Morehouse will jump start the regular basketball season against Johnson C. Smith University, Friday, in the "re-made" HBCU Tipoff Classic.
The tipoff classic, originally scheduled for Phillips Arena -- home of the Atlanta Hawks -- has been moved to Morehouse's 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.
