JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The first day of the West Region basketball tournament is Thursday from the Bismarck Event Center. Both Jamestown teams have reached the tournament with having to go through a play-in game.

The Blue Jay boys locked up the sixth-seed and will turn around and play the same team they ended the regular season against, Mandan in the final game of day one. The Jays lost a tight one with the Braves at Jerry Meyer Arena last Tuesday. Tip-off is scheduled for 8:15pm from the main arena.

The Blue Jay girls have known for a while they’d be either the four or five seed, but were just waiting to see who’d they play. Via a final day win over Bismarck High, the Legacy Sabers jumped Jamestown for the four seed. The two teams split their regular season meetings. Tip-off is set for 3:45pm on Thursday afternoon from the Exhibit Hall.

You can listen to both games on ESPN Jamestown.