Raiders Advance To the National Tournament Undefeated

Poplar Bluff, MO - As the Three Rivers Lady Raiders sealed their own birth in the Junior College National Finals Tournament this past weekend, Chaylea Mosby, power guard for the team was honored being named the Most Valuable Player for Region 16. Mosby is a 2019 graduate of Dexter High School and the daughter of Angela Mosby.

Ending the season with an undefeated record of 21-0, the Lady Basketball Raiders have been seeded 9th in the National Tournament held at Rip Griffin Center in Lubbock, Texas. 

The Raiders (21-0) beat Moberly Area 78-76 in the Region XVI championship game Saturday at the Libla Family Sports Complex

They will now play the number 24 seed Eastern Oklahoma State Mountaineers at noon on Monday, April 19th. The Lady Raiders are one of two remaining undefeated teams in the nation.

Eastern Oklahoma earned its first NJCAA Region 2 Tournament title since 2001 with a 77-70 win over Seminole State College.  The Mountaineers finished the season with an overall record of 18-4.  

This will be the fourth time in Three Rivers program history that they have qualified for the national tournament.  The last one being in 2019. 

The Lady Raiders have beaten the 14th ranked Moberly Area team this year. Mobley Greyhounds were able to get an at-large bid to the national tournament so Region 16 will have two teams representing them . 

The winner of first round game next Monday will play number eight seed Casper College Thunderbirds at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 20th.  

All games of the tournament will be livestreamed on the NJCAA Network at njcaa.org/network so tune in and watch Chaylea and the Three Rivers Lady Raiders.