Posted Feb 25/11 - UIL State Playoff Information - Region II Championship Game: Pflugerville vs. Georgetown on Saturday, Feb. 26
UIL STATE PLAYOFF 5A REGION II CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (Final 8)
Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011 Ferrell Center, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
Regional Semifinals: Friday, Feb. 25 6 pm: Georgetown 51, Killeen Ellison 33 8 pm: PFLUGERVILLE 65, DeSoto 63 (OT) Regional Championship Game: Saturday, Feb. 26 1 pm: PFLUGERVILLE (30-6) vs. Georgetown (31-3) Ticket Prices
$10.00 per session (Session I is Friday night; Session II is Saturday) Doors will open at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday NO PASSES EXCEPTED Directions to the Ferrell Center, Waco, Texas (and parking map) address: 1900 S. University Parks Drive, Waco, Texas 76798
Two top 10 ranked 5A teams - and the top two squads from District 16-5A - will square off Saturday, Feb. 26 when Pflugerville (30-6) and Georgetown (31-3) meet in the UIL State Tournament Region II Championship Game (Final Eight). The
contest takes place at 1 p.m. at Baylor University's Ferrell
Center.
Saturday's winner will represent Region II at next week's UIL
State Tournament (Final Four). The State Tournament takes place Thursday-Saturday, March 3-5 at the
Frank Erwin Center in Austin. The 5A Final Four will be played Friday (semifinals) and Saturday (championship).
Head
coach Nancy Walling's Panthers are making a UIL Regional Championship Game (Final 8) showing for the third time in the last four seasons, for the
fourth time in the last seven years and for the 13th time in program
history. The Panthers have advanced to the UIL State Tournament Final Four six times, including 2005 and 2009.
On Friday, February 25, Pflugerville, 29-6 overall and ranked No. 10 in the Texas
Association of Basketball Coaches/Tex Preps Basketball Magazine poll,
defeated No. 4 ranked DeSoto High School 65-63 in overtime in the Region II semifinals. Georgetown, No. 2 in the TABC/Tex Preps poll, beat Killeen Ellison, 51-33 in the other semifinal. This week in the MaxPreps state poll (which is not divided by school divisions), the Panthers were No. 9, DeSoto was third and Georgetown seventh.
This marks the third time that Pflugerville and Georgetown will meet this season. Pflugerville finished second in District 16-5A to Georgetown, who won both matchups this season: 58-50 on Jan. 11 at P'ville and 66-62 on Feb. 5 at Georgetown.
In regional
quarterfinal action on Feb. 22, Pflugerville defeated The Woodlands
62-47. P'ville earned its
19th Area Championship with a 65-50 Feb. 17 victory over No. 12 ranked
Spring
Dekaney. To start its playoff run, Pflugerville defeated Del Valle, 50-29, (Feb. 14)
to earn the program's 23rd Bi-District championship and eighth in a row. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------