over Hillsdale College and the overall No. 2 seed in the 2016 GLIAC Women's Basketball Tournament. 

The Lady Cardinals (20-7, 17-5 GLIAC) will host No. 7 seed Northwood University (17-11, 13-9 GLIAC) in the first round quarterfinal matchup, set for 6:00 p.m. Tuesday (Mar. 1) at SVSU's James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena. SVSU has claimed both matchups with the Timberwolves this season and the season's third meeting should be a good one. 

SVSU's 20 victories is the first time the programs has posted that mark since the 1997-98 campaign and the team is hosting its first-ever GLIAC tournament home game. The North Division title is the first one in the program's history as well. The tournament appearance is now the third for the team in the past four seasons. The last victory for the Cards in the annual league postseason tournament came during the 1996-97 season.

Junior forward Emily Wendling, a five-time GLIAC North Division Player of the Week honoree this season, leads the league with an 18.6 ppg scoring average and is fourth with 9.4 rebounds per game. She ranks fifth in field goal percentage as well, hitting shots at a 54.6 percent clip. She ranks 13th in the nation with 195 made field goals.

Ticket prices are listed below for Tuesday's game

Adults - $8.00

Seniors / Students K-12 - $4.00

GLIAC student w/ valid school ID - $2.00

Kids 5 and under - Free

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