St. Louis It might be February, but March madness came early this year. The No. 3 seeded Westminster College Blue Jays took on the No. 2 seeded Greenville University Panthers in the 2023 St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament semi-finals Thursday evening. It would be a back-and-forth game from start to finish, with 26 lead changes and 14 ties total. The game would be tied 79-79 with one second on the clock, and the Blue Jays would have the ball on their side of the court. Olivia Hixon found a wide-open Shelby Kurtz wide open in the corner on an inbound pass, and she would drill a 3 at the buzzer to send the Blue Jays to the conference championship game as they defeated the Panthers 82-79.
The Westminster College women s basketball team took on the Greenville University Panthers on the first day of the spring semester. It was a wild game inside the Historic Gym accompanied by Fulton High School s pep band. The game came down to the wire, and Olivia Hixson nailed a corner 3-pointer to win the game off an assist from Annette Ramirez. The final score was Blue Jays 69, Panthers 66. The Blue Jays improve to 3-2 in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and 9-7 overall. The Panthers suffer their first loss in the SLIAC and fall to 4-1 in the conference; they are 11-5 overall.