GREENWOOD – Following last Friday night's historic win in the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball National Semifinals, the No. 5 Lander Bearcats are set to face the No. 3 Gannon Golden Knights for the National Championship on Sunday, April 5.

The game is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., and will be broadcast on your local CBS affiliate. It will also be available to stream on Paramount Plus. Tickets can be purchased here.

Students, faculty, staff and fans in the community are welcome to join in a team send-off at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the roundabout circle outside the main entrance to Finis Horne Arena; in the event of inclement weather, the send-off will take place inside the arena.

The Bearcats enter this monumental event winners of their last 15 games. Along the way, Lander captured the Peach Belt Conference regular season and tournament championships, and the NCAA Southeast Region championship.

LU is now 30-5 and set a new program record with its 30th win when they beat top-seeded Nova Southeastern 91-81 in the National Semifinals. The Blue and Gold also won 17 conference games during the regular season to set another program record during a watermark season.

Gannon sits at 33-3 entering Sunday's matchup with its last five wins all coming during the tournament. They defeated No. 7 Oklahoma Baptist 98-80 on Friday to advance to the title game.

GU topped the PSAC West during the regular season before falling to California (Pa.) in the PSAC Tournament championship game earlier this month – a team who is responsible for two of their three losses. The Golden Knights won the Atlantic Region championship during their NCAA Tournament run.

Stay tuned to landerbearcats.com and all Lander Athletics social media pages throughout the week for more information.