Two Horizon League men's basketball games added to Sirius Satellite Radio schedule in regular-season's final days
Feb. 20, 2007
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Two Horizon League men's basketball games with a big impact on the race for the regular-season championship have been added to the list of games available live on Sirius Satellite Radio, the League office announced Tuesday (Feb. 20).
League-leading Wright State University (21-8, 13-2 Horizon League) will play at Youngstown State University (12-15, 6-8) on Thursday (Feb. 22), at 7:05 p.m. ET on Sirius channel 114, using Wright State's play-by-play call. The Raiders are riding a nine-game winning streak and -- with a victory -- would clinch at least a share of their first men's basketball championship in 13 years in the Horizon League. A Youngstown State victory, meanwhile, would enhance the Penguins' chances of hosting a first-round game in the upcoming League tournament for the first time in school history.
The game matches the top two scorers in the Horizon League in Wright State senior DaShaun Wood (a League-leading 19.6 points per game) and Youngstown State senior Quin Humphrey (18.8 ppg). It will be broadcast live on Time-Warner channel 25 in the Dayton, Ohio, area, on ESPN FullCourt pay-per-view and on the Horizon League Network (www.horizonleague.org), as well as on tape-delay later Thursday night on Fox 17/62 in Youngstown.
On Saturday (Feb. 24), 15th-ranked Butler University (25-4, 12-2) will play host to the University of Detroit Mercy (10-17, 5-9) at 2 p.m. ET on Sirius channel 181, using Detroit's radio feed. Depending on the results of Thursday's Wright State-Youngstown State game and Butler's home tilt against Loyola University Chicago (9 p.m. ET, ESPNU), the Bulldogs could be playing for the outright Horizon League title or a share of it with Wright State. Like the Raiders, Butler already has clinched a bye to the League tournament semifinals. Detroit may also be playing to host a first-round home game, depending on other action around the League.
The Butler-Detroit game features the League's third- and fourth-leading scorers in Titans junior Brandon Cotton (18.0 ppg) and Bulldogs junior A.J. Graves (17.6 ppg). It will air live on Comcast Local, which is available in Michigan and Indiana, as well as on the Horizon League Network.
Upcoming Horizon League Men's Basketball Games on Sirius Satellite Radio
DateGameTime (ET)Channel (Regular Sirius Programming)Feb. 22Wright State at Youngstown State7:05 p.m.114 (LIME)Feb. 24Detroit at Butler2 p.m.181 (ESPN Deportes)
