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Contact: Mark Albanese, Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Media Relations

SOMERS, Wis. (Mar. 7, 2016)-- Game times and ticketing information has been cemented for the 2016 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Midwest Regional hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. The seven-game regional spread across three days will be broken down into four different sessions. Separate tickets are required for each session and are $15 for adults and $10 for students.
 
The regional gets underway at noon on Saturday inside DeSimone Gymnasium with third-seeded Ashland University (25-5) squaring off against sixth-seeded University of Indianapolis (20-7). Session I closes with second-seeded Bellarmine University (23-8) against seventh-seeded Ferris State University (22-9) at 2:30 p.m.
 
The top-seeded Rangers (24-5) will take the court at 6 p.m. to open up session II against eighth-seeded Kentucky Wesleyan College (27-3) with fourth-seeded Lewis University (24-8) and fifth-seeded Saginaw Valley State University (22-7) capping off day one with an 8:30 p.m. tipoff.
 
Action resumes on Sunday at 5 p.m. with the Ashland-UIndy winner facing the Bellarmine-Ferris State winner while at 7:30 p.m. the Parkside-Kentucky Wesleyan winner faces the Lewis-Saginaw Valley State winner.
 
Sunday's winners will advance to the regional final on Tuesday at 7 p.m. with the victor advancing to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight in Frisco, Texas.
 
Fans can purchase tickets in advance by calling the UW-Parkside athletic office at 262-595-2245. Walk up sales inside the Sports & Activity Center will begin on Thursday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. and reopen on Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. There is no presale on Saturday and doors will open one hour prior to tipoff. Fans will have the opportunity to purchase tickets to future rounds on site during the games.