ESPN Broadcasts Back-to-Back Badger Basketball Wins
Reporter: Breanne Bizette
Script, Camera & Editing: J.L. Stevens II
2nd Camera: Morgan Jemison
This has been a school year of firsts for Spring Hill College athletics, and it continued Saturday night when national sports broadcasting network ESPN came to campus to broadcast two college basketball games. Badger Basketball racked up two wins against Central State during the broadcasts.
The action was streamed live on ESPN3 on Saturday, February 2, as Spring Hill played host to Central State in a 2:05 p.m. women’s game, followed by a 4:05 men’s contest.
ESPN and the NCAA agreed to create a 24-game NCAA Division 2 showcase to stream games on ESPN3 or NCAA social media sites. “We were contacted by the NCAA saying that they (ESPN and the NCAA) chose our men's and women's basketball home games against Central State University as two of those games,” Interim Athletics Director Chad LeBlanc said, adding that SHC is the only Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference school chosen for the showcase.
ESPN3 is “a digital network that streams thousands of live events annually, in addition to providing on demand replays of recent ESPN events,” according to the sports network’s website.
SHC’s Lady Badgers have started the season with an overall record of 9-10 and a conference mark of 5-5, having defeated Miles College in overtime, 71-68, last Monday night. The SHC men started this campaign with a 6-14 overall record, including a conference mark of 2-9.
This first school year of NCAA Division 2 competition for SHC has also included post-season tournament appearances for the men’s soccer, women’s volleyball and cross-country teams. http://watchespn.com/.
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