Tickets are now available for the Virgin Islands Paradise Jam, a four-game NCAA women's basketball tournament on Friday and Saturday with four Division I teams, all of them in the top 20 in the country.
Two games each night are scheduled, at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m., at Ivanna Eudora Kean High School gymnasium. The four teams competing are LSU, Penn State, Southwest Missouri State and Texas Tech; Monday's Associated Press poll ranked Penn State at No. 9 among the country's Division I schools, LSU 10, Texas Tech 13 and SW Missouri State at No. 17.
The match-ups are as follows: Penn State takes on Texas Tech in Friday's first game, followed by LSU vs. SW Missouri State. On Saturday, the winners of those games face each other, as do the losers of Friday's games.
Tickets are $10 for V.I. residents, $20 for nonresidents, and are available at The Color of Joy in American Yacht Harbor, Family Health Center in Barbel Plaza, Kean High School, Nisky Pharmacy and V.I. Bridal and Tuxedo in Tutu Park Mall. Valid identification may be required at purchase.
For more information, call Tourism at 774-8784.