By: by Scott Lipsky
Complete schedule
KENNESAW, Ga. – The Kennesaw State Owls men’s basketball program unveiled their schedule for the 2010-2011 season on Tuesday, giving fans a glimpse of what is to come this winter.
Head coach Tony Ingle and his club will kick-off the 2010-2011 campaign with an exhibition game, when they host LaGrange on Tuesday, November 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the KSU Convocation Center. Their first regular season scrum takes place 10 days later, when they host Georgia Southwestern, also at 7:30 p.m.
The Fighting Owls precede the bulk of their 20-game Atlantic Sun Conference schedule with a challenging non-conference slate that includes a home date with local rival Georgia Tech on November 15. Their road games include contests at Iowa State, Creighton, Wyoming and Fordham. Tennessee-Chattanooga and Northern Arizona will also be hosted by the Owls at the Convocation Center for non-conference play.
The Owls begin A-Sun competition on December 16 when they visit Belmont in Nashville, Tenn., before going cross-town to face Lipscomb on December 18.
“This is the most competitive basketball schedule in our program’s history, we’re in our second year of being full-fledged Division I, and we want everyone around the country to know that we’re playing at the top level and will compete with some of the best that basketball has to offer,” Ingle said. “It makes me excited for our fans that we are hosting teams like Georgia Tech, Northern Arizona and Chattanooga, they deserve to see some top teams play us right here in the Convocation Center, and we’re glad to give that to them.”
The Owls return 11 players from their 2009-2010 roster, including sophomore Markeith Cummings, whose 17.4 points per game last season ranked fourth in the Atlantic Sun Conference and was third in the nation among all freshmen. The Owls went 13-20 overall, and 7-13 in A-Sun play, with the highlight of their season coming in the first round of the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament, when they knocked off top-seeded Lipscomb, 72-69, to advance to the semifinals.
