SOUTH ATLANTIC REGION TICKETS NOW ON SALE
USC AIKEN TO FACE CLAYTON STATE SATURDAY AT 6:00 PM

AIKEN, S.C. -- Fans looking to purchase tickets to watch the USC Aiken men’s basketball team in the 2008 NCAA South Atlantic Regional can do so now in advance in a variety of ways. The top-seeded Pacers will play eighth-seeded Clayton State at 6:00 PM on Saturday in the first game of Session II at Christenberry Fieldhouse in Augusta, Ga. (PHOTO BY: Willis Glassgow)

Tickets for each session are $10 per ticket and are on sale now in the Augusta State Ticket Office. Tickets will be on sale from noon to 5:00 PM both Thursday and Friday. Fans may also purchase tickets online at: http://tickets.aug.edu. Fans who do not purchase tickets in advance will have the opportunity to do so at the door on a first come first serve basis.

There will a separate ticket for each two-game session with 3,000 tickets available per session. All children ages two and under will be admitted for free. There will be no reserve seating and no passes of any kind will be accepted. For more information please call the ASU Ticket Office at (706) 737-1626.

ASU Public Safety officials have also arranged a shuttle service to improve the traffic flow in and around Christenberry Fieldhouse. Once the CFH parking lots have reached maximum capacity, the ASU Department of Public Safety will implement a shuttle operation that will direct fans to the Sav-A-Lot parking lot adjacent to Vallarta’s Mexican Restaurant on Wrightsboro Road, less than a quarter-mile from the CFH entrance. Fans are encouraged to carpool to the regional. The shuttle operation is also scheduled to run on Sunday and Tuesday.

Please see below for a full schedule of the 2008 NCAA South Atlantic Regional.

Session I: $10 Ticket
Saturday, March 15, Quarterfinals 1
12:00 pm -- Wingate (No.3 seed) vs. Catawba (No.6 Seed)
2:30 pm -- Augusta State (No.2 Seed) vs. Johnson C. Smith (No.7 Seed)

Session II: $10 Ticket
Saturday, March 15, Quarterfinals 2
6:00 pm -- USC Aiken (No.1 Seed) vs. Clayton State (No.8 Seed)
8:30 pm -- Virginia Union (No.4 Seed) vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (No.5 Seed)

Session III: $10 Ticket
Sunday, March 16 Semifinals
5:00 pm -- Wingate - Catawba WINNER vs. Augusta State - Johnson C. Smith WINNER
7:30 pm -- USC Aiken - Clayton State WINNER vs. Virginia Union - Lenoir-Rhyne WINNER

Session IV: $10 Ticket
Tuesday, March 18 Championship
7:00 pm – Championship Game