2019 Paradise Jam Women Brackets and Game Times Released

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands - Game matchups and start times for the 2019 U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam was released Monday, May 13, 2019. The announcement includes bracketing and official tipoff times for all 24 games of the men's and women's tournaments at the 20th annual Paradise Jam, held Nov. 22-30, 2019 at the University of the Virgin Islands' Sports and Fitness Center in St. Thomas. All games for the upcoming 2019 U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam will stream online at FloHoops.com.

The women's tournaments will take place Thursday, Nov. 28 through Saturday, Nov. 30 with four games each day. The women's tournaments feature two four-team tournaments competing in round-robin play for separate tournament championships.

Oregon, Louisville, Oklahoma State, and UT Arlington will compete in the Paradise Jam Island Division with daily tipoffs at 2 p.m. and 4:15 p.m. Baylor, Indiana, South Carolina and Washington State will compete in the Paradise Jam Reef Division with nightly tipoffs at 6:45 p.m. and 9 p.m.

The 2019 Paradise Jam features ten alumni teams, including one previous Paradise Jam champion school. Four men's teams, Fordham, Illinois State, Nevada, and Valparaiso, have previously competed in the Paradise Jam. As well as six women's teams, Baylor, Indiana, Louisville, Oregon, South Carolina and Washington State, have also previously competed in the Paradise Jam. U.S. Virgin Island's own Aliyah Boston will return to St. Thomas representing the South Carolina Gamecocks.

In light of Mother's Day this past weekend, the women's tournament will feature its first mother daughter rivalry in the Island Division. Krista Gerlich, head coach of UT Arlington will face her daughter Bryn Gerlich and Oklahoma State for the first time in either of their collegiate careers. This match up will take place on Sunday, Nov. 30 at 2 p.m.

Official 2019 Paradise Jam fan travel packages will be available for purchase online come June. For more information about the 2019 U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam and a printable bracket, please visit www.paradisejam.com.