November 12th, 2008 By Justin Williams
Sports Bite: Hockey & Basketball Begin!
While we can’t celebrate the joys of college football locally in Evansville, basketball season is always fun. The University of Evansville is set to tip off their regular season this Saturday night against Austin Peay. The Aces are coming off a rather lackluster 9-21 season last year, should be improved this year with second year coach Marty Simmons.
In addition to the opening of the season Saturday night, the Aces will be dedicating the floor to former coach Arad McCutchan.
In terms of the big Indiana schools, #10 ranked Purdue hits up Detroit Friday night while Indiana takes on Northwestern State Saturday evening. BOILER UP.
Back locally, the Evansville IceMen, our new local hockey club will also start their regular season this weekend with a pair of home games at Swonder Ice Arena. The IceMen will host the Chi-Town Shooters on Friday night, with the Battle Creek Revolution coming to town on Saturday night.
The IceMen had an impressive exhibition against the USI team, which should bode well for attendance this weekend. The puck drops for both games at 8:05PM. Tickets are just $6 and because hockey isn’t the same without alcohol, beer will be available at the rink, thanks to Jillian’s.
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Michael
November 12, 2008 @ 02:16PM
GO ICEMEN!!!