Men's basketball season tickets now on sale
10/20/2010 6:39:00 AM | Men's Basketball
The new "Elite 8" ticket package offers Sam Houston fans the opportunity to see the defending Southland Conference men's basketball champions play eight big home games at Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum this season.
The plan gives fans the opportunity to purchase a ticket to seven Saturday night games against NCAA Division I opponents (matchups with Houston, Cleveland State, Nicholls, UTSA, Southeastern Louisiana, A&M-Corpus Christi and Texas State) plus the Stephen F. Austin rivalry game on Wednesday, January 26 - all eight games for the remarkable price of only $50.
The "Elite 8" ticket package is on sale now online on gobearkats.com.
With a new head coach plus six returning lettermen for the championship team that rolled up a 25-8 record last year and threw a scare into Baylor at the NCAA tournament in New Orleans, the Bearkats are ready for continued success in the coming season.
Jason Hooten, assistant coach for Sam Houston State the past six years, is the Bearkats' new head men's basketball coach. Sam Houston stands as one of only 52 programs out of the 340 teams in Division I basketball that have posted 20 or more wins four of the last five years. Among those 52 teams, the Kats have the 28th-best winning percentage.
Southland Conference "Newcomer of the Year" Gilberto Clavell returns to lead the Bearkats. The 6-7 225 senior forward was the leading scorer (16.9 points) and leading rebounder (6.3 boards) for the conference titlists.
Josten Crow, a 6-4 senior forward, also is a returning starter. He ranked No. 1 in the Southland and No. 2 nationally in assist/turnover ratio and ended the season No. 4 in Southland assists (3.9) and in the top 10 in the league in steals (1.4).
Other returning players include 6-2 senior guard Lance Pevehouse, 5-10 junior guard Drae Murray, 6-7 junior center Antuan Bootle and 6-9 sophomore center Aaron Thompson.
Several talented newcomers look to make an impact for the Bearkats this season including 5-10 guard Marcus Williams from Cochise College in Douglas, Ariz. , 6-1 guard Nafis Richardson from McLennan Community College and 6-7 forward Marcus James from Seward County in Kansas.
The dates of the eight games offered in the "Elite 8" promotion are:
Saturday December 4 University of Houston, 2 p.m.
Saturday December 11 Cleveland State, 3:30 p.m.
Saturday January 15 Nicholls, 2 p.m.
Wednesday January 26 Stephen F. Austin, 7 p.m.
Saturday January 29 UTSA, 7 p.m.
Saturday February 5 Southeastern Louisiana, 7 p.m.
Saturday February 12 A&M-Corpus Christi, 7 p.m.
Saturday March 5 Texas State, 7 p.m.
Fans may also contact the Sam Houston ticket office located in the Ron Mafrige Field House at Bowers Stadium for information. Ticket office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The ticket office telephone is (936) 294-1729.
