MOLINE, Ill. – The Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Women's Basketball Tournament returns to the iWireless Center -- 1201 River Drive in downtown Moline, Illinois -- for its second year on March 9-12, 2017.

Tickets for the 2017 event go on sale Saturday, December 17, at 10 a.m. and are available at the iWireless Center box office, by phone 800-745-3000, or online at www.ticketmaster.com.  Tickets are priced at $60 for reserved seat all-session tickets; $16 and $10 reserved seat tickets per session.  Reserved seating all-session tickets are only $40 if purchased before January 16.  To reserve discounted tickets for groups of 10 or more, contact Lindsey Lobur, iWireless Center Group Sales Manager, at 309-277-1356 or llobur@iwirelesscenter.com, to receive $4.00 off each ticket purchased for your group.

The 2017 MVC Women's Basketball Tournament includes a schedule that will provide plenty of opportunities to see these athletes in action:

Thursday, March 9 Opening Round
Game 1  
#8 Seed vs. #9 Seed -- 4:05 p.m.
Game 2  
#7 Seed vs. #10 Seed -- 7:05 p.m.

Friday, March 10 Quarterfinals
Game 3 
#1 Seed vs. Game 1 Winner -- 12:05 p.m.
Game 4  
#4 Seed vs. #5 Seed -- 2:35 p.m.
Game 5  
#2 Seed vs. Game 2 Winner -- 6:05 p.m.
Game 6  
#3 Seed vs. #6 Seed -- 8:35 p.m.

Saturday, March 11 Semifinals
Game 7  
Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner -- 1:35 p.m.
Game 8  
Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner -- 4:05 p.m.

Sunday, March 12 Final
Game 9  Championship Game -- 2:05 p.m.

All times Central and subject to change.

Ten universities compete in the MVC Women's Basketball Tournament and include:  Bradley, Drake, Evansville, Illinois State, Indiana State, Loyola, Missouri State, Northern Iowa, Southern Illinois and Wichita State.

For tournament information, go to www.mvcquadcities.com.  For visitor information, go to www.visitquadcities.com.