LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Striving to wrangle the final spot in the 10-team ASUN Tournament, the Bellarmine University women's basketball team will conclude the regular season with two conference games in Freedom Hall, welcoming Lipscomb for a 6:30 p.m. (ET) contest Thursday before a 1 p.m. showdown Saturday with Austin Peay in the finale.

Nine berths in the ASUN Tournament have been secured. Bellarmine (8-18, 3-11 ASUN) is fighting North Florida for the last remaining bid. The Knights and Ospreys are both 3-11 in league play, but BU owns the head-to-head tiebreaker after defeating UNF 69-63 on Jan. 25.

Lipscomb (16-11, 9-5) will certainly not be lacking for motivation. The Bisons and Eastern Kentucky are tied for fourth in the conference at 9-5 each. The top-4 seeds earn the right to host quarterfinal games.

Lipscomb is coming off a four-game home stretch in which it went 3-1. The Bisons remained in strong contention to host a quarterfinal game after sweeping last week's contests, as they beat North Alabama 67-53 and Central Arkansas 65-59. Aleah Sorrentino and Claira McGowan pace a balanced scoring attack averaging 12.5 points each.

Austin Peay (14-14, 7-7), which will play Thursday at Eastern Kentucky, is in seventh in the ASUN, a half-game back of North Alabama and one up on Jacksonville. The Governors fell 59-58 Saturday to North Alabama on a buzzer-beater, but they preceded that with a three-game winning streak.

Shamarre Hale is leading Austin Peay in scoring (12.7, ninth ASUN) and rebounding (7.0, seventh) while ranking third in the conference in total blocks (31). Austin Peay is tied atop the ASUN in field-goal percentage (43.8) with FGCU and ranks fourth in scoring defense (59.9).

Bellarmine is coming off a solid performance at Eastern Kentucky in which the Knights battled the Colonels to the wire before falling 72-67. Junior guard Hayley Harrison ranks fifth in the ASUN in scoring (15.6) and tops the conference in free throws made (a D1-era program-record 115).

Junior guard Hope Sivori is the ASUN leader in overall steals (D1-era record 52) while ranking third in assists (4.3) and fifth in total 3-pointers made (D1-era record 55). Sivori has not only shattered the D1-era single-season record for total assists (112), those 112 helpers this year have actually set the D1-era career record as well.

Miyah Brown ranks 11th in the ASUN in rebounding (6.1), and the sophomore guard's 69 offensive rebounds are the seventh most in the league.

Saturday will also represent Senior Day for Bellarmine. The Knights will honor Cam Browning, Mackenzie Keelin, Claire Knies and Lucy Robertson.

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