Lincoln Memorial is the No. 1 seed and NGU is No. 8. Mount Olive, which was upset by NGU in the Carolinas Conference tournament championship last Saturday, is seeded No. 4 and plays GRU Augusta in the 7:30 p.m. game.
The semifinals are Sunday at 5 and 7 p.m. and the championship game is Monday at 7 p.m.
Seeds, first round pairings, time and records
Saturday
3-UNC Pembroke (25-5) vs. 6-Columbus State (22-7), noon
2-Montevallo (24-8) vs. 7-Carson-Newman (18-3), 2:30 p.m.
1-Lincoln Memorial (29-2) vs. (8) North Greenville (22-9), 5 p.m.
4-Mount Olive (28-3) vs. Georgia Regents University (GRU) at Augusta (23-6), 7:30 p.m.
• NGU upset 9th-ranked Mount Olive, 68-66, last Saturday to earn its first Conference Carolinas Championship and a spot in the NCAAA Tournament.
NGU was eliminated in the first round in its three previous conference tournaments. The Crusaders, coached by Chad Lister, beat Barton in the first round and then eliminated the number one and two seeds.
Spencer Reaves led all scorers with 23 points with teammates Micah Parker, the tournament most valuable player, adding 17 points and LaShawn Alexander 13 points.