Return of the men's basketball $1 sale
11/2/2010 10:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Three games for three dollars!
That's the bargain Sam Houston State offers fans as the defending Southland Conference champion Bearkat men's basketball team hits the floor to start its 2010-11 season at Johnson Coliseum.
Online only, between Nov. 5 and Nov. 13, fans can take advantage of this tremendous offer -- general admission tickets to the first three Bearkat home men's games for three dollars. Thats $1 per game !
Coming off a 25-8 season with six top players back from the team that took NCAA Elite Eight participant Baylor down to the wire in the "Big Dance" last year, Sam Houston opens its new season Saturday Nov. 13 hosting Mary Hardin-Baylor at 7:30 p.m.
The Kats also play host to Northwestern Oklahoma State Monday Nov. 15 and Saint Thomas Wednesday Dec. 1, both games starting at 7 p.m.
Buy online during the "3 Games for $3" sale and three bucks is all you'll have to see to watch all three exciting games.
Last year's $1 ticket sale got the 2009-10 season off to a great start. Now's your chance to get in on the beginning of another exciting season.
The 25-8 record for Sam Houston in 2009-10 marks the highest victory total for a Bearkat squad in SHSU's 23 seasons at the NCAA Division I level. 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.
Sam Houston rolled up a 14-2 record to claim the regular season title, then knocked off Nicholls, Southeastern Louisiana and defending champion Stephen F. Austin to win the Southland post-season tournament.
The 2010-11 team will be led by seniors Gilberto Clavell, Josten Crow and Lance Pevehouse. Clavell was Southland Conference "Newcomer of the Year." The 6-7 225 senior forward was the leading scorer (16.9 points) and leading rebounder (6.3 boards) for the conference titlists. Crow, a 6-4 senior forward, ranked No. 1 in the Southland and No. 2 nationally in assist/turnover ratio. Pevehouse, a 6-2 senior guard, has provided a perimeter scoring threat off the bench the past two seasons.
Also returning from the 2010 championship team are Drae Murray, a 5-10 junior guard who ranked No. 3 in the Southland in assists (4.0); 6-7 center Antuan Bootle who led the Bearkats in rebounding (6.3) during Southland action and Aaron Thompson, a 6-9 sophomore center.
To fill the gap left by the graduation of All-Southland Conference guards Corey Allmond (15.8 points) and Ashton Mitchell (12.4) points and senior forward Preston Brown (9.1 points), Hooten has recruited three junior college transfers and a pair of freshmen. Kelly Lawson, a 6-8 redshirt freshman from Pearland also returns.
The junior college transfers include 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. Last season Williams averaged 20.3 points, Richardson 14.4, and James 12.3. Freshmen 6-3 Byron Randle from Friendswood was an early signing for the Bearkats.
While going to www.gobearkats.com for the sale Nov. 5-13, fans also can purchase tickets for other Sam Houston State athletic events including the Bearkats' final home football game with Texas State Nov. 20. For more information, contact the Sam Houston Athletic Ticket Office located in the Ron Mafrige Fieldhouse. Ticket office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The ticket office number is (936) 294-1729.
