HAMPTON, Va. - The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association has released its pairings for the 2015 CIAA Basketball Tournament, on Sunday February 22^nd. The Lincoln University women's basketball team will play Wednesday afternoon, while the men's team opens tournament play Thursday night.

The Lady Lions earned the top seed by winning the CIAA Northern Division and will face the winner of Tuesday's matchup featuring the fifth seed in the Northern Division Lady Panthers of Virginia Union versus the fourth seed in the Southern Division Lady Falcons of St. Augustine's. Lincoln will play at 2:20 p.m. on Wednesday.

The Lions are the third seed in the Northern Division and will face the Blue Bears of Livingstone the second seed in the Southern Division, in the quarterfinals round on Thursday. Their game time is set for 7:00 p.m.

The tournament begins Tuesday at 10:00 am and continues through Saturday at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, NC.

Click this link - http://theciaa.com/championships/2014-15/basketball/releases/150222pairings_release - or go to theciaa.com to view the men's and women's tournament brackets.