North Central Missouri College women's basketball will travel to the NJCAA DII Women's Basketball Central Plains District Championship on Saturday, March 11^th in West Memphis, AR.  Tipoff is set for 2:00 pm, as NCMC will face Region 2 champion Arkansas State University Mid-South on their home court.  The game will be live streamed at https://www.asumidsouthsports.com/live.  The winner of the matchup advances to the NJCAA DII Women's Basketball Championship, which will take place March 21-25 in Port Huron, MI.

The Lady Pirates advance to the district level with a 22-6 record and a NJCAA DII Region 16 championship.  ASU Mid-South defeated 13^th ranked SAU Tech in their region championship game to earn the matchup with NCMC.  They hold a season record of 19-10.

Earning 1^st Team All-Region honors for NCMC are Maci Moore, Kennadie Crowe, Jordyn Gray, Ianara Morbidoni and MVP Nora Ford.  For Moore, this is her third year as a 1^st Team selection.  Ford now how has a pair of Region 16 MVP awards plus a 2^nd Team selection in 2020-21.  Crowe has earned 1^st Team status in back to back years and this is the first selection for both Gray and Morbidoni.