MEMORIAL CLASSIC

• The Wittenberg University men's and women's basketball teams welcome a field of five visiting teams for the 2015 Charles B. Zimmerman Memorial Classic. The tournament is scheduled for Monday, Dec. 28, through Wednesday, Dec. 30, at Wittenberg's Pam Evans Smith Arena in the HPER Center.

• Formerly known as the Kiwanis Wittenberg Holiday Classic, the annual basketball competition was dedicated in 2005 to the late Charles B. Zimmerman, Wittenberg class of 1956, a longtime Tiger fan and a local attorney.

• Tickets are $10 for all sessions or $6 for adults, $5 seniors/students and $2 for children under age 12. 

• No passes of any kind will be accepted. Doors will open one hour prior to the first game each day.

WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

• December 28: Baldwin Wallace vs. Wittenberg 6:00p.m.
• December 29: Baldwin Wallace vs. Purdue-Calumet 6:00p.m.
• December 30: Wittenberg vs. Purdue-Calumet 4:30p.m.

MEN'S TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

• December 29: GAME 1: Washington U.-St. Louis vs. Centre College 4:30p.m.

                                 GAME 2: Earlham College vs. Wittenberg 7:00p.m.

• December 30: GAME 1: Consolation: TBD 2:00p.m.

                                 GAME 2: Championship: TBD 7:00p.m.

WOMEN'S  PREVIEW

WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT CENTRAL

Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets: 5-2 OVERALL, 3-0 OAC

WHO TO WATCH: Sydney Clark- 12.4 PTS/G, 4.4 REB/G, 33.3 3PT%

KEY WINS: Case Western, Anderson (Ind.), Mount Union, Otterbein

         Purdue University-Calumet Peregrines:10-2 OVERALL, 5-1 CCAC

         WHO TO WATCH: Cassidy Deno- 16.8 PTS/G, 6.4 REB/G, 41 3PT%

         KEY WINS: Indiana Tech, Indiana Wesleyan, St. Ambrose, Robert Morris

      Wittenberg University Tigers: 3-4 OVERALL, 2-0 NCAC

      WHO TO WATCH: Becca Ziska- 13.3 PTS/G, 2.6 REB/G, 35.2 3PT%

      KEY WINS: Pitt. Greensburg, Ohio Wesleyan, Denison

MEN'S PREVIEW

MEN'S TOURNAMENT CENTRAL

      Centre College Colonels: 5-1 OVERALL, 0-0 SAA

      WHO TO WATCH: Blake Scinta- 17.5 PTS/G, 8.8 REB/G

      KEY WINS: Franklin, Transylvania, Thomas More, Hanover

          Earlham College Quakers: 0-6 OVERALL, 0-3 HCAC

          WHO TO WATCH: Elijas Wilson-Thomas- 23.3 PTS/G, 4.7 REB/G

                                     Taylen Alexander- 15.3 PTS/G, 5 REB/G

     Washington University-St. Louis Bears:6-2 OVERALL, 0-0 UAA

     WHO TO WATCH: Andrew Sanders- 14.5 PTS/G, 7.1 REB/G

     KEY WINS: Blackburn, Johns Hopkins, Webster, Pomona-Pitzer

       Wittenberg University Tigers: 6-2 OVERALL, 3-1 NCAC

       WHO TO WATCH: Jaelin Williams- 13.4 PTS/G, 6 REB/G

        KEY WINS: Capital, Millikin, Wabash, Denison

Written By: Kuris Duggan