Lady Owls get Shawnee in NAIA opener

The William Woods University Lady Owls will be having basketball for breakfast.

William Woods learned Wednesday that it will be a No. 7 seed in its portion of the bracket for the 32nd-annual NAIA Division I women's national tournament starting next week in Frankfort, Ky.

The Lady Owls (23-9) - ranked No. 25 in this week's final regular-season poll - open the tournament against eighth-ranked and No. 2 seed Shawnee State (Ohio) (27-5) at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 14.