Upstate-ETSU Women's Basketball Game Will Be Aired On CSS
11/3/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Nov. 3, 2009
SPARTANBURG, S.C. - The USC Upstate women's basketball team will play one Atlantic Sun Game of the Week during the 2009-10 season, the conference office has announced, with the Spartans' game at returning A-Sun Tournament champion ETSU on Monday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. set to air on Comcast Sports South.
The game will be Upstate's second on CSS, as the team fell in its TV debut on Feb. 21, 2009 to Campbell, 62-58.
In addition, the Atlantic Sun Conference has announced that the Spartans' home game against Kennesaw State has been moved to Monday, Jan. 18, at 7 p.m. in order to accommodate a Saturday CSS game between Kennesaw State and Mercer.
CSS is a 24-hour sports channel carrying a full slate of college and sports programming with over 200 men's and women's live college basketball broadcasts. The channel reaches more than 5.9 million homes in 12 Southeastern states, including all five states which are home to A-Sun member institutions.
The Upstate women's basketball team is coming off a solid second season on the Division I level in 2008-09. The Spartans, under fifth-year head coach Tammy George, finished the season with 13 wins while posting the 20th best turnaround in all of Division I women's basketball. Junior Chelsea McMillian and sophomore Kendra Wallace return this season with a solid nucleus of players headed by senior Courtney Hawkins. McMillan, a Pre-Season All-A-Sun selection this year, averaged 12.1 points last season, while Wallace was named to the A-Sun All-Freshman team after averaging 12 points per game. Hawkins scored 11.2 points-per-game clip. The Spartans open the season at home against North Greenville on Nov. 13 at 7 p.m.
