November 1, 2013 – RALEIGH, NC – Morehouse
tips off the 2013-14 basketball season
in an exhibition game, Saturday, at 5 p.m.,
against the North Carolina State University
Wolfpack, in Raleigh, NC.
NC State is a member of the NCAA Division I
Atlanta Coast Conference and finished last season
at 24-11 (11-7).
Admission to the game, at PNC Arena, is free,
but fans are strongly encouraged to make a donation to the V Foundation at the entrances.
Morehouse will begin the regular season, Friday,
at 6 p.m., against Johnson C. Smith University,
in the inaugural HBCU Basketball Tipoff Classic.
The tipoff classic, originally scheduled
for Phillips Arena, has been moved to Forbes
Arena and pared down from eight teams to five –
Morehouse, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Johnson C. Smith,
Tuskegee and Virginia Union.
Norfolk State, Texas Southern and the University of
Wisconsin-Green Bay opted out of the tipoff classic,
which will rotate to the other schools in upcoming years.
GAME SCHEDULE:
Date Time Home Away
Fri. Nov.8, 6 p.m. Morehouse vs. Johnson C. Smith Univ.
8 p.m. Tuskegee Univ. vs. Virginia Union Univ.
Sat. Nov. 9, 3 p.m. Johnson C. Smith U. vs. Tuskegee Univ.
5 p.m. Morehouse vs. Virginia Union U.
Sun. Nov. 10, 3 p.m. Arkansas-Pine Bluff U. vs. Tuskegee Univ.
Mon. Nov. 11, 7 p.m. Morehouse vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff Univ.
All Morehouse games are free and open to the public.
For more information, visit athletics.morehouse.edu.
Morehouse was 20-8 last season and finished tied for
first in the SIAC East Division, with Benedict. The
Maroon Tigers made it to the conference finals,
but lost to Benedict 68-60.
This season, SIAC basketball coaches projected that
Morehouse would finish second in the SIAC East Division,
again behind Benedict, the two-time defending champion.
Guards Austin Anderson and Darrius Williams were
selected to the Preseason All-SIAC team, even though
Williams will not be on the active roster until the
spring semester.
Grady L. Brewer enters his 14th season as head coach,
after serving as an assistant for 13 seasons.
He said this is one of his best teams in a long time.
