1st 100 students at CIT 2nd Round Admitted Free
3/19/2015 9:16:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The first 100 Sam Houston State University students to show their active Bearkat One Card at Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum will receive free admission to Saturday's CollegeInsider.com Tournament second round game thanks to SHSU head men's basketball coach Jason Hooten.
The SHSU men play host to Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns at 2 p.m. Saturday in the first round of the C.I.T.
Sam Houston sports a 26-8 season record while the Cajuns bring a 21-13 record into the tilt. The Bearkats' 26 victories mark the program's highest win total ever in 29 years at the NCAA Division I level.
“At the start of this week, there were 148 teams involved in post-season tournament play,” Hooten said. “By the end of the week more than half those teams will be done. This is a great Sam Houston team that has won 50 games in the past two seasons and we're excited to still be playing. Our players feed off the support we get from our students in the stands. Come and be loud Saturday.”
Students looking to be among the first 100 should report to Gates 27-28. Gates will open at 1 p.m. Sam Houston State 2015 basketball season ticket holders have the opportunity to purchase their same seats for the C.I.T. second round game by calling the ticket office at (936) 294-1729.
Regular tickets for Saturday's game are $10 each. Student tickets are $5 each.
All tickets will be at will call for pick up at Box Office 1 and the Johnson Coliseum on Saturday.
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns head coach Bob Marlin is in his fifth year in Lafayette after serving as head coach at Sam Houston from 1989 to 2010. The game Saturday is Marlin's first against his former team.
The Cajuns have won eight of their last nine games including a 83-68 victory in San Antonio over Incarnate Word in the first round of the CIT. The Bearkats and Seahawks are included in a group of 16 team still competing for the CIT championship
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