The Bethune-Cookman Wildcats will travel to Greensboro, North Carolina to take on the North Carolina A&T Aggies in a ESPNU televised men's basketball game on Monday (Jan. 10) at 7 p.m.
As part of its seven-year agreement with ESPN, the MEAC will highlight 10 men's and three women's regular season games.
Bethune-Cookman (6-8, 1-0 MEAC) is on the road tonight and will face the Norfolk State Spartans at 6 p.m. In their last outing, junior CJ Reed led four Wildcat players in double-figures with 18 points and matched his career-high of nine assists as B-CU snapped a three-game losing streak by dominating Carver Bible 87-66.
The North Carolina A&T Aggies (6-8, 1-0 MEAC) snapped a five-game losing streak with a 76-53 win against Hiwassee College on Tuesday night. Junior guard Marc Hill led the Aggies with 18 points while sophomore forward Adrian Powell added 16 points and four assists. Thomas Coleman earned his ninth double-double of the season with 12 points and 13 rebounds. The Aggies are undefeated at home with a 5-0 mark this season and will host Florida A&M today at 4 p.m.
The television action continues on January 15 in Baltimore, Maryland with the two-time defending tournament and regular season champion Morgan State Bears hosting the South Carolina State Bulldogs. The game will air live beginning at 5 p.m. on ESPN2.
The 2011 MEAC Championship Tournament will also air on the ESPN networks with the women's championship game scheduled for a taped-delayed telecast airing on March 13 at 11 a.m. on ESPNU while the men's championship game will televised live on ESPN2 beginning at 2 p.m. on March 12.
The tournament tips off March 7-12 at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Coliseum in Winston-Salem, NC. For more information on the MEAC Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament, log on to www.MEAChoops.com.
ESPNU
ESPNU launched March 4, 2005. The 24-hour college sports television network televises more than 550 live events annually, including college football, college basketball and Olympic sports from more than 25 Division I conferences, as well as premier high school content. The network also has a wide-ranging, long-term agreement with the NCAA for enhanced coverage of 22 NCAA Championships.
ESPNU also offers comprehensive studio programming, including live simulcasts of ESPN Radio's The Herd with Colin Cowherd, and replays the best games of the week from ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Regional Television. The brand is also available in high definition on ESPNU HD and online at ESPNU.com. In addition, ESPNU Campus Connection, a multi-platform student-generated content initiative, was introduced in August 2007.
ESPNU is available in more than 65 million households and has long-term carriage agreements with nine of the top 10 providers - Charter, Comcast, Cox, DirecTV (Channel 614), DISH Network (Channel 148), Mediacom, Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS TV and AT&T U-verse.