Bearkats to be televised Saturday
1/7/2010 1:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The Sam Houston State men's basketball game on Saturday against Stephen F. Austin will be the first of 16 games televised by the Southland Conference Television Network this basketball season.
The game, which gets started at 2 p.m., can be seen locally and in Houston on KNWS. In Houston the game is on Channel 51 and SuddenLink customers in Huntsville can see the game on Channel 22.
The Lumberjacks, who have won nine of their last 10 games, enter conference play with at least 10 wins for just the second time in the school's history. SFA was 12-2 entering league play in 2007-08. Eddie Williams is the team's leading scoffer, averaging 14.2 points per game to rank ninth in the Southland. Jereal Scott (12.0), Walt Harris (11.8) and Jordan Glynn (10.2) are also averaging in double figures. Glynn is tied for the Southland lead with six double-doubles. The Lumberjacks' 47.1 field-goal percentage paces the conference.
Sam Houston State will be trying to avoid its first three-game losing streak of the season. Corey Allmond averages 16.6 points per game to lead the team and rank fourth in the Southland. Gilberto Clavell ranks sixth in the league with his 15.6 points per game. Ashton Mitchell (10.8) is also scoring in double digits. Sam Houston is the NCAA Division I leader in assists, averaging 21.1 per game and Mitchell is averaging 4.6 assists per game to lead the conference. Allmond is averaging 3.5 made 3-pointers per game to lead the league, while Josten Crow has the best assist-to-turnover ratio (3.2) in the conference. The Bearkats lead the Southland in scoring (79.5), 3-point field goal percentage (40.1), assists per game (21.1), turnover margin (+3.8), assist/turnover ratio (1.6) and made 3-point field goals per game (9.5).
The game pits the two winningest active coaches in the Southland Conference. SHSU head coach Bob Marlin has compiled a 208-128 record with the Bearkats while Danny Kasper is 168-106 at Stephen F. Austin. Saturday's game will be the 181st meeting between the schools. The Lumberjacks hold a narrow 92-88 lead in the series that began in 1924.
The Southland Conference Television Network, which is in its second season, will televise 16 men's and women's basketball games this season. It has already televised 11 football games and the championship games of the conference soccer and volleyball tournaments. The Network will also televise the championship games of the softball and baseball tournaments this spring.
Doug Anderson will handle play-by-play duties, while LaDarrin McLane will serve as the color analyst.
Currently, there are nine affiliates in the three-state network, including WBTR-TV in Baton Rouge, La.; WSTY-TV in Hammond, La.; KPXJ-TV in Shreveport, La. and Texarkana, Texas; KUIL-TV in Beaumont and Port Arthur, Texas; MyTX 18 in Tyler, Longview, Nacogdoches and Lufkin; KNWS-TV in Houston, Baytown and Sugar Land, Texas; Suddenlink Communications in Lake Charles, La.; Time Warner Cable in Arlington, Austin, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Edinburg, Harlingen, Killeen, Plano, San Antonio, San Marcos, Temple and Waco, Texas; and Grande Communications on the Texas State University campus in San Marcos, Texas.
All Southland TV games will be streamed live to SLC NOW, the conference's live and on-demand video and audio channel on Southland.org. All SLC NOW programming is free to anyone who registers on the site.
For more information about Southland TV and SLC NOW, please visit the conference Web site, Southland.org.
Where to watch the game this week:
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ARKANSAS |
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Location |
Station |
Channel |
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Texarkana |
KPXJ |
21 |
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LOUISIANA |
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Location |
Station |
Channel |
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Baton Rouge |
WBTR |
41 |
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Hammond |
WSTY TV |
23 & Charter Cable Ch. 22 |
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Lake Charles |
Suddenlink Cable |
14 |
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Natchitoches |
KPXJ |
Suddenlink Cable 16 |
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Shreveport |
KPXJ |
21 |
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TEXAS |
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Location |
Station |
Channel |
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Arlington |
Time Warner Cable |
185 & Video On Demand |
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Austin |
Time Warner Cable |
888 & Video On Demand |
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Baytown |
KNWS |
51 |
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Beaumont-Port Arthur |
KUIL/The U |
Time Warner Cable Ch. 15 |
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Brownsville |
Time Warner Cable |
888 & Video On Demand |
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Corpus Christi |
Time Warner Cable |
100 |
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Dallas |
Time Warner Cable |
185 & Video On Demand |
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Edinburg |
Time Warner Cable |
888 |
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Harlingen |
Time Warner Cable |
888 |
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Houston |
KNWS |
51 |
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Huntsville |
KNWS |
Suddenlink Cable 22 |
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Killeen |
Time Warner Cable |
888 & Video On Demand |
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Longview |
MyTX 18 |
WEHCO Cable 10 |
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Lufkin |
MyTX 18 |
Suddenlink Cable 6 |
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McAllen |
Time Warner Cable |
888 |
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Nacogdoches |
MyTX 18 |
Suddenlink Cable 8 |
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Plano |
Time Warner Cable |
185 & Video On Demand |
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San Antonio |
Time Warner Cable |
888 & Video On Demand |
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San Marcos |
Time Warner Cable |
888 & Video On Demand |
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Sugar Land |
KNWS |
51 |
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Temple |
Time Warner Cable |
888 & Video On Demand |
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Texas State Campus |
Grande Cable |
17 |
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Texarkana |
KPXJ |
21 |
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Tyler |
MyTX 18 |
Suddenlink Cable 2 |
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Waco |
Time Warner Cable |
888 & Video On Demand |
