The War Hawks spent the last weekend in February competing in their last American Southwest Conference Tournament. This year, the tournament was held at Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, Texas. Eight ASC teams made the tournament- UT Dallas, East Texas Baptist, Louisiana College, and Mississippi College from the East Division and Mary Hardin-Baylor, Hardin Simmons, McMurry, and Schreiner from the West Division. To be Conference Champions, McMurry would have to win 3 games in one weekend.
McMurry went in as a number 3 seed. They would play the East number 2 seed on Friday evening. McM won handily over ETBU with a score of 100-75.
On Saturday, McMurry had to face the host team and West number 1 seed, UMHB. This would be the 3rd time that the War Hawks faced the Crusaders this season. Despite the odds against them, McMurry pulled out another exciting victory over UMHB, 77-69.
This brought the War Hawks to the conference championship game for the second year in a row. This year, they would be playing cross-town rival, Hardin Simmons. After an intense overtime game, McMurry came out on top, 86-81. This win made the War Hawks American Southwest Conference Champions for a second year in a row!
The five seniors finished their McMurry basketball career on a high note!
