SEATTLE - The Chico State women’s basketball team, the No. 6 seed in this weekend’s NCAA Championship Tournament West Regional, will play the first of four scheduled first round games Friday, taking on third-seeded Western Washington University at 12:30 p.m. The game takes place at Royal Brougham Pavilion on the Seattle Pacific University campus. CLICK HERE TO VISIT TOURNAMENT CENTRAL.

Mike Baca, the Voice of the Wildcats, will be courtside providing the play-by-play on ESPN 101.7 and 1340 AM locally, as well as on the Internet via the Wildcat Athletics website. Seattle Pacific University, the host school, will be webcasting every game of the West Regional and providing Live Stats.

Other first round games Friday will feature No. 2 UC San Diego and No. 7 Humboldt State at 2:30 p.m.; No. 4 Alaska Anchorage and No. 5 Cal Poly Pomona at 5:30 p.m., with top-seeded Seattle Pacific taking on No. 8 Hawaii Pacific at 7:30 p.m.

Wildcat fans wanting to attend Friday’s game against Western Washington can purchase tickets by calling (206) 281-2085. All tickets must be prepaid by Visa of MasterCard. Reserved admission is $12.00; general admission for adults is $8.00, and $5.00 for student general admission with ID. There will be two sessions Friday of two games each; a reserved ticket for the early session in which Chico State is playing will be honored as general admission for the late session.