CEDARVILLE, Ohio - Cedarville is matched up with No. 10 seed Eastern Oregon in the opening round of the 20th Annual NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Championship hosted by the College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Mo.

The two schools will meet up for the first time ever on Thursday, March 10. Game time is set for 8:30 p.m. (Eastern).

Both teams automatically qualified for the 32-team event as the runner-up of their respective conferences. Cedarville, 20-12 overall, finished second behind top-ranked Walsh in the American Mideast Conference. The Moutaineers, 25-6, trailed only No. 8 Oregon Tech in the Cascade Collegiate Conference.

This will be Cedarville's eighth and final trip to the Branson area after which it will continue its move to NCAA Division II. The Yellow Jackets are 10-7 in seven previous appearances at Keeter Gymnasium with one semifinal and two quarterfinal showings. EOU is 4-3 in three previous tournaments.

NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Championship INFO  ♦  BRACKET (pdf)

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